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pe; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.

nclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

ched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, morass, wood, declivity, etc.

A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] Dryden.

A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

Declivity; descent; slope. On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. Du Bartas (Trans. ).

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.

f water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.

A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.] To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [Colloq.]

A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.

The side or declivity of a hill.

The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof.

A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew. Dryden.

Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.

A steep descent or declivity.

A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge. Along the side of yon small hill. Milton.