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▪ I. curving, vbl. n.|ˈkɜːvɪŋ| [-ing1.] The action of the verb curve; bending, flexure, curvature. Also fig.
1594Norden Spec. Brit., Essex 11 The Roding..after manifolde curuings, it maketh way vnder Wodforde bridge. 1748Richardson Clarissa Wks. 1883 V. 335 Curvings from the plain simple truth. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 905 The curving of the [antheridium]..indicates that fertilisation does not usually take place between the contiguous organs. ▪ II. ˈcurving, ppl. a. [-ing2.] That curves.
1762Falconer Shipwr. iii. (1818) 106 Watch the curving prow. 1878Maclear Celts iii. (1879) 31 The curving shores of Provence and Narbonne. |