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Slope :: Slope (v. t.) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment..

Skew :: Skew (adv.) To throw or hurl obliquely.

Monoptote :: Monoptote (n.) A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.

Endotheca :: Endotheca (n.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another..

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

Obliqued :: Obliqued (imp. & p. p.) of Obliqu.

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..

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

Thwartly :: Thwartly (adv.) Transversely; obliquely.

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

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

Obliquity :: Obliquity (n.) The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator..

Clinodiagonal :: Clinodiagonal (n.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See Crystallization.

Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..

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

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

Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved..

Slant :: Slant (v. i.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique..

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

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