Word Meanings - BEND - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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 bend a bow; to bend the knee.
- CROOKESTUBE
A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it. - Curveted
of Curvet - Drawrod
A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train. - Straight-lined
Having straight lines. - CROOKNECK
Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by their tapering, recurved necks. The summer crookneck is botanically a variety of the pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The - Curveting
of Curvet - Drawfiling
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise. - Drawshave
See Drawing knife. - Straightly
In a right line; not crookedly. - Drawgear
A harness for draught horses. - Drawspring
The spring to which a drawbar is attached. - Straightness
The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path. - DRAWINGKNIFEDRAWKNIFE
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood. - Drawing
of Draw - Drawgloves
An old game, played by holding up the fingers.
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