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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

sinuatus

, p. p. of

sinuare

to wind, bend, fr.

sinus

a bend.]

Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Sinuated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Sinuating

To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous.

Woodward.

Verb.

[L. sinuo.] To wind; to turn; to bend in and out.

Adj.

In botany, a sinuate leaf is one that has large curved breaks in the margin, resembling bays, as in the oak.