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.

• Straight-lined
  Having straight lines.
• 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.
• Straightly
  In a right line; not crookedly.
• 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.
• Straightness
  The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.
• Drawgear
  A harness for draught horses.
• Drawspring
  The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
• Straight-out
  Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.
• 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

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