Part 2388

<h1>Convex</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con"vex</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A convex body or surface.</def>

<blockquote>Half heaven's <b>convex</b> glitters with the flame. <i>Tickell.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This word was often pronounced <i>con-vex'</i> by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionallyby later poets.</note>

<h1>Convexed</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con"vexed</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Convexedly</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con*vex"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>dv.</tt> <def>In a convex form; convexly.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Convexedness</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con*vex"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Convexity.</def>

<h1>Convexity</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con*vex"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Convexities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>convexitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>convexit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.</def>

<blockquote>A smooth, uniform <b>convexity</b> and rotundity of a globe. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Convexly</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con"vex*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a convex form; <as>as, a body <ex>convexly</ex> shaped</as>.</def>

<h1>Convexness</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con"vex*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being convex; convexity.</def>

<h1>Convexo-concave</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con*vex"o-con"cave</hw> <tt>(?&or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See <er>Meniscus</er>.</def>

<h1>Convexo-convex</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con*vex"o-con"vex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Convex on bot<?/ sides; double convex. See under <er>Convex</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Convexo-plane</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con*vex"o-plane`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.</def>

<h1>Convey</h1> <Xpage=318>

<hw>Con*vey"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Conveyed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Conveying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>conveir</ets>, <ets>convoier</ets>, to escort, convoy, F. <ets>convoyer</ets>, LL. <ets>conviare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>via</ets> way. See <er>Viaduct</er>, <er>Voyage</er>, and cf. <er>Convoy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>convey</b> them by sea in fleats. <i>1 Kings v. 9.</i></blockquote>