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Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

Overbend :: Overbend (v. i.) To bend over.

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

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.

Bendlet :: Bendlet (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend..

Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form..

Prebendary :: Prebendary (n.) A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3..

Eye-splice :: Eye-splice (n.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice..

Twist :: Twist (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

Knee :: Knee (n.) A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy..

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

Genu :: Genu (n.) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain..

Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges..

Dumple :: Dumple (v. t.) To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another..

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals..

Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.

Hellbender :: Hellbender (n.) A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog..

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