Similarly, if the world had some other figure with unequal radii, if, for instance, it were lentiform, or oviform, in every case we should have to admit space and void outside the moving body, because the whole body would not always occupy the same room. From Wordnik.com. [On the Heavens] Reference
It is of a rough, knotty appearance, somewhat oviform, and when cooked is dry and sweet tasted. From Wordnik.com. [ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE] Reference
It consisted of an oviform body to which were pivoted two upright slats carrying above the body nine long superposed flat blades spaced about one-third of their width apart. From Wordnik.com. [Flying Machines: Construction and Operation] Reference
Of flying insects, too, there are such as appear in houses, fields, and woods, which arise in like manner in summer, with no oviform matters sufficient to account for them; also such as devour meadows and lawns, and in some hot localities fill and infest the air; besides those that swim and fly unseen in filthy waters, wines becoming sour, and pestilential air. From Wordnik.com. [Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom] Reference
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