To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope. On the side of younder slanting hill. Dodsley.
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction.
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." Milton.
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