Oblique: alternatives and connections

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

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A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

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Diagonal.

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Diagonal.

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Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the…

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Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the…

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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.

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Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.

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Toward the side; sidewise.

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Toward the side; sidewise.

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The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.

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Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

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A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Taking away or removing.

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Producing accusations; accusatory.

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Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.

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Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive ca…

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Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun.

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Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.

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Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun,…

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Quality or state of being oblique.

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Quality or state of being oblique.

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The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence…

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The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence…

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tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

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tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

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Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

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Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

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of Diverge

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of Diverge

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of Incline

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of Incline

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Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

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Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

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Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

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Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

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Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

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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…

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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…

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