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- verb Present participle of
concave .
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Examples
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This "concaving," or "seating," should be deeper or shallower as the horny sole is less or more concave.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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- Grinding of the plane iron has to be effected until the flank has uniform concaving and the cutting edge is square to the plane iron edge.
3. Preparations for Planing Rolf Jakoby 1993
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Checking of the concaving and of the accuracy to size
Chapter 5 B. Zierenberg 1990
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She pointed to the largest of the islands, a great bare mass that looked as had it been, when viscid, flung out in long folds from a central peak, concaving here and there with its own weight.
Rezánov 1906
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"cupped" soles require no concaving (hind hoofs, narrow fore hoofs).
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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a small Frame, concaving inwardly (Ogee pattern, I believe), which leads the Eyes into the Picture: whereas a Frame convexing outwardly leads the
Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) Edward FitzGerald 1846
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