bendy

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Oh, and Val Shawcross is the 'last of the bendy * something*' and silly to want to talk about why his only self-proclaimed 'big idea', the Thames Estuary Airport isn't in his Transport Strategy.

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  1. In heraldry, divided into four or more diagonal parts in the direction of the bend: said of the field. This word is used, no matter how great the number of the divisions, as bendlety and cottisy, which would be the regular forms, are awkward in use.
  2. Bendy barry in heraldry See barry bendy, under barry.
  3. Bendy paly in heraldry, divided by lines bendwise and palewise, and therefore divided into lozenges.

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  • His banner was "bendy," and on one of the bends was the Emperor's arms; on another were the arms of the Sultan of Harapha, and on the other, those of the Sultan of Grand Cairo. —  The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville
  • The sides of it were bendy, and there was a hole in the top, so that as it sat it sagged, and as it sagged it flowed. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • Lace the lower portion of the boot up to the "bendy" section of the ankle. —  Kit Up
  • Even those who enjoy it will readily admit that it is in acquired taste at best: There is something almost mousy to the facial expressions of her characters, and their bodies are invariably of the boneless, bendy, latter-day CLAMP-like sort. —  Anime News Network
  • The delightfully clever way in which the film explains Bolt's cluelessness is emblematic of the delightful, mind-bendy, poignant cleverness of the whole experience. —  FlickFilosopher.com
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  1. from Old French bende, French bandé, past participle of bander, cross with bands: see bend.
 

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