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• Bend — may refer to:* Bend, Oregon, a city * Bend, an album by 8stops7 * Bend (heraldry), a colored band that runs from the upper left (as seen by the viewer) corner of the shield to the lower right * Decompression sickness, commonly the bends * The… …   Wikipedia

• bend — bend1 [bend] vt. bent, bending [ME benden < OE bendan, to confine with a string (< Gmc * bandjan < * bindan > BIND); hence, to fetter, bend (a bow)] 1. Obs. to cause tension in (a bow, etc.), as by drawing with a string 2. to force… …   English World dictionary

• Bend Sinister — is a 1947 dystopian novel written by Vladimir Nabokov.The titleA bend sinister is a heraldic device: a bar drawn from the upper left side of a shield (from the perspective of the shieldbearer) to the lower right. In the introduction Nabokov wrote …   Wikipedia

• bend sinister — n. Heraldry a diagonal band or stripe on a shield, from the upper right to the lower left corner (as seen by the viewer): it signifies bastardy in the family line …   English World dictionary

• Bend (heraldry) — Coat of arms of Baden: Or, a bend gules In heraldry, a bend is a coloured band running from the upper right corner of the shield to the lower left (from the point of view of a person bearing the shield). Writers differ in how much of the field… …   Wikipedia

• Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin — Infobox Oil field name = Bend Arch Fort Worth Basin Province region = North Central Texas country = United States coordinates = locblock = offonshore = Onshore operators = Devon Energy, Chesapeake Energy, EOG Resources, XTO Energy, EnCana, Range …   Wikipedia

• bend — 01. Superman is able to [bend] a steel bar in half with his bare hands. 02. The nail [bent] when I tried to hammer it into the board. 03. He is always trying to [bend] the rules, and try something different. 04. Plants will generally [bend]… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Lower Brandon Plantation — Brandon U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …   Wikipedia

• bend sinister —    an imputation of illegitimacy    The heraldic bend sinister runs from the upper right to the lower left corner of a coat of arms.    To suggest that someone, whether or not entitled to a coat of arms, has a bend sinister, is to imply that he… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• bend dexter — noun diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left • Syn: ↑bend • Hypernyms: ↑ordinary * * * Heraldry. the ordinary bend, extending from the dexter chief to the sinister base. [1615 25] …   Useful english dictionary