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   Awk (a̤k), 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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   1. Odd; out of order; perverse. [Obs.]
   
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   2. Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, “the awk end of a rod (the but end)”. [Obs.]  Golding.
   
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   3. 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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