a bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.-any implement having a bent or crooked end.-the staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.-a bishop's staff of office. cf. pastoral staff.-a pothook.-an artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.-a small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.-a person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.-to turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.-to turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.-to bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.