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Crank :: Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank..

Brachyura :: Brachyura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix..

Labent :: Labent (a.) Slipping; sliding; gliding.

Curve :: Curve (a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface..

Terebenthene :: Terebenthene (n.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the

Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.

Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men..

Bent Grass :: Bent grass () Same as Bent, a kind of grass..

Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..

Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..

Accumbent :: Accumbent (a.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf..

Recline :: Recline (v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask..

Hamate :: Hamate (a.) Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

Antacid :: Antacid (n.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent..

Hagbut :: Hagbut (n.) A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim..

Nutant :: Nutant (a.) Nodding; having the top bent downward.

Describent :: Describent (n.) Same as Generatrix.

Accumbency :: Accumbency (n.) The state of being accumbent or reclining.

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