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Webster 1913 Edition
Awk
Awk
(a̤k)
, Adj.
[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
.] 1.
Odd; out of order; perverse.
[Obs.]
2.
Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister;
as, the
. awk
end of a rod (the but end)[Obs.]
Golding.
3.
Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Awk
,adv.
Perversely; in the wrong way.
L’Estrange.
Webster 1828 Edition
Awk
AWK
,Adj.
1.
Odd; out of order.2.
Clumsy in performance, or manners; unhandy; not dexterous. [Vulgar.]