SLANT
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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.
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On the side of younder slanting hill.
Dodsley.
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Slant, v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
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Slant, n. 1. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
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2. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
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Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction.
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Slant, a. [Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See Slant, v. i.] Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. “The slant lightning.” Milton.
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