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Bent in a regular form; curved.

The act of bending or crooking.

Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves. Henslow.

The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve. Cowper. The elegant curvature of their fronds. Darwin.

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

The state of being curved.

To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. 'Oft and high he did curvet." Drayton.

Having a curved or crooked tail.

Having bent ribs.

Having curved teeth.

Having a curved form.

An instrument for drawing curved lines.

Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure.

The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.

In a curvilinear manner.

Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.

Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.

A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches.

Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.

The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. Holder.