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Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot..

Slope :: Slope (v. i.) An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another..

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

Burin :: Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble..

Polyphemus :: Polyphemus (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm..

Oblique :: Oblique (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left..

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

Obliquely :: Obliquely (adv.) In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.

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

Wick :: Wick (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.

Swash :: Swash (v. t.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work..

Protestation :: Protestation (n.) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial..

Clinorhombic :: Clinorhombic (a.) Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic..

Diageotropism :: Diageotropism (n.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

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

Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined..

Sidelong :: Sidelong (adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

Twire :: Twire (v. i.) To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer.

Assurgent :: Assurgent (a.) rising obliquely; curving upward.

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