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Bendy

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Bendy
    (Her) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. bendy
    In heraldry, divided into four or more diagonal parts in the direction of the bend: said of the field. This word is used, no matter how great the number of the divisions, as bendlety and cottisy, which would be the regular forms, are awkward in use.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary From Bend a band

Usage in the news

Kruger's bendy eight-iron costs South African at the last. nflam.com

The Amazing History and the Strange Invention of the Bendy Straw. theatlantic.com

Bendy antennae could reshape electronics. msnbc.msn.com

The river's bendy banks gave the conquerors who passed through this region pause and produced the epithet popularized by Strabo 2,000 years ago: "From the course of this river all windings are called meanders ". online.wsj.com

The issue is written by Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Jeph Loeb, Nick Spencer, Kieron Gillen and Dennis Hopeless. blog.newsok.com

Be prepared to get bendy. shape.com

Nov 13, 2012 by Debra Bendis. christiancentury.org

Kruger 's bendy eight-iron costs South African at the last. tbx.com

Nov 01, 2011 by Debra Bendis. christiancentury.org

Stop what you're doing and check out this preview of Takio, a new graphic novel by Brian Bendis and Michael Oeming, two creators who are well known in the world of adult superhero comics. blog.schoollibraryjournal.com

Kim Bendis of Naperville voices her concerns about electric smart meters before a hearing in federal court. chicagotribune.com

When writer Brian Michael Bendis calls a story arc "The Death of Spider-Man," he doesn't mess around. usatoday.com

A few of Mariah Carey's demands are: cases of Cristal champagne, a box of bendy straws and one special attendant to dispose of used chewing gum. power953.com

The origin has been traced to an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning weak or bendy. chicagotribune.com

Usage in literature

Thrasymachus replies: 'Let this be your entertainment, Socrates, at the festival of Bendis. "The Republic" by Plato

As in the case of Christian Science, these New Thoughters have a fundamental truth, which I would by no means wish to depreciate. "The Profits of Religion" by Upton Sinclair

If Miss Rose Mary weren't strong and bendy as a hickory saplin she couldn't prop up all them old folks. "Rose of Old Harpeth" by Maria Thompson Daviess

Bendy of six pieces, azure and argent. "The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition" by Anonymous

As in the case of Christian Science, these New Thoughters have a fundamental truth, which I would by no means wish to depreciate. "The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition" by Upton Sinclair

Well, that's the identical kind of jar I got when Marjorie begins that willowy bendy figure. "Torchy, Private Sec." by Sewell Ford

Robert, you'll take good care of Bendie and rub her well down. "Allison Bain" by Margaret Murray Robertson

I was terribly weak, and all bendy in the middle. "Mavis of Green Hill" by Faith Baldwin