incurving

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Nevertheless breeders buy cows which have "long thin tails with a good switch," buff noses, incurving horns, in the belief that such dams will infallibly transmit their milk-producing ability to their calves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Deep among the incurving petals of the blushing-fragrance, he loses himself in his joys sometimes, till a breezy waft reveals him.

From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

It was, in general, bottle-shaped, with an incurving shoulder at the top so that anything that fell in could not climb out.

From The World That Couldn't Be by Simak, Clifford D.

When spaces between the incurving hooks and the border are filled out with color, the familiar design on the second half of 5 results.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

It did not come; the graceful incurving of the white hull ended in the sweep of counter above the tip of a propeller blade, and the dory drifted on into the mist astern.

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold