incurve

Example Sentences

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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 Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

The blade is two-edged, widening from a sharp point to two shoulders from 3 to 4 centimeters apart, whence the edges incurve gradually and finally end in two projecting spurs 3 or 4 centimeters apart.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

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 Stratemeyer, Edward

If by any chance the supply of detritus is increased, they fill in between the horns, diminish the incurve of the bay, and so cause its beach to be more exposed to heavy waves.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

He had a nose like a shoemaker's thumb: there was a deep incurve from its wide tip to his forehead.

From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving