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Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

Line :: Line (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections..

Exotheca :: Exotheca (n.) The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa..

Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation..

Barb :: Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..

Winter :: Winter (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

Clinometric :: Clinometric (a.) Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems..

Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely..

Triclinic :: Triclinic (a.) Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization..

Gley :: Gley (v. i.) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.

Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

Prosenchyma :: Prosenchyma (n.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel..

Sideling :: Sideling (adv.) Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew..

Slantly :: Slantly (adv.) In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.

Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.

Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..

Glance :: Glance (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye..

Slanting :: Slanting (a.) Oblique; sloping.

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

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