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Void :: Void (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.

Lugsail :: Lugsail (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.

Aeolipyle :: Aeolipyle (n.) An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve..

Voidance :: Voidance (n.) The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent..

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

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

Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.

Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..

Creep :: Creep (n.) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground..

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..

Nuddle :: Nuddle (v. i.) To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along.

Kirked :: Kirked (a.) Turned upward; bent.

Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.

Lithe :: Lithe (a.) Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis..

Curve :: Curve (a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal..

Crocket :: Crocket (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc..

Decumbent :: Decumbent (a.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem..

Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant..

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