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† ˈconcavous, a. Obs.
[f. L. concav-us concave + -ous: cf. cavous.]
= concave.
1578Banister Hist. Man. i. 11 Collumbus..will haue them [ossicles] Concauous and hollow. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 74/1 Applye that on the Concavouse tooth, and the wormes will fall out. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 30 All the concavous parts of his body..were filled vp with solid lead. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece ii. xiv. (1715) 316 The concavous part of the Liver.
Hence † ˈconcavously adv., concavely.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. ii. (1686) 192 The Dolphin..is Concavously inverted, and hath its spine depressed. |