† concavousadj.
Obsolete.
= concave adj.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective]
hollc1000
hollowa1250
hollowyc1400
howea1500
kosche1513
cave1540
boss1553
concave?a1560
concavous1578
unkernelled1584
void1597
wombya1616
cavous1698
cavernous1830
cavitary1861
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 11 Collumbus..will haue them [sc. ossicles] Concauous and hollow.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 74/1 Applye that on the Concavouse tooth, and the wormes will fall out.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 30 All the concavous parts of his body..were filled vp with solid lead.
1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xiv. 285 The Concavous part of the Liver.
Derivatives
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adverb] > concavely
troughwise1551
concavously1646
scoopingly1750
depressedly1842
concavely1880
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. ii. 235 The Dolphin..is concavously inverted, and hath its spine depressed.
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