To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply;
to twist.

To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn,
etc., to change its pitch or key.

A pothook.

The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to
hold a runaway sheep.

Any implement having a bent or crooked end.

A bishop’s staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of
thieves, forgers, etc.