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Curvicaudate
Curvicaudate Cur`vi*cau"date (k?r`v?-k?"d?t), a. [L. curvus
bent + E. caudate.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having a curved or crooked tail.
Curvicostate
Curvicostate Cur`vi*cos"tate (k?r`v?-k?s"t?t), a. [L. curvus +
E. costate.] (Bot.)
Having bent ribs.
Curvidentate
Curvidentate Cur`vi*den"tate (k?r`v?-d?n"t?t), a. [L. curvus +
E. dentate.]
Having curved teeth.
Curviform
Curviform Cur"vi*form (k?r"v?-f?rm), a. [L. curvus + -form.]
Having a curved form.
Curvilinead
Curvilinead Cur`vi*lin"e*ad (k?r`v?-l?n"?-?d), n. (Geom.)
An instrument for drawing curved lines.
Curvilineal
Curvilineal Cur`vi*lin"e*al (-al), Curvilinear
Cur`vi*lin"e*ar (-?r), a. [L. curvus bent + E. lineal,
linear.]
Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear
figure.
Curvilinear
Curvilineal Cur`vi*lin"e*al (-al), Curvilinear
Cur`vi*lin"e*ar (-?r), a. [L. curvus bent + E. lineal,
linear.]
Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear
figure.
Curvilinearity
Curvilinearity Cur`vi*lin`e*ar"i*ty (-?r"?-t?), n.
The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved
lines.
Curvilinearly
Curvilinearly Cur`vi*lin"e*ar*ly (-?r-l?), adv.
In a curvilinear manner.
curvinervateCurvinerved Cur"vi*nerved` (-n?rvd`), a. [L. curvus bent + E.
nerve. ] (Bot.)
Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called
also curvinervate and curve-veined. CurvinervedCurvinerved Cur"vi*nerved` (-n?rvd`), a. [L. curvus bent + E.
nerve. ] (Bot.)
Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called
also curvinervate and curve-veined. CurvingCurve Curve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curved (k?rvd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Curving.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a.,
Curb.]
To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
in pitching it. Curvirostral
Curvirostral Cur`vi*ros"tral (-r?s"tral), a. [L. curvus + E.
rostral.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.
Curvirostres
Curvirostres Cur"vi*ros"tres (-r?s"tr?z), n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
curvus curved + rostrum beak, rostrum.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and
nuthatches.
Curviserial
Curviserial Cur`vi*se"ri*al (-s?"r?-al), a. [L. curvus bent +
E. serial.] (Bot.)
Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
IncurvingIncurve In*curve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Incurving.] [See Incurvate.]
To bend; to curve; to make crooked. IncurvityIncurvity In*cur"vi*ty, n. [From L. incurvus bent. See
Incurvate.]
A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending
inwards. --Sir T. Browne. RecurvirostralRecurvirostral Re*cur`vi*ros"tral (-tral), a. [See
Recurviroster.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the beak bent upwards. Recurvity
Recurvity Re*cur"vi*ty (r?*k?r"v?*t?), n.
Recurvation.
ScurvierScurvy Scur"vy, a. [Compar. Scurvier; superl. Scurviest.]
[From Scurf; cf. Scurvy, n.]
1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy;
specifically, diseased with the scurvy. ``Whatsoever man .
. . be scurvy or scabbed.' --lev. xxi. 18, 20.
2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. ``A scurvy trick.'
--Ld. Lytton.
That scurvy custom of taking tobacco. --Swift.
[He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms.
--Shak. ScurviestScurvy Scur"vy, a. [Compar. Scurvier; superl. Scurviest.]
[From Scurf; cf. Scurvy, n.]
1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy;
specifically, diseased with the scurvy. ``Whatsoever man .
. . be scurvy or scabbed.' --lev. xxi. 18, 20.
2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. ``A scurvy trick.'
--Ld. Lytton.
That scurvy custom of taking tobacco. --Swift.
[He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms.
--Shak. Scurvily
Scurvily Scur"vi*ly, adv.
In a scurvy manner.
Scurviness
Scurviness Scur"vi*ness, n.
The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.
Meaning of Curvi from wikipedia
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Cliff Curvis (19
November 1927 – 22
April 2009), was a
champion welterweight boxer from Swansea, Wales.
Curvis fought professionally from the mid-1940s...
-
Nancurvis (14
August 1937 – 9
January 2012), who
fought under the name
Brian Curvis as a professional, was a
boxer from Swansea,
Wales who was
active from 1959...
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preceding year, in
which case the
Centumali were also
descended from the
Fulvii Curvi. Flaccus,
meaning "flabby", or "flop-eared", was the name of a prominent...
- 1965
Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England, U.K. 48 Win 42–5 (1)
Brian Curvis UD 15 Sep 22, 1964
Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England, U.K. Retained...
- the
chair of
mathematics at the
University of Padua. In his main work,
Curvi ac
recti proportio,
Sovero proves to be a
precursor of the
geometry of indivisibles...
- W. Schultze-Motel
Funaria convexa Spruce Funaria costesii Thér.
Funaria curvi-apiculata (Müll. Hal.) Broth.
Funaria curvipes (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Funaria...
- 1966) 2011 –
Makinti Napanangka,
Australian painter (b. 1930) 2012 –
Brian Curvis,
Welsh boxer (b. 1937) 2012 –
Augusto Gansser-Biaggi,
Swiss geologist and...
- In a
paper that he
presented in 1771 and
published in 1781
entitled De
curvis triangularibus,
Euler studied curvilinear triangles as well as the curves...
- light') was created. As the name suggests, it is a
metal lamp
container with
curvi-linear[vague]
lines branching out from the base, each
holding a lamp. The...
- Euler,
Leonhard (1740). "De
infinitis curvis eiusdem generis seu
methodus inveniendi aequationes pro
infinitis curvis eiusdem generis" [On infinite(ly many)...
