curvaladj.
/ˈkəːvl/, U.S. /ˈkərv(ə)l/ Now rare.† 1. Heraldry. Curved; = curvant adj. 2. Obsolete.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. xiii. 482/1 He beareth out of a Coronet, Or; an Octagon curvi-linear (or Curval, or Crooked lined).
?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Z4/1 Curval, or Curvant, curved or bowed. [Also in later dictionaries.]
2. gen. Of, relating to, or characterized by curvature; curved. Now rare.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]
crooked?c1225
roundc1300
ybentc1330
bentc1374
cambera1387
curvate?a1425
curve?a1425
curved?a1425
bowingc1440
crumped1480
bowed1483
bended1495
bowlanda1522
compass?1523
curbed?1541
compassed1551
compassing1576
curvated1598
orbed1598
curving1609
ridgill-backed1611
incurved1623
inflected1646
incurvate1647
curvous1661
incurvated1665
swayed1688
bending1697
circumflex1707
curval1730
sweeping1772
bendy1800
curvatureda1810
curvative1846
hooped1852
swept1903
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective]
curval1730
tautochronous1771
1730 Quincy's Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 4) 276/2 If a Fluid be propell'd through a curval Canal, it..presses against the Sides.
1858 Daily Morning News (Savannah, Georgia) 20 Dec. The aggregate length of curval line will hardly exceed one-fifth of this distance.
1890 Bizarre Notes & Queries May 93 This fullness is symbolized..as a form realized from curval movement in the true arc.
1965 Agric. Sci. Rev. 3 4/2 Approximations of theoretically suggested curval relationships should be practical.
1995 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 24 May b6 The $800,000 hall..tries to copy his curval linear design.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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