bendingn.¹

/ˈbɛndɪŋ/

Etymology: < bend v.

†1. Drawing tight with a string, tension. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [noun] > tautness > making taut

bendingc1440

screw1628

tightening1825

tautening1836

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 30 Bendynge of bowys, or oþer lyke, tencio.

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

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the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > action or process

crookc1330

bowinga1398

bending1398

embowing1430

inflection1531

bent1567

curving1594

flexure1600

curbing1601

crooking1607

incurvation1608

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > bending down

stooping1398

inclining?a1425

bent1584

bending1597

bowing1617

deflection1665

society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for other specific purposes

screen cloth1603

wadding1627

heading1650

fusive1678

graving stuff1702

pounce1728

railing1740

retarder1753

seating1790

shelving1817

bending1823

shafting1825

wedging1825

rubber sheet1842

facing1843

piston packing1857

sheathing1859

screeding1864

paint1875

sleeving1923

landfill1969

presoak1969

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xxx. 342 And yf the sonne beme..metyth wyth a body that puttyth and smytyth the lyghte ayenwarde, suche a smytynge and puttynge is callyd bendynge of the beme.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 72 Thus long haue we stoode, To watch the feareful bending of thy knee.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. ix. 117 Rent in sunder with trees returning from their violent bendings.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 19 To prevent the sinking and bending of their Walls.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶17 The various Leanings and Bendings of the Head.

1823 C. Lamb South-sea House in Elia 7 That gentle bending of the body forwards.

figurative.1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 47 Prayer is a deuout bending of the minde to God.

b. spec. The curvature of a beam. So bending moment, the moment tending to produce curvature in a beam; bending stress, the stress that causes curvature in a bar, beam, etc.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > moment > specific

bending moment1858

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > other specific types of stress

shear1850

shear strain1856

bending stress1858

proof strain1858

proof stress1862

shearing stress1869

shear stress1872

water stress1895

slip1900

fibre stress1905

hoop stress1909

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > alteration of form or dimensions caused by stress > alteration of form > specific

bending1888

1858 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Appl. Mech. 308 This is called the bending moment or moment of flexure of the beam at the vertical section in question.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 290/1 The moment of this couple must be equal to the moment of the couple tending to bend the beam at this section, or to what is called the bending moment.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 604/1 The strain produced by bending stress in a bar or beam.

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Bending, or Flexure, the curvature of a beam about its axis or central plane.

1961 C. C. T. Baker Dict. Math. 29 The bending moment at any section of a beam is the couple which one part of a beam exerts on the other part at that section.

3. The place or part where such curving occurs; a curve, angle, corner; a bend; the spring of an arch or vault.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > a curve > curved part

crooka1398

bowing1519

bending?1523

roundinga1582

bent1587

bendc1600

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiii^v Aselander is in the bendyng of the legge behynd.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 626 Not far from Harwarden are the bendings of the River.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War v. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 890 That wall..having its bending above the fountain.

4. Nautical. The fastening with a ‘bend’ or knot.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > fastening with a knot

bending1627

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 30 To tie two ropes or Cables together is called bending.

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. v. 161 The bending of the cable escaped my memory.

†5. The contrivance for drawing up a crossbow; = bender n. 2. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow > device for bending crossbow

brakec1380

vicea1400

windas1443

tyllole1489

gaffle1497

rack1513

goat's footc1515

bending1530

crick1530

bender1684

garrot1824

moulinet1846

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 197/2 Bendyng for a crosbowe, bendage.

6. (See quot. 1816.)

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1816 C. James New Mil. Dict. 51/1 Bendings, in military and sea matters, are ropes, wood, &c. bent for several purposes.

7. The action or process of shaping wood, iron, or other material by pressure instead of by cutting or casting. Chiefly attributive and in other combinations: bending machine, bending rolls; bending cradle n. (see quot. 1874). bending form n. a kind of bench anvil used in bending steam, gas, and water pipes. bending slab n. an iron floor upon which ships' frames are bent.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > for bending cold metal

swage1812

swedge1825

bending cradle1874

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > other specific machines > [noun]

