convexedadj.
Made or fashioned in a convex form.
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swellingc1000
gibbousc1400
round?1523
convex?a1560
convexed1578
bias1609
out-bowed1613
outbent1625
full1627
outbowing1657
gibbose1682
rounded1712
bulging1812
pot-bellied1814
balloony1861
bombed1872
bombous1878
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 9v Inwardly hollow, but outwardly conuexed, or imbossed.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. ii. 235 They [dolphins] are straight, nor have they their spine convexed, or more considerably embowed, then Sharkes, etc. View more context for this quotation
1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. iii. 291 Shaped into a convexed oval.
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