incurve
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His shoulders were bowed, the incurve of his thin stomach following the line of his back.
From The Under Dog by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The first ball he pitched was an incurve, but it looked good to the batter, and he swung at it viciously.
From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by J. W. Duffield
He knew what he wanted, and by and by he got one—one about knee-high with a little incurve to it.
From The U-boat hunters by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
The next was an incurve, but Brassy swung at it and missed again.
From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Edward Stratemeyer
He captained the baseball team, and could pitch an incurve and a swift drop ball that made him a demi-god to those who had vainly tried to hit his twisters.
From The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by James R. [pseud.] Driscoll
There were teeth in the beak, too, like a series of sharp incurved hooks.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Ovary 12–35-celled, the concave summit tipped with a globular projection at the centre, around which are the radiate stigmas; these project at the margin, and are extended into linear and incurved sterile appendages.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Crown of 5 hooded bodies seated on the tube of stamens, each containing an incurved horn.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Standard very broad, reflexed; the long scythe-shaped keel strongly incurved, at length coiled.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Palpi compressed, incurved in front of the head, the sides convex or angular; the last joint erect, pointing vertically.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
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
Near the shore the waves broke into white sprites of foam against the deep, incurving cliffs.
From The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Margaret O'Bannon Womack Vandercook
The acorns of the red oak are large, and set in shallow saucers, with incurving rims.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
Everything in his make-up helped: the broad, square shoulders, arms held close to his side; flat waist; incurving back and narrow hips.
From Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero by Francis Hopkinson Smith
On its incurving back it holds firmly the vowels; with its tip, many of the consonants.
From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Richard Aldrich
