sinuated, ppl. a.
(ˈsɪnjuːeɪtɪd)
[f. as sinuate a. + -ed1.]
† 1. Having a sinus or hollow. Obs. rare—1.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man i. 36 A round head..is admitted into the..rounde sinuated side of the Boatelyke Bone. |
2. Bot. Of leaves or their margins: = sinuate a. 1.
| 1727 Bailey (vol. II), A Sinuated Leaf..is that which is cut about the Edges into several long Segments, as in Oak-Leaves. 1757 Phil. Trans. L. 68 The radical leaves..are not sinuated on the edges. 1828 J. E. Smith Engl. Flora II. 11 The last, from which it differs in being generally more bushy, with more deeply toothed, or sinuated, leaves. 1847 W. E. Steele Field Bot. 13 Leaves lanceolate, unequally spiny, sinuated. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1062/2. |
b. Similarly of shells, parts of insects, etc.
| a 1728 Woodward Fossils (J.), Another was very perfect,..and more sinuated. 1771 Phil. Trans. LXI. 233 Its figure is oblong,..and the hinge somewhat sinuated at the opening. 1835 J. Duncan Beetles 103 This piece is usually..sinuated or notched in the middle of its anterior edge. 1851 Woodward Mollusca i. 104 Shell rather ventricose;..outer lip..sinuated near the notch of the anterior canal. 1875 M. C. Cooke Fungi (ed. 2) 67 A cellular mass, consisting of the sinuated hymenium and young spores. |
3. Sinuous, winding.
| 1859 R. F. Burton Centr. Africa in Jrnl. Geogr. Soc. XXIX. 127 The sinuated beds of watercourses and the steep inclines of hills. |