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The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.

gospel of the kingdom. Matt. iv. 23. The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel. Bentley.

Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. Loudon.

A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]

A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.

ennyson. Half ape (Zoöl.), a lemur. -- Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back. -- Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. -- Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder, one who boards in p…

Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

ssil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.

A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent.

To pull or draw with force; to drag. Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham. Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope. Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.

To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.

A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.

the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. Bentley.

According to hydrostatics, or to hydrostatic principles. Bentley.

of moisture of the atmosphere. Daniell's hygrometer, a form of hygrometer consisting of a bent glass tube terminating in two bulbs, the one covered with muslin, the other of black glass, and containing ether and a thermometer. Ether being poured on the muslin, the black ball, cooled by the evaporation of the ether with…

Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.

Beyond memory. Bentley.

cation; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence. Bentley.