incurving

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Nevertheless breeders buy cows which have "long thin tails with a good switch," buff noses, incurving horns, in the belief that such dams will infallibly transmit their milk-producing ability to their calves.

From Time Magazine Archive

A southern incurving projection of the outer shore-line of this peninsula is known as Tres Montes peninsula, the most southern point of which is a cape of the same name.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

When spaces between the incurving hooks and the border are filled out with color, the familiar design on the second half of 5 results.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

It was where an uprooted tree, fallen across an incurving bank, made a snug little recess that was closed in on three sides.

From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Her foretopgallant-sail swelled to its cotton-like hue out of the black shadow of its incurving.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 24, 1891 by Various