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gibbousness
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Gibbousness
(gcide) | Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]
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1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant;
convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and
the full moon.
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The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.
--Wiseman.
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2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --
Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.
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gibbousness
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n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects
from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an
obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the
rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well
developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn:
bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity,
gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance,
protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] |
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Gibbousness
(gcide) | Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant;
convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and
the full moon.
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The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.
--Wiseman.
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2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --
Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.
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