slope+slant
111bev|el — «BEHV uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling, adjective. –n. 1. a sloping edge or surface. There is often a bevel on the frame of a picture, on a mirror, or on a piece of plate glass. 2. any angle except a right… …
112in|cli|na|tion — «IHN kluh NAY shuhn», noun. 1. tendency; a tending toward a certain quality or condition; natural bent: »He has an inclination to become fat. SYNONYM(S): proneness, propensity. 2. preference; liking: »Most boys have an inclination for sports …
113Incline — In*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inclining}.] [OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF. encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L. inclinare; pref. in in + clinare to bend, incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean} to incline.] [1913 Webster] 1 …
114Inclined — Incline In*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inclining}.] [OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF. encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L. inclinare; pref. in in + clinare to bend, incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean} to incline.] [1913… …
115Inclining — Incline In*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inclining}.] [OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF. encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L. inclinare; pref. in in + clinare to bend, incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean} to incline.] [1913… …
116inclination — inclinational, adj. /in kleuh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. a disposition or bent, esp. of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign. 2. something to which one is inclined: In sports his inclination is… …
117borrow — 1. verb /ˈbɒrəʊ,ˈbɑroʊ/ a) To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. b) To adopt (an idea) as ones own. Syn: adopt, use Ant …
118squint — [14] Squint is short for the now nearly defunct asquint [13], which may have been based on the ancestor of Dutch schuinte ‘slope, slant’, a derivative of schuin ‘sideways, sloping’. The origins of this are not known …
119asquint — (adv.) early 13c., obliquely, with a sidelong glance, of uncertain etymology; from A (Cf. a ) (1) + a word corresponding to Du. schuinte slope, slant of the independent use of which no instances survive ... [OED]. Middle English Dictionary… …
120clinometer — measurer of slopes and elevations, 1811, from clino , element meaning slope, slant, incline, Latinized from Gk. klinein (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)) + METER (Cf. meter) …
