Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AWK
a. 1. Odd; out of order.
2. Clumsy in performance, or manners; unhandy; not dexterous. [Vulgar. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AWK
Awk, a. Etym: [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. apac turned away, fr. apa off, away + a root ak, ak, 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
AWK Awk, adv.
Defn: Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.
Sanseido Dictionary
AWK
AWK 〖 Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan 〗テキスト -データ処理に用いられるプログラミング言語の一 。
awk
awk 〖 Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan 〗拡張子の一 。AWK で用いるスクリプト -ファイルを表す 。
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