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Hang :: Hang (n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

Glissade :: Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps..

Slopewise :: Slopewise (adv.) Obliquely.

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

Slope :: Slope (adv.) In a sloping manner.

Pendence :: Pendence (n.) Slope; inclination.

Downhill :: Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.

Splayfeet :: Splay (a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them..

Cant :: Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

Subaltern :: Subalpine (a.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line..

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

Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Bosh :: Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part..

Facing :: Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface..

Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right..

Side :: Side (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge..

Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..

Breastheight :: Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing..

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

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