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

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane..

Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament..

Chimney-breast :: Chimney-breast (n.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.

Uprise :: Uprise (v. i.) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

Cromlech :: Cromlech (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries..

Floor :: Floor (n.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..

Gyron :: Gyron (n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them..

Slope :: Slope (v. i.) An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another..

Upsun :: Upsun (n.) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset..

Level :: Level (v. t.) To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct..

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

Depth :: Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops..

Horizon :: Horizon (n.) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.

Plan :: Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram..

Horizontally :: Horizontally (adv.) In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally..

Perpendicular :: Perpendicular (a.) Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.

Lattice :: Lattice (n.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal..

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