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arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Farced
(gcide) | Farce \Farce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced, p. pr. & vb. n.
Farcing.] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. ???????? to
fence in, stop up. Cf. Force to stuff, Diaphragm,
Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]
1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled
ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]
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The first principles of religion should not be
farced with school points and private tenets. --Bp.
Sanderson.
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His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. --Chaucer.
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2. To render fat. [Obs.]
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If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. --B. Jonson.
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3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]
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Farcing his letter with fustian. --Sandys.
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