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Slope :: Slope (adv.) In a sloping manner.

Mansard Roof :: Mansard roof () A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one..

Splayfeet :: Splay (a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them..

Slope :: Slope (v. i.) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds..

Herringbone :: Herringbone (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions..

Clinometer :: Clinometer (n.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level..

Brae :: Brae (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.

Die :: Die (v. i.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face..

Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

Incline :: Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.

Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..

Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Lean-to :: Lean-to (a.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.

Bosh :: Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..

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