flex1 (fleks)

t. [ The slight power of flexing the ankle-joint. E. D. Cope , Origin of the Fittest, p. 270. When the abdomen is flexed , the spines of the peculiar telson are placed in such a position as to give additional protection, being thus directed forwards. Science , III. 514. flex2t, n. An obsolete variant of flax . Chaucer . flex an i mous (flek-san'i-mus), a . [L. flexani mus , that bends or sways the heart, flex us , pp. of flectere , bend, + animus , mind, heart.] Having power to bend or change the mind. [Rare.] I felt my Heart melting within my Breast, and my Thoughts transported to a true Elysium all the while, there were such flezanimous strong ravishing Strains throughout it. Howell, Letters, I. v. 12. flexed of an arm, a leg, or other bearing, bent naturally. Also flect, flectant, flected.