Part 1042

<i> Camden.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.</syn>

<h1>Bend</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Bend</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.</def>

<blockquote>The green earth's end Where the bowed welkin slow doth <b>bend</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To jut over; to overhang.</def>

<blockquote>There is a cliff, whose high and <b>bending</b> head Looks fearfully in the confined deep. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be inclined; to be directed.</def>

<blockquote>To whom our vows and wished <b>bend</b>. <i> Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.</def>

<blockquote>While each to his great Father <b>bends</b>. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bend</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Bend</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Bent</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; <as>as, a slight <ex>bend</ex> of the body; a <ex>bend</ex> in a road.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my <b>bend</b>. <i>Fletcher.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Leather Trade)</fld> <def>The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See <er>Butt</er>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Hard, indurated clay; bind.</def>

<cs><col>Bends of a ship</col>, <cd>the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called <i>wales<i>. They have the beams, knees, and foothooks bolted to them. Also, the frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides; as, the midship <i>bend<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bend</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Bend</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bend</ets>. See <er>Band</er>, and cf. the preceding noun.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A band.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[OF. <ets>bende</ets>, <ets>bande</ets>, F. <ets>bande</ets>. See <er>Band</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Bend sinister</col> <fld>(Her.)</fld>, <cd>an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bendable</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Bend"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being bent.</def>

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