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splay
/ˈsple/
(vt.)展開,張開,使成八字形(vi.)伸展開展開(a.)八字形的,笨重的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Splay
v. t.
1.
To
display
;
to
spread
. [
Obs
.]
“Our
ensigns
splayed
.”
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
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Splay
,
a.
Displayed
;
spread
out
;
turned
outward
;
hence
,
flat
;
ungainly
;
as
,
splay
shoulders
.
Sonwthing
splay
,
something
blunt-edged
,
unhandy
,
and
infelicitous
.
--
M
.
Arnold
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
splay
adj
:
turned
outward
in
an
ungainly
manner
; "
splay
knees
"
n
:
an
outward
bevel
around
a
door
or
window
that
makes
it
seem
larger
v
1:
spread
open
or
apart
; "
He
splayed
his
huge
hands
over
the
table
"
2:
turn
outward
; "
These
birds
can
splay
out
their
toes
";
"
ballet
dancers
can
rotate
their
legs
out
by
90
degrees
"
[
syn
:
turn out
,
spread out
,
rotate
]
3:
move
out
of
position
; "
dislocate
joints
"; "
the
artificial
hip
joint
luxated
and
had
to
be
put
back
surgically
" [
syn
:
dislocate
,
luxate
,
slip
]
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