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Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
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v. i.
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
v. t.
To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc.
a.
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
n. & v.
See Slant.
n.
One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.
n.
An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
imp. & p. p.
of Slant
a.
Oblique; sloping.
adv.
In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.
n.
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.
v. i.
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
v. t.
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
v. t.
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
a.
Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting.
adv.
Alt. of Slantly
n.
A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Slant
n.
An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
v. t.
To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
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