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† ˈanfract Obs. rare.
[ad. L. anfract-us (also occas. used), a breaking round, a bending, f. anfring-ĕre, f. an- = am-, amb- about + frang-ĕre to break.]
A winding, a circuitous route; a sinuosity.
1567J. Maplet Greene Forest 86 The Fleck..goeth with rowling foote, and hath often anfractes or turnings. 1611Coryat Crudities 576 The numerous anfracts and intricate windings thereof. 1714Derham Astro-theol. 6 Anfractus or Roughnesses on the Concave part of the enlighten'd Edge. |