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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

sinuosus

, fr.

sinus

a bent surface, a curve: cf. F.

sinueux

. See

Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

–

Sin′u-ous-ly

adv.

Streaking the ground with

sinuous

trace.

Milton.

Gardens bright with

sinuous

rills.

Coleridge.

Adj.

[L. sinus.] Wind; crooked; bending in and out; as a sinuous pipe. Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.