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Subaltern :: Subalpine (a.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line..

Cant :: Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

Sidehill :: Sidehill (n.) The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.

Amphitheatre :: Amphitheatre (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater..

Corbiestep :: Corbiestep (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

Chinook :: Chinook (n.) A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory..

Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

Calade :: Calade (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches..

Basil :: Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground..

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

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

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

Facing :: Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface..

Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right..

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

Glacis :: Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin)..

Downhill :: Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.

Ridge :: Ridge (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault..

Gradient :: Gradient (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.

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