[-ING1.] The action of the verb CURVE; bending, flexure, curvature. Also fig.
1594. Norden, Spec. Brit., Essex, 11. The Roding … after manifolde curuings, it maketh way vnder Wodforde bridge.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa, Wks. 1883, V. 335. Curvings from the plain simple truth.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 905. The curving of the [antheridium] … indicates that fertilisation does not usually take place between the contiguous organs.
