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oblike

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oblique  \Ob*lique"\,  a.  [F.,  fr  L.  obliquus  ob  (see  {Ob-})  + 
  liquis  oblique;  cf  licinus  bent  upward,  Gr  ?  slanting.] 
  [Written  also  {oblike}.] 
  1.  Not  erect  or  perpendicular;  neither  parallel  to  nor  at 
  right  angles  from  the  base;  slanting;  inclined. 
 
  It  has  a  direction  oblique  to  that  of  the  former 
  motion.  --Cheyne. 
 
  2.  Not  straightforward;  indirect;  obscure;  hence 
  disingenuous;  underhand;  perverse;  sinister. 
 
  The  love  we  bear  our  friends  .  .  .  Hath  in  it 
  certain  oblique  ends  --Drayton. 
 
  This  mode  of  oblique  research,  when  a  more  direct 
  one  is  denied,  we  find  to  be  the  only  one  in  our 
  power.  --De  Quincey. 
 
  Then  would  be  closed  the  restless,  oblique  eye.  That 
  looks  for  evil,  like  a  treacherous  spy.  --Wordworth. 
 
  3.  Not  direct  in  descent;  not  following  the  line  of  father 
  and  son;  collateral. 
 
  His  natural  affection  in  a  direct  line  was  strong, 
  in  an  oblique  but  weak.  --Baker. 
 
  {Oblique  angle},  {Oblique  ascension},  etc  See  under 
  {Angle},{Ascension},  etc 
 
  {Oblique  arch}  (Arch.),  an  arch  whose  jambs  are  not  at  right 
  angles  with  the  face,  and  whose  intrados  is  in  consequence 
  askew. 
 
  {Oblique  bridge},  a  skew  bridge.  See  under  {Bridge},  n. 
 
  {Oblique  case}  (Gram.),  any  case  except  the  nominative.  See 
  {Case},  n. 
 
  {Oblique  circle}  (Projection),  a  circle  whose  plane  is 
  oblique  to  the  axis  of  the  primitive  plane. 
 
  {Oblique  fire}  (Mil.),  a  fire  the  direction  of  which  is  not 
  perpendicular  to  the  line  fired  at 
 
  {Oblique  flank}  (Fort.),  that  part  of  the  curtain  whence  the 
  fire  of  the  opposite  bastion  may  be  discovered.  --Wilhelm. 
 
  {Oblique  leaf}.  (Bot.) 
  a  A  leaf  twisted  or  inclined  from  the  normal  position. 
  b  A  leaf  having  one  half  different  from  the  other 
 
  {Oblique  line}  (Geom.),  a  line  that  meeting  or  tending  to 
  meet  another,  makes  oblique  angles  with  it 
 
  {Oblique  motion}  (Mus.),  a  kind  of  motion  or  progression  in 
  which  one  part  ascends  or  descends,  while  the  other 
  prolongs  or  repeats  the  same  tone,  as  in  the  accompanying 
  example.