† incrookv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To crook, bend, or incurve.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curve or bend [verb (transitive)]
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a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxviii. 28 Mirkid be thaire eghen..& þe bak of þaim ay inkroke.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter Cant. 509 Inkrokid are þe hillis of þe warld.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 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].
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