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Splay

Splay Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Splay? [n] an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger [adj] turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees" [v] move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" [v] turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes" [v] spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Splay: dislocate \| luxate \| slip \| splayfoot \| splayfooted \| spread out \| turn out Related Terms \| Find terms related to Splay: See Also \| bevel \| cant \| chamfer \| displace \| move \| open \| spread \| turn \| unfold Splay In Webster's Dictionary \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. \Splay\, a. Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders. Sonwthing splay, something blunt-edged, unhandy, and infelicitous. --M. Arnold. \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.

Splay Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Splay?

[n] an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
[adj] turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees"
[v] move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
[v] turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"
[v] spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table"

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Splay In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\Splay\, a.
Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly;
as, splay shoulders.

      Sonwthing splay, something blunt-edged, unhandy, and
      infelicitous.                            --M. Arnold.


\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.

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