Slant \Slant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanting.]

[OE. slenten to slope, slide; cf. Sw. slinta to slide.]

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

On the side of younder slanting hill. --Dodsley.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)