Oblike

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +
     liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr. le`chrios
     slanting.] [Written also {oblike}.]
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     1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at
        right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.


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              It has a direction oblique to that of the former
              motion.                               --Cheyne.
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     2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,
        disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
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              The love we bear our friends . . .
              Hath in it certain oblique ends.      --Drayton.
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              This mode of oblique research, when a more direct
              one is denied, we find to be the only one in our
              power.                                --De Quincey.
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              Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye.
              That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy.
                                                    --Wordworth.
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     3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father
        and son; collateral.
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              His natural affection in a direct line was strong,
              in an oblique but weak.               --Baker.
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     {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under {Angle},
        {Ascension}, etc.
  
     {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right
        angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence
        askew.
  
     {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.
  
     {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See
        {Case}, n.
  
     {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is
        oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.
  
     {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not
        perpendicular to the line fired at.
  
     {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the
        fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.
  
     {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)
        (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.
        (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.
  
     {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to
        meet another, makes oblique angles with it.
  
     {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in
        which one part ascends or descends, while the other
        prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying
        example.
  
     {Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction
        oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the
        associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles
        of the eyeball.
  
     {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.
  
     {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the
        zenith, or incline toward the horizon.
  
     {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she
        sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,
        making an oblique angle with the meridian.
  
     {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,
        or in a different person from that employed by the
        original speaker.
  
     {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or
        terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon
        of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point
        on the earth except the poles and the equator.
  
     {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the
        soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the
        right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now
        practiced. --Wilhelm.
  
     {Oblique system of coordinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in
        which the coordinate axes are oblique to each other.
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