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awk

awk is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.] Golding.
  2. 2.Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  3. 3.Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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