reeler1598

driver1659

rubber1747

heading machine1795

bruiser1809

finisher1835

stripper1835

physionotype1836

rotary1836

tetraspaston1842

netting-machine1846

speeder1847

dresser1855

spacer1857

starcher1862

bronzing liquid, machine1865

finishing machine1869

grader1869

brain machine1872

peanut roaster1872

bending machine1874

screw-machine1876

tire-upsetting-machine1877

buncher?1881

flax-breaker1889

oscillator1889

fluoroscope1893

fluorometer1897

mucker1916

spray dryer1921

paver1926

teabagger1940

burster1950

icemaker1953

laminator1958

slipform (concrete) paver1958

extruder1959

Zamboni1965

manipulator1968

wave machine1968

pipelayer1969

walking machine1971

society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > rolling equipment > roller or set of

roll1410

breaking-down rollers1839

planishing roller1839

plate roll1861

stand1873

bending rolls1874

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > tools and equipment

ram-line1664

set1794

poker1823

horning-tackle1850

planking clamp1862

stower1863

planking-screw1864

ram1867

bending slab1890

warrok-

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 132 The ‘bending cradle’ is composed of a pair of stout iron vertical frames, between the bars of which transverse beams of iron, bent to the necessary curvature, are secured.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 97/2 A French bending machine, for cart and wagon tires.

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Bending Rolls, heavy rollers of cast iron or steel set in strong standards, and used either for the straightening of crooked plates or for bending them into arcs of circles or into complete cylinders.

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Straightening machine,..a machine in which channel, angle, and bar iron are straightened or bent, in boiler and smiths' shops, by squeezing... Since it will bend as well as straighten it is also called a bending machine.

1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 60 The ‘bending-slab’—a pavement of square masses of iron,..large enough to take any frame required in the ship to be built.

8. Horse Riding. (See quot. 1891¹.)

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > zigzagging movement

bending1891

1891 J. M. Brown Polo in R. Weir et al. Riding (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 323 The ‘bending’ course is a capital institution, of which I believe the Earl of Harrington was the originator about eight years ago. Two lines of sticks should be set up 20 yards apart and parallel to each other. The sticks should be about 7 feet high and 8 yards apart... Then begin by cantering your pony up one side and down the other zigzagging between the posts.

1891 J. M. Brown Polo in R. Weir et al. Riding (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 323 I may here remark that this ‘bending’ competition is the most invaluable practical test of a really good polo pony.

1900 Daily News 16 Mar. 3/4 The bending competition, in which the considerations of pace, precision, riding, and ‘make’ [of a pony] are joined in equal importance.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 153 The ‘bending’ lessons of the riding school.

1922 Times 20 June 7/2 Both [polo ponies] being particularly handy at turning and bending.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

bendingadj.

Etymology: < bend v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbending.

That bends (in various senses of the verb); curving, curved, inclined, bowing; flexible, pliable, supple.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]

tougha700

lithyc1000

softc1330

weak?a1366

plianta1382

persha1398

plyinga1398

lithec1400

supplec1400

plicable?a1425

curvable?1440

lethec1440

scretec1440

pliablec1475

bowable1483

bowing1483

waldinc1485

supple1513

flexible1548

limber1565

lither1565

bending1567

osier1577

wiry1588

buxom1590

withy1598

suppliable1599

renderingc1600

fluxible1607

winding1609

bendable1611

flippant1622

flexive1629

flexile1633

maniable1633

compliant1667

flectible1705

limp1706

yieldy1757

complying1774

limberly1782

willowy1791

switchy1810

wandy1825

twistable1853

bendsome1861

whippy1867

swack1868

bendy1873

the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective]

hangingc1330

pendentc1425

beetled1509

bending1567

prependent1592

propendent1593

overwhelming1599

pendulous1608

impendent1611

incumbent1719

imminent1727

impending1730

beetling1744

pensilec1750

pending1756

superincumbent1785

shelvy1811

overbrowing1814

propensive1819

oversailing1833

beetle-browed1842

overhung1845

overhanging1860

overleaning1865

overreaching1890

cantilevered1910

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > bending down

bowingc1440

bending1567

declininga1616

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [adjective] > bending

bending1567

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

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 109 With hir bending bodie.

