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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by
straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing
into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee. |
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To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. |
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To apply closely or with interest; to direct. |
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To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. |
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To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its
yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. |
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To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook
or be curving; to bow. |
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To jut over; to overhang. |
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To be inclined; to be directed. |
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To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. |
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A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper
direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of
the body; a bend in a road. |
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Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. |
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A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an
anchor, spar, or post. |
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The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt. |
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Hard, indurated clay; bind. |
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same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. |
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A band. |
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One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a
fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the
dexter chief to the sinister base. |
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