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Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek. Grecian bend, among women, an affected carriage of the body, the upper part being inclined forward. [Collog.] -- Grecian fire. See Greek fire, under Greek.

which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull. [Written also gunnel.]

Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified. Some haloed face bending over me. C. Bronté.

at hang the pensive head. Milton. To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head. -- To hang fire (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold ba…

A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.] Half heck, the lower half of a door. -- Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. -- Heck box or frame, that which carries the heck in warping.

A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.

To bend. [Obs.] Shak.

Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

To bend; to curve as a hook.

Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.

To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right. Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. Is. xxxvii. 17.

To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook. Cheyne.

The act of bending, or curving.

To bend; to curve; to make crooked.

Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.

A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards. Sir T. Browne.

on both indifferently. Shak. I hope it may indifferently entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. Rowe.

To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle Sir I. Newton.

A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.

To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect. J. Philips.