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splay


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Splay  \Splay\,  a.  (Arch.) 
  A  slope  or  bevel,  especially  of  the  sides  of  a  door  or 
  window,  by  which  the  opening  is  made  larged  at  one  face  of 
  the  wall  than  at  the  other  or  larger  at  each  of  the  faces 
  than  it  is  between  them 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Splay  \Splay\,  v.  t.  [Abbrev.  of  display.] 
  1.  To  display;  to  spread.  [Obs.]  ``Our  ensigns  splayed.'' 
  --Gascoigne. 
 
  2.  To  dislocate,  as  a  shoulder  bone. 
 
  3.  To  spay;  to  castrate.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  4.  To  turn  on  one  side  to  render  oblique;  to  slope  or  slant, 
  as  the  side  of  a  door,  window,  etc  --Oxf.  Gloss. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Splay  \Splay\,  a. 
  Displayed;  spread  out  turned  outward;  hence  flat;  ungainly; 
  as  splay  shoulders. 
 
  Sonwthing  splay,  something  blunt-edged,  unhandy,  and 
  infelicitous.  --M.  Arnold. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  splay 
  adj  :  turned  outward  in  an  ungainly  manner;  "splay  knees" 
  n  :  an  outward  bevel  around  a  door  or  window  that  makes  it  seem 
  larger 
  v  1:  spread  open  or  apart;  "He  splayed  his  huge  hands  over  the 
  table" 
  2:  turn  outward;  "These  birds  can  splay  out  their  toes"  [syn:  {turn 
  out},  {spread  out}] 
  3:  move  out  of  position;  "dislocate  joints"  [syn:  {dislocate}, 
  {slip}] 




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