A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
A pothook.
A bishop's standard staff of office.
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
To become bent or hooked.
To bend, or form into a hook.
Ill, sick.
Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
Annoyed, angry; upset.
A European sword with a long, straight double-edged blade, a cruciform hilt, and a grip for two-handed use; prevalent from the 14th to 16th centuries.
Any type of sword that is comparatively long; depending on context, applied to swords of the Bronze Age, Migration period, Viking Age and Renaissance era.