It exhibits, also, something of that new growth which was to compensate for the loss of flection.
"Anglo-Saxon Literature"
John Earle
This was the end of the little spur-line, and while the train backed off down the track, staggering across the switch, Ben Connor looked after it, leaning upon his cane just forcibly enough to feel the flection of the wood.
"The Garden of Eden"
Max Brand