acrook /əˈkɹʊk/adjective 2adverb 1 adjective2 •Bent or formed into a hook.So Jack of salt a handful took / And slyly watched with neck acrook The sparrows. — 1905 •Not in its proper place or properly oriented.The whole evening […] lay empty ahead of us. What bliss! There was not a pin acrook in the house, the washing up would be done […] — 1994 adverb1 •(no longer used) In an oblique or crooked direction.C. Custance. Wife, why cal ye me wife? Sim Sure. Wife? this gear goth acrook. — 1553
