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Meanings of curve outwards in English

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Usage of curve outwards in English
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Between the two turrets was a large superstructure, the walls of which curved outwards all over the top.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves / Updated to 1900
2
The cells in the upper part of the stem appear free for nearly half their length, and are gently curved outwards.
Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the ...
3
The scale and quickly realized that was made just so that nobody could enter: the spikes were curved outwards and downwards.
Renaissance
4
Set in these wrinkles was a sunken slit, that represented the mouth, beneath which the chin curved outwards to a point.
King Solomon's Mines
5
At the beginning of germination the flat embryonic disk curves outwards, and separates on the inner side from the underlying large yelk-ball.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
6
The crags above us were not merely perpendicular, but curved outwards at the top, so that ascent was out of the question.
The Lost World
7
Then from a sangar lower down the line where the cliffs of the nullah curved outwards they were seen and the alarm was given.
The Broken Road
8
The mighty neck came down square from the ears and curved outwards into shoulders, which had lost nothing at the hands of the local artist.
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
9
"What must you think of me, madam?" asked Margaret, throwing her head back with proud disdain, till her throat curved outwards like a swan's.
North and South