Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change
of the form or meaning of a word.

A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also,
a fit of temper or passion.

A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or
impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a
particular matter.

A sick person; an invalid.

Sick; infirm.

Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too
narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry
full sail.

Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident;
opinionated.

To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind
and turn.