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De - Pt| English Dictionary: oblique case | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.] [Written also {oblike}.] 1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. --Cheyne. 2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. --Drayton. This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. --De Quincey. Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth. 3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. --Baker. {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. | |
