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splay

(v): spread open or apart

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(v): spread out or open from a closed or folded state

(v): turn outward

(v): change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

(v): move out of position

(v): cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

(n): an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger

(n): two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

(adj): turned outward in an ungainly manner

(adj): vs. pigeon-toed), splayfoot -- (having feet that turn outward

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8 months ago seanahan said:

Also a type of tree, which I remember fondly.

8 months ago Minerva said: Clarissa Harlowe to Anna Howe (Clarissa, by Samuel Richardson)

I arose, the man hemming up for a speech, rising and beginning to set his splay feet...

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