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splay
a surface of a wall that forms an oblique angle to the main flat surfaces, esp at a doorway or window opening
splay [splā]
(engineering)
A slanted or beveled surface making an oblique angle with another surface.
splay
A sloped surface, or a surface which makes an oblique angle with another, esp. at the sides of a door, window, proscenium, etc., so the opening is larger on one side than the other; a large chamfer; a reveal at an oblique angle to the exterior face of the wall.
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Who said that whoever wears glasses is a nerd With those new stylish pairs that are splayed on the counters, it is easy to look your very best even when you have your eyes behind those lenses Who said that whoever wears glasses is a nerd?
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With a head splayed over in a wave pattern of cornrows, she chats it up with every boy in the jail school, then complains that she is not ready, so I let her postpone the test another day.
Student-inmate by Leon, Raina J. / African American Review
 
 
 
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