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) An
oblique line.

Ob*lique", v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Obliqued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Obliquing.] 1. To deviate from a
perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

Projecting his person towards it in a line which
obliqued from the bottom of his spine.

Sir. W.
Scott.

2. (Mil.) To march in a direction
oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly
accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-
facing either to the right or left.

Ob*