crook-back
(ˈkrʊkbæk)
[See crook a.]
† 1. A crooked back. Obs.
| 1508 [see crook a.]. 1709 Swift Merlin's Proph., Bosse, is an old english word for hump-shoulder, or crook-back. 1710 Palmer Proverbs 98 The deformity of a squint eye, red hair, or a crook-back. |
2. One who has a crooked back; a hunchback.
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 330 Edmunde, that is of wryters surnamed Crowke backe..was put by..for his deformytye. 1577 St. Aug. Manual 51 Any lame man, any crooke backe. 1593 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. ii. 96, I Crooke-back, here I stand to answer thee. 1648 Gage West. Ind. xii. (1655) 45 Dwarfes, crook-backs or any monstrous persons. |