SLANT, SLANTED, SLANTING, SLANTINGLY
ADJECTIVES
– A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALL-A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALL-A-ONE-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALL-OF-A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ANLIGODLIN of an object: lopsided, askew, aslant …1970 Amer. dial.
– ANTIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked …1917 Amer. dial.
– ANTIGOGLIN askew, slanting, crooked …1930 Amer. dial.
– ANTIGOSLIN lopsided, askew, aslant …1915 Amer. dial.
– ANTISIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked …1931 Amer. dial.
• ASLEW aslant … Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– AVELONG oblique, slanting …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEVEL aslant, not straight …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BIAS slanting, oblique …1551 obs.
• CATER-DE-FLAMP slanting, not perpendicular …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CATERING slanting, oblique; out of the square …1883 Eng. dial.
– DECLIVOUS having a downward inclination; sloping, slanting …1684
– EEYAW lopsided, askew, aslant, awry …1975 Amer. dial.
– JACK-DEUCE at an angle or slanted …1930s US sl.
– RAKING slanting, sloping …1711
– SALLYGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, out of line …1950 Amer. dial.
– SIDELING slanting, sloping, esp. to one side; steep …1789 Amer. dial.
– SKEW turned to one side, slanting, squint …1609
– SKEW-WHIFF awry, askew; crooked, twisted, aslant …1754 UK sl.
– SKIWIFT awry, askew; crooked, aslant …1754 UK sl.
– TEELING sloping, leaning, slanting …B1900 Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
– AGLEY obliquely, aslant, turned to one side …1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– AHOO aslant, out of plumb, lopsided, awry …1899 Amer. dial.
– ALONG slanting …1746 Eng. dial.
– ANTIGOGGLY slantwise, out of plumb …1967 Amer. dial.
– ANTIGOGLIN slantwise, diagonally …1905 Amer. dial.
– ASHOSH awry, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASKLENT aslant … 1872 Eng. dial.
– ASLEW aslant, obliquely, awry, askew, diagonally …1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ASLOAP aslant, obliquely 1720 Sc.
– ASOSH awry, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASQUANCE aslant, askew … 1903 Eng. dial.
– ASWAIP aslant, on one side …Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ASWASH awry, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ASWIR diagonally, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ASWISH aslant, slantwise …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– EEYAW lopsided, askew, aslant, awry …1975 Amer. dial.
– ON A SKEW on the slant, slantwise …1881
– ON THE SKEW on the slant, slantwise …1891
– SIDE-GODLIN slanting, askew, awry …1966 Amer. dial.
– SI-GODLIN slanting, askew, awry …1917 Amer. dial.
– SKEEGEE slantwise, diagonally …1916 Amer. dial.
– YAW-WAYS slantwise; at an angle …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
– SCLENT; SKLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. …1768 Sc.
– SKEW a slant; a deviation from the straight line; a sideward movement …1688
VERBS
– CAST to have an inclination; to incline, to slope, to slant …1599 obs.
– LEAN TOWARDS COOPER’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1967 Amer. dial.
– LEAN TOWARDS FISHER’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1957 Amer. dial.
– LEAN TOWARDS JONES’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1905 Amer. dial.
– LEAN TOWARDS PERKINS’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1967 Amer. dial.
– LEAN TOWARDS SAWYER’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1967 Amer. dial.