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

On its incurving back it holds firmly the vowels; with its tip, many of the consonants.

From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard

It did not come; the graceful incurving of the white hull ended in the sweep of counter above the tip of a propeller blade, and the dory drifted on into the mist astern.

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold

The acorns of the red oak are large, and set in shallow saucers, with incurving rims.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Deep among the incurving petals of the blushing-fragrance, he loses himself in his joys sometimes, till a breezy waft reveals him.

From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)