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

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..

Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird..

Inwards :: Inwards (a.) Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward..

Incurved :: Incurved (a.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals..

Perpender :: Perpender (n.) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone..

Skelp :: Skelp (n.) A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed..

Lozengy :: Lozengy (a.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister..

Arbalist :: Arbalist (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc..

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

Arch :: Arch (v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

Curb :: Curb (v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.

Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study..

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

Bight :: Bight (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin..

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

Prebendary :: Prebendary (n.) A prebendaryship.

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..

Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..

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