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The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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Any part of a curved line.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.

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To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.

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To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.

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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…

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To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.

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To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.

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To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to f…

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A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

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To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.

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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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A stroke; a blow.

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Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

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To growl; to snarl.

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To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's bell…

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Curved; bent; crooked.

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To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

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To conceal.

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To reply.

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Alt. of Retroflexed

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To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight o…

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.

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To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

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of Swink

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Capable of being bent.

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Capable of being bent.

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One who, or that which, bends.

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One who, or that which, bends.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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