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Train :: Train (v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees..

Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..

Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.

Circumflect :: Circumflect (v. t.) To bend around.

Sag :: Sag (v. t.) To cause to bend or give way; to load.

Recurvation :: Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward..

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

Reflex :: Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.

Eye-splice :: Eye-splice (n.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice..

Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..

Lap :: Lap (n.) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth..

Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary..

Incurvity :: Incurvity (n.) A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.

Turn :: Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander..

Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.

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..

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend; to curve.

Snotter :: Snotter (n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat..

Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right..

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