Awk (ôk), a. [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.