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"""glance " :: Glance (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. Your arrow hath glanced..

Plagiocephaly :: Plagiocephaly (n.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

Trajectory :: Trajectory (n.) The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air..

Obliqueness :: Obliqueness (n.) Quality or state of being oblique.

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

Toed :: Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing..

Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

Slopewise :: Slopewise (adv.) Obliquely.

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

Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously..

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

Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse..

Indirectly :: Indirectly (adv.) In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly..

Polemoscope :: Polemoscope (n.) An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal, / side, opera glass..

Departure :: Departure (n.) The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.

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

Goring Cloth :: Goring cloth (n.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

Rasp :: Rasp (v.) A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file..

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

Sloping :: Sloping (a.) Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting..

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