splayingn.1
1. The action of extending; extension.For Splaying in Kersey (1706) see splaiting n.
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the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > extension or stretching
streekinga1340
stretchingc1375
outstretchinga1387
stretching out1530
splaying1531
extending?1541
outreaching1587
extension1615
outstretchedness1674
protraction1681
exporrection1697
outstretch1828
1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xlvv The castynge abrode of his handes, [is] the splayenge of Christ vppon the crosse.
2. The action of making with a splay; the manner or extent of this.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > splay
splay1507
splaying1725
1725 W. Halfpenny Art of Sound Building 13 A..Door, or Window.., whose Crown lies level without splaying.
1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 247/1 The splaying of the arches..was neither justified by science nor practice.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xvi. 173 The splaying or chamfering of the jamb of the larger door will be deepened.
1881 Athenæum 4 June 756/3 The Interior of the New Church.. is..noteworthy on account of the bold splaying of the clearstory.
3. The fact of spreading outwards.
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the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out
spreadinga1250
spreadinga1382
outspreading?c1425
stenting1507
expansure1598
extensure1604
expansion1646
dispansion1658
extension1684
expanding1844
outspread1848
splaying1881
fanning-out1883
1881 W. Spottiswoode in Nature 13 Oct. 571/2 This splaying or bulging of the shadow is due to the interference of the molecular streams.
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splayingn.2
Spaying.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > castration or spaying
libbing1396
geldinga1398
spaying1575
splaying1607
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 673 Another part of a good Swinehard is, to looke to the gelding of his Swyne, and splaying of the females.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chastrement, a gelding, libbing, speying, splaying.
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splayingadj.
Sloping or spreading outwards.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > placed at an angle > bevelling or bevelled
bevel1609
canted1649
bevelling1678
bevelled1758
chamfered?1790
splayed1823
sprung1825
splaying1874
snaped1875
1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Objects Indian Art S. Kensington Mus. 143 The body of the vessel is like an ordinary lota.., with a long and broad splaying neck.
1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Objects Indian Art S. Kensington Mus. App. 273 A thin bowl-shaped cup with splaying rim.
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