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-- O*bli"ging*ly. adv. --
O*bli"ging*ness, n.

Ob`li*gor" (?), n. The person who
binds himself, or gives his bond to another.
Blackstone.

Ob`li*qua"tion (?), n. [L.
obliquatio, fr. obliquare to turn obliquely. See
Oblique.] 1. The act of becoming oblique;
a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the
eyes. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

2. Deviation from moral rectitude.
[R.]

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.

2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure;
hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.


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