† inˈcrook, v. Obs. rare.
[f. in-1 + crook v., after L. incurvāre, which it translates.]
trans. To crook, bend, or incurve.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxviii. 28 Mirkid be thaire eghen..& þe bak of þaim ay inkroke. Ibid. Cant. 509 Inkrokid are þe hillis of þe warld. 1382 Wyclif Rom. xi. 10 Be the yȝen of hem maad derke..and incroke algatis the bak of hem [Ps. lxviii. 8 the rig of hem..crooke thou in]. |