Slant: alternatives and connections

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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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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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.

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See Lye.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To determine (something) beforehand.

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An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are c…

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The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

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An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…

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That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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of Lean

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of Lean

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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A corner; angle; niche.

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To conceal.

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which…

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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