Definition of "splaying" []

• Present participle of splay. (verb)

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• "One should notice, too, the "splaying" of the outer wall, by which missiles from the top would be projected outwards; and also the use of the mill-stream to carry away the refuse of the garderobe tower."
• "First ELSE cellphone, we should've waited for them to come along and show off their initial device; it uses a "splaying" one-thumb navigation system that promises to bypass digging through menus."
• "She pulls me into her hug, a haze of Tabu, her pink, pink nails splaying around my shoulder."