sinuare

1 sinuare [CL] 1 to curve, bend, bow; b (in gl.). arcum quem ipse ‥ nervo extento ~aret W. Malm. GR III 279; to cruke, curvare, aduncare ‥ †fumare [l. sinuare] ‥ CathA.  b ~o, -as, quod non est in usu sed componitur insinuo Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 532. 2 (p. ppl. as adj.) bent, curved; b (arch.). c (her.) that has a curved or sinuous edge, wavy. saltationis verbo non histrionicis motibus ~ati corporis rotatus Bede Luke 422; Francos bipertito agmine et ~atis alis includere conati sunt W. Malm. GR IV 371.  b sinuato fornice Frith. 581; stant cacumina turris, / fornicibus variis et sinuata micant Wulf. Swith. pref. 180.  c ipsis praeterea symbolis varietatem imponunt his inscisis, illis ~atis Spelman Asp. 108; ~atus cultus videtur corpus symboli afficere, quin et motum prae se ferre: hic marinorum fluctuum, ille fluviorum Ib. 109. 3 (of garment) full of folds. ~ate vestis receptaculum Bede Orth. 26. 4 (of sail) swelling, expanded. alis remorum remigumque brachiis ac velis vento ~atis vecti Gildas EB 16; carbasa ‥ ventorum flaminibus ~ata [gl.: curvata] Aldh. VirgP 59.

2 sinuare [back-formed from CL insinuare], to demonstrate, indicate. demostrer, †sumare [l. sinuare], et in- Gl. AN Ox. f. 154v.

3 sinuare v. sumere