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Webster 1913 Edition


Bending

Bend′ing

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Noun.
The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bending

BEND'ING

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ppr.
Incurvating; forming into a curve; stooping subduing; turning as a road or river;inclining; leaning; applying closely, as the mind; fastening.