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Bosh :: Bosh (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace..

Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..

Acclivous :: Acclivous (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.

Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..

Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

Crocket :: Crocket (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc..

Prone :: Prone (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level..

Declivous :: Declivous (a.) Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

Slant :: Slant (v. i.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique..

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

Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..

Hogback :: Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides..

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)..

Shelvy :: Shelvy (a.) Sloping gradually; shelving.

Sidehill :: Sidehill (n.) The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.

Shelving :: Shelving (a.) Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore..

Declinal :: Declinal (a.) Declining; sloping.

Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..

Down :: Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway..

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

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