GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Awk , a. [OE. auk, awk (properly) turned away; (hence) contrary, wrong, from Icel. öfigr, öfugr, afigr, turning the wrong way, fr. af off, away; cf. OHG. abuh, Skr. apāc turned away, fr. apa off, away + a root ak, aŭk, to bend, from which come also E. angle, anchor.]
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   Odd; out of order; perverse. [Obs.]
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   Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.]
   Golding.
   
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   Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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   Awk, adv. Perversely; in the wrong way.
   L'Estrange.
   
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