A.twisted, crooked, “πόσθιον . ., ς. ὥσπερ κύτταρον” Ar. Th.516; “στρεβλὸν ὀρθῶσαι κλάδον” Men.711; λοξοβάται, στρεβλοί, of crabs, Batr.295; “μυκτήρ” Nic.Al.442; “κανών” Arist.Rh.1354a26; squinteyed, like στραβός, Hp.Aër.14, Eup.182, Phryn.PS p.108 B., Hsch. s.v. ἰλλός; of the brows, knit, wrinkled, AP7.440 (Leon.).
II. metaph., crooked, cunning, στρεβλοῖσι παλαίσμασι by cunning dodges in wrestling, Ar.Ra.878 (mock heroic); perverse, froward, LXX Ps. 17(18).27, Si.36.(22)25, Aesop.66.