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the quality or fact of being bent; crookedness; curvedness.
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the quality of being dishonest; dishonesty.
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the place where a river or stream changes its course; a bend of a river or stream.
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an impediment, obstruction or obstacle.
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(astrol.) the planet Mars.
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(astrol.) the planet Saturn.
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(astrol.) the unfavourable position of an astrological planet.
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(pros.) the prosodic length that is twice the single or basic unit as of a long syllable (represented by -).
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(mus.) the fact of the regular ascending order or descending order, sometimes both, being broken.
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(dance.) a twisting of the chin (to act as if possessed by an evil spirit).
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a bending of fingers.