Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FLEX'URE
FLEX'URE, n. [L. flexura.]
- A winding or bending; the form of bending; as, the flexure of a joint.
- The act of bending. Shak.
- The part bent; a joint. Sandys.
- The bending of the body; obsequious or servile cringe. Shak.
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