SLOPE, SLOPING
ADJECTIVES
► ACCLIVE rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending → a1697 obs.
► ACCLIVITOUS rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending → 1815
► BEZZLE to slope, to bevel → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BRAEIE hilly; sloping → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CURRENT having a fall or inclination; sloping → 1523 obs.
► DECLIVE sloping downwards → 1635 obs.
► DECLIVITOUS having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep → 1799
► DECLIVOUS having a downward inclination; sloping, slanting → 1684
► DECLIVY sloping downwards → 1609 obs.
► FASTIGIATE sloping up or tapering to a point like a cone or pyramid → 1662
► HEALDING sloping, leaning, tilting → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HILDING sloping, leaning, tilting → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ON THE LEAN inclining, sloping → 1850
► RAKING slanting, sloping → 1711
► SIDEHILL sloping → 1958 Amer. dial.
► SIDELING having an inclination; sloping, steep → 1611
► TEELING sloping, leaning, slanting → 19C Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
► AGOG sloping, not straight → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► ACCLIVITY an upward slope of a hill, etc. an ascending slope; also, steepness→ 1614
► BELL the top of a hill; the highest part of a slope; a knoll → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BENT the slope or hollow of a hill, a hillside → 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BEVEL a slope, a declivity → 1869 Eng. dial.
► DECLENSION the act of declining, or deviating from a vertical or horizontal position; slope, inclination; a declining or sinking into a lower position, as of the sun towards setting → 1640-4
► DECLINATION a leaning, bending, or sloping downwards; slope, inclination from the vertical or horizontal position → 1594
► DECLINE n. a downward incline, a slope → 1538
► DECLIVITY downward slope or inclination of a hill, etc. → 1612
► DECLIVITY a downward slope → 1695
► DOWNFALL a steep downward slope; an abyss, a gulf → 1542
► FALLING a depression in the soil; a hollow, declivity, slope → 1563 obs.
► HANG a declivity, a slope → 19C Eng. dial.
► HANGING a steep slope or declivity of a hill → c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HEALD a slope, incline, declivity; a hill → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PALI a steep slope, a precipice → 1833 Hawaii
► SAG a low, often damp, area in relatively flat land; a gentle slope → 1741 Amer. dial.
► SCLENT ► SKLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. → 1768 Sc.
► SIDEHILL a hillside, a slope → 1674 Amer. dial.
► TERRACE a slope or cliff → 1849 Eng. dial.
► VERSANT tendency to slope or descend; declination → 1859
► YAUP a slope of land → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► ACCLINE to incline, or slope towards → c1420 obs.
► CAST to have an inclination; to incline, to slope, to slant → 1599 obs.
► HEALD to bend downwards or to one side; to lean, to incline, to slope → 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SIDEHILL to cross a steep slope obliquely → 2000 Amer. dial.
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