Bishop's Crook

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• crook — I. n. 1. Bend, flexure, curvature, turn. 2. Bent staff, shepherd s crook, bishop s crook or staff. 3. Trick, artifice, machination. II. v. a. Bend, curve, incurvate, bow, inflect, make crooked. III. v. n. Bend, curve, become crooked, wind, turn …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill — Site of Special Scientific Interest …   Wikipedia

• Crook — Crook, Crooks or Crooked may refer to: Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Other uses …   Wikipedia

• crook — (kr[oo^]k), n. [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr[=o]kr hook, bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. {Crosier}, {Crotchet}, {Crutch}, {Encroach}.] 1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Crook — (spr. kruk), Stadtgemeinde in der engl. Grafschaft Durham, 9 km nordwestlich von Bishop Auckland, mit gotischer Kirche, Kohlengruben und (1901) 11,472 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• crook — ► NOUN 1) a shepherd s hooked staff. 2) a bishop s crozier. 3) a bend, especially at the elbow in a person s arm. 4) informal a criminal or dishonest person. ► VERB ▪ bend (something, especially a finger). ► ADJECTIVE Austral./NZ …   English terms dictionary

• crook — [krook] n. [ME crok < ON krōkr, var. of krākr, a bending, hook, bay: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a hooked, bent, or curved thing or part; hook 2. a) a shepherd s staff, with a hook at one end b) a bishop s staff resembling this; crosier 3. a …   English World dictionary

• Bishop Auckland F.C. — Football club infobox clubname = Bishop Auckland fullname = Bishop Auckland Football Club nickname = The Bishops, The Two Blues founded = 1886 (as Auckland Town) ground = Darlington Road West Auckland capacity = 4500 chairman = flagicon|England… …   Wikipedia

• Crook Town A.F.C. — Crook Town A.F.C. Full name Crook Town Association Footb …   Wikipedia

• Crook, County Durham — Coordinates: 54°42′47″N 1°44′56″W / 54.713°N 1.749°W / 54.713; 1.749 …   Wikipedia