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Limber

The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

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Flexible 84% connected

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Flexible 84% connected

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Flexile 84% connected

Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Flexile 84% connected

Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supple 92% connected

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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