What is wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.] Golding called?
awk — Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.] Golding. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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