Noun
an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger

Verb
move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

Verb
turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

Verb
spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table"

Adjective S.
turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees"

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v. t.
To display; to spread.

v. t.
To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.

v. t.
To spay; to castrate.

v. t.
To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc.

a.
Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders.

a.
A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

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Splay

Splay , v. t. [Abbrev. of display.] 1. To display; to spread. [Obs.] "Our ensigns splayed." Gascoigne. 2. To dislocate, as a shoulder bone. 3. To spay; to castrate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 4. To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc. Oxf. Gloss.

Splay

Splay, a. Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders.

Sonwthing splay, something blunt-edged, unhandy, and infelicitous.

Splay

Splay, a. (Arch.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

To display; to spread.

Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders.

A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.