ybentadj.
bent.
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crooked?c1225
roundc1300
ybentc1330
bentc1374
cambera1387
curvate?a1425
curve?a1425
curved?a1425
bowingc1440
crumped1480
bowed1483
bended1495
bowlanda1522
compass?1523
curbed?1541
compassed1551
compassing1576
curvated1598
orbed1598
curving1609
ridgill-backed1611
incurved1623
inflected1646
incurvate1647
curvous1661
incurvated1665
swayed1688
bending1697
circumflex1707
curval1730
sweeping1772
bendy1800
curvatureda1810
curvative1846
hooped1852
swept1903
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 1486 To dragouns ther layen y-bent.
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 214 Grette browis y-bente.
1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 187 Cupide, the king, wyth bow in hand ybent.
1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued vii. sig. G3 v That Broking trade might practizd be by men so well ybent.
1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine i. Prol. 9 A dreadfull Archer with his bow ybent.
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