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splayed
[
spley
]
Origin
splay
/
spleɪ
/
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spley
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to spread out, expand, or extend.
2.
to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel.
3.
to make with a splay or splays.
4.
to disjoin; dislocate.
verb (used without object)
5.
to have an oblique or slanting direction.
6.
to spread or flare.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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noun
7.
Architecture
.
a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
adjective
8.
spread out; wide and flat; turned outward.
9.
clumsy or
awkward
.
10.
oblique or awry.
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English;
aphetic form of
display
Related forms
un·splayed,
adjective
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splay
"to spread out," early 14c., shortened form of desplayen (see
display
). Pp. adj. splayed "spread out" is attested from 1540s.
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"His reversed body gracefully curved, his brown legs hoisted like a Tarentine sail, his joined ankles tacking, Van gripped with
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