The act of crooking; esp. a bending of the knee or of the body in sign of reverence (obsolete).

Bending, curving, twisting; flexure, inclination.

Curving, crooking, flexure; bowing, inclination, deflection.

The action of embow, v.1 2; vaulting; arching: in quot. concrete. Also attributive.

The action of inflecting or bending, or, more particularly, of bending in or towards itself.

Flexure, bending, crooking. Obsolete.

The action or an act of curve, v.; bending, bowing; curvature. In early use sometimes: a curved stretch or section of something. Also figurative.

The action of flexing or bending; curvature; an instance of this.

Curving, curvature.

The action of crook, v.1; bending from the straight line; a bend, curve, curvature.

The action or process of bringing into or assuming a curved form; curving, bending; with plural an instance of this.