1571 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (1847) i. i. 104 Their yet greene bending wittes.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 71 A cliffe whose high & bending head Lookes firmely in the confined deepe.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 48 Bending Osiers into Baskets weav'd.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 111 Some bending Valley.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 555 To shape the Circle of the bending Wheel.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xv. 165 Behold her go..Along the bending sand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	bending
释义	bendingn.¹ /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ Etymology: < bend v. †1. Drawing tight with a string, tension. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [noun] > tautness > making taut bendingc1440 screw1628 tightening1825 tautening1836 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 30 Bendynge of bowys, or oþer lyke, tencio. 2. a. Curving, crooking, flexure; bowing, inclination, deflection. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > action or process crookc1330 bowinga1398 bending1398 embowing1430 inflection1531 bent1567 curving1594 flexure1600 curbing1601 crooking1607 incurvation1608 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > bending down stooping1398 inclining?a1425 bent1584 bending1597 bowing1617 deflection1665 society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for other specific purposes screen cloth1603 wadding1627 heading1650 fusive1678 graving stuff1702 pounce1728 railing1740 retarder1753 seating1790 shelving1817 bending1823 shafting1825 wedging1825 rubber sheet1842 facing1843 piston packing1857 sheathing1859 screeding1864 paint1875 sleeving1923 landfill1969 presoak1969 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xxx. 342 And yf the sonne beme..metyth wyth a body that puttyth and smytyth the lyghte ayenwarde, suche a smytynge and puttynge is callyd bendynge of the beme. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 72 Thus long haue we stoode, To watch the feareful bending of thy knee. View more context for this quotation 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. ix. 117 Rent in sunder with trees returning from their violent bendings. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 19 To prevent the sinking and bending of their Walls. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶17 The various Leanings and Bendings of the Head. 1823 C. Lamb South-sea House in Elia 7 That gentle bending of the body forwards. figurative.1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 47 Prayer is a deuout bending of the minde to God. b. spec. The curvature of a beam. So bending moment, the moment tending to produce curvature in a beam; bending stress, the stress that causes curvature in a bar, beam, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > moment > specific bending moment1858 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > other specific types of stress shear1850 shear strain1856 bending stress1858 proof strain1858 proof stress1862 shearing stress1869 shear stress1872 water stress1895 slip1900 fibre stress1905 hoop stress1909 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > alteration of form or dimensions caused by stress > alteration of form > specific bending1888 1858 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Appl. Mech. 308 This is called the bending moment or moment of flexure of the beam at the vertical section in question. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 290/1 The moment of this couple must be equal to the moment of the couple tending to bend the beam at this section, or to what is called the bending moment. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 604/1 The strain produced by bending stress in a bar or beam. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Bending, or Flexure, the curvature of a beam about its axis or central plane. 1961 C. C. T. Baker Dict. Math. 29 The bending moment at any section of a beam is the couple which one part of a beam exerts on the other part at that section. 3. The place or part where such curving occurs; a curve, angle, corner; a bend; the spring of an arch or vault. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > a curve > curved part crooka1398 bowing1519 bending?1523 roundinga1582 bent1587 bendc1600 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiii^v Aselander is in the bendyng of the legge behynd. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 626 Not far from Harwarden are the bendings of the River. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War v. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 890 That wall..having its bending above the fountain. 4. Nautical. The fastening with a ‘bend’ or knot. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > fastening with a knot bending1627 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 30 To tie two ropes or Cables together is called bending. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. v. 161 The bending of the cable escaped my memory. †5. The contrivance for drawing up a crossbow; = bender n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow > device for bending crossbow brakec1380 vicea1400 windas1443 tyllole1489 gaffle1497 rack1513 goat's footc1515 bending1530 crick1530 bender1684 garrot1824 moulinet1846 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 197/2 Bendyng for a crosbowe, bendage. 6. (See quot. 1816.) ΚΠ 1816 C. James New Mil. Dict. 51/1 Bendings, in military and sea matters, are ropes, wood, &c. bent for several purposes. 7. The action or process of shaping wood, iron, or other material by pressure instead of by cutting or casting. Chiefly attributive and in other combinations: bending machine, bending rolls; bending cradle n. (see quot. 1874). bending form n. a kind of bench anvil used in bending steam, gas, and water pipes. bending slab n. an iron floor upon which ships' frames are bent. