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Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.

Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it. [Colloq.]

A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.

To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment. Pope.

he Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts. Parliament heel, the inclination of a ship when made to careen by shifting her cargo or ballast. -- Parliament hinge (Arch.), a hinge with so great a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back flat against the wall.…

The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.

The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity.

Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.

Slope; inclination. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

ine, or circle, on which the pitch of teeth is measured. -- Pitch of a roof (Arch.), the inclination or slope of the sides expressed by the height in parts of the span; as, one half pitch; whole pitch; or by the height in parts of the half span, especially among engineers; or by degrees, as a pitch of 30°, of 45°, etc…

The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.

or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord general. Evelyn.

Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. "A proclivity to steal." Abp. Bramhall.

Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.

The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay.

Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. " A national pugnacity of character." Motley.

sing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.

r. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post. [Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. Milton.

To inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.; especially (Naut.,

ing which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose. Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or side down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.…