incurve
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of incurve
First recorded in 1600–10, incurve is from the Latin word incurvāre to bend in, curve. See in- 2, curve
Example Sentences
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The next was an incurve, but Brassy swung at it and missed again.
From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Stratemeyer, Edward
He knew what he wanted, and by and by he got one—one about knee-high with a little incurve to it.
From The U-boat hunters by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
His shoulders were bowed, the incurve of his thin stomach following the line of his back.
From The Under Dog by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
The other important curves are the incurve, shooting sharply to the left, and the drop, with their many variations, nearly every pitcher using some favourite curve.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
The blade is two-edged, widening from a sharp point to two shoulders from 3 to 4 centimeters apart, whence the edges incurve gradually and finally end in two projecting spurs 3 or 4 centimeters apart.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.
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