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Slant :: Slant (n.) A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant..

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

Slopewise :: Slopewise (adv.) Obliquely.

Slope :: Slope (v. i.) To depart; to disappear suddenly.

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..

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..

Glissade :: Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps..

Dormer Window :: Dormer window (n.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained..

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

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

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

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..

Italic :: Italic (a.) Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500..

Catchwork :: Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Bray :: Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling..

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

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

Plongee :: Plongee (n.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course..

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..

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

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