| 单词 | flexed and reflexed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflexed and reflexed a. Bent. Now only Heraldry and in scientific use. flexed and reflexed (Heraldry), having the two extremities curved in opposite directions, like the letter S. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [adjective] bowea1500 devexed1562 flexed1572 cernuous1653 bowed1848 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 20 v This worme is here figured with the tayle flexed vnder his chinne. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiii. 125 The Proboscide, Truncke..of an Elephant, in Pale Couped, Flexed and Reflexed after the forme of a Roman S. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 334 Upon my flexed knees. 1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Flexed, bent or bowed, somewhat circular. 1863 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 2) xi. §1. 59 Three Legs, armed, proper..flexed in a triangle. 1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish iii. 99 When the abdomen is completely flexed. < as lemmas |
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