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SLANT

\slˈant], \slˈant], \s_l_ˈa_n_t]\

Definitions of SLANT

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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An inclined plane; a slope.
Inclined from a straight line; sloping.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Sloping: oblique: inclined from a direct line.
A slope.
To turn in a sloping direction.
To slope.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A slope; obliquity.
To slope; lie or turn obliquely.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To give a sloping direction to; incline; lean.
Lying at an angle; sloping.
Anything slanting; a slope; incline.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

sloping surface of agar in a testtube.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. A slanting direction or plane; a slope;â€”a cutting reflection; sarcastic hit.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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