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Die :: Die (v. i.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face..

Aslope :: Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.

Corbiestep :: Corbiestep (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

Calade :: Calade (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches..

Mansard Roof :: Mansard roof () A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one..

Incline :: Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.

Plongee :: Plongee (n.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course..

Bray :: Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling..

Sloped :: Sloped (imp. & p. p.) of Slop.

Gradient :: Gradient (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.

Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..

Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

Versant :: Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction..

Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

Talus :: Talus (n.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

Dormer Window :: Dormer window (n.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained..

Escarp :: Escarp (v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap..

Glacis :: Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin)..

Berme :: Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank..

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