EMBOWED

Adjective

embowed (not comparable)

(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched like a bow.

Verb

embowed

simple past tense and past participle of embow

Source: Wiktionary


EMBOW

Em*bow", v. t.

Definition: To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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