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Webster's English Dictionary

slant

v. i. [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. ()

On the side of younder slanting hill. (Dodsley.)

v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line. ()

n. 1. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant. ()

2. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. ()

Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction. ()

a. [Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See Slant, v. i.] Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. (Milton.)