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > for bending cold metal swage1812 swedge1825 bending cradle1874 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > other specific machines > [noun] reeler1598 driver1659 rubber1747 heading machine1795 bruiser1809 finisher1835 stripper1835 physionotype1836 rotary1836 tetraspaston1842 netting-machine1846 speeder1847 dresser1855 spacer1857 starcher1862 bronzing liquid, machine1865 finishing machine1869 grader1869 brain machine1872 peanut roaster1872 bending machine1874 screw-machine1876 tire-upsetting-machine1877 buncher?1881 flax-breaker1889 oscillator1889 fluoroscope1893 fluorometer1897 mucker1916 spray dryer1921 paver1926 teabagger1940 burster1950 icemaker1953 laminator1958 slipform (concrete) paver1958 extruder1959 Zamboni1965 manipulator1968 wave machine1968 pipelayer1969 walking machine1971 society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > rolling equipment > roller or set of roll1410 breaking-down rollers1839 planishing roller1839 plate roll1861 stand1873 bending rolls1874 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > tools and equipment ram-line1664 set1794 poker1823 horning-tackle1850 planking clamp1862 stower1863 planking-screw1864 ram1867 bending slab1890 warrok- 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 132 The ‘bending cradle’ is composed of a pair of stout iron vertical frames, between the bars of which transverse beams of iron, bent to the necessary curvature, are secured. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 97/2 A French bending machine, for cart and wagon tires. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Bending Rolls, heavy rollers of cast iron or steel set in strong standards, and used either for the straightening of crooked plates or for bending them into arcs of circles or into complete cylinders. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Straightening machine,..a machine in which channel, angle, and bar iron are straightened or bent, in boiler and smiths' shops, by squeezing... Since it will bend as well as straighten it is also called a bending machine. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 60 The ‘bending-slab’—a pavement of square masses of iron,..large enough to take any frame required in the ship to be built. 8. Horse Riding. (See quot. 1891¹.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > zigzagging movement bending1891 1891 J. M. Brown Polo in R. Weir et al. Riding (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 323 The ‘bending’ course is a capital institution, of which I believe the Earl of Harrington was the originator about eight years ago. Two lines of sticks should be set up 20 yards apart and parallel to each other. The sticks should be about 7 feet high and 8 yards apart... Then begin by cantering your pony up one side and down the other zigzagging between the posts. 1891 J. M. Brown Polo in R. Weir et al. Riding (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 323 I may here remark that this ‘bending’ competition is the most invaluable practical test of a really good polo pony. 1900 Daily News 16 Mar. 3/4 The bending competition, in which the considerations of pace, precision, riding, and ‘make’ [of a pony] are joined in equal importance. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 153 The ‘bending’ lessons of the riding school. 1922 Times 20 June 7/2 Both [polo ponies] being particularly handy at turning and bending. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † bendingn.² Etymology: ? < bend n.² + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. Decoration with ‘bends’ or stripes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > striping barringc1386 bendingc1386 striping1731 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > stripes or bars barc1385 barringc1386 bendingc1386 palingc1390 pale1415 candy stripe1875 broken line1937 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋343 Swandyng, palyng or bendyng, and semblable wast of cloth in vanite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). bendingadj. Etymology: < bend v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbending. That bends (in various senses of the verb); curving, curved, inclined, bowing; flexible, pliable, supple. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective] hangingc1330 pendentc1425 beetled1509 bending1567 prependent1592 propendent1593 overwhelming1599 pendulous1608 impendent1611 incumbent1719 imminent1727 impending1730 beetling1744 pensilec1750 pending1756 superincumbent1785 shelvy1811 overbrowing1814 propensive1819 oversailing1833 beetle-browed1842 overhung1845 overhanging1860 overleaning1865 overreaching1890 cantilevered1910 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > bending down bowingc1440 bending1567 declininga1616 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [adjective] > bending bending1567 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 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 109 With hir bending bodie. 1571 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (1847) i. i. 104 Their yet greene bending wittes. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 71 A cliffe whose high & bending head Lookes firmely in the confined deepe. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 48 Bending Osiers into Baskets weav'd. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 111 Some bending Valley. View more context for this quotation 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 555 To shape the Circle of the bending Wheel. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xv. 165 Behold her go..Along the bending sand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1398n.²c1386adj.1567
随便看	want little want naught want of want of a nail want off want one's will want out want something yesterday want to know! want to make something of it? want to make something out of it? want-begotten want-catcher want-catching want-creating want-grace want-hill want-killer want-louse want-taker want-to wanta wantable wantage wantage cap

bendingn.1

† bendingn.2

bendingadj.

bendingn.¹

† bendingn.²