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Cross :: Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

Indirectly :: Indirectly (adv.) In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly..

Aslant :: Aslant (adv. & a.) Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.

Sidelong :: Sidelong (adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

Departure :: Departure (n.) The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.

Anorthic :: Anorthic (a.) Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals..

"""glance " :: Glance (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. Your arrow hath glanced..

Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.

Gley :: Gley (adv.) Asquint; askance; obliquely.

Skew :: Skew (adv.) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot..

Prosenchyma :: Prosenchyma (n.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood..

Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel..

Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing..

Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..

Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..

Wick :: Wick (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

Monoclinic :: Monoclinic (a.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization..

Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation..

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