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Curvature :: Curvature (n.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column..

Perbend :: Perbend (n.) See Perpender.

Heeltool :: Heeltool (n.) A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end..

Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A prebendary.

Bendlet :: Bendlet (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend..

Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

Bolt :: Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Debruised :: Debruised (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise..

Bend :: Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post..

Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm..

Bight :: Bight (v.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop..

Stereoscopic :: Stereoscope (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer..

Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission..

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