flexure

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FLEX'URE, noun [Latin flexura.] 1. A winding or bending; the form of bending; as the flexure of a joint. 2. The act of bending. 3. The part bent; a joint. 4. The bending of the body; obsequious or servile cringe.
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