Definition of sloping

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Sloping (a.) Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting..

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Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..
Slantly :: Slantly (adv.) In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.
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..
Crocket :: Crocket (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc..
Nappy :: Nappy (n.) A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping..
Declivous :: Declivous (a.) Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.
Canted :: Canted (a.) Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
Sidehill :: Sidehill (n.) The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.
Acclivous :: Acclivous (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.
Declivity :: Declivity (n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.
Sideling :: Sideling (a.) Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground..
Sloping :: Sloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slop.
Talus :: Talus (n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Bevelled :: Bevelled (a.) Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table..
Rafter :: Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post..
Hope :: Hope (n.) A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
Aslope :: Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
Coping :: Coping (n.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping..
Slopy :: Slopy (a.) Sloping; inclined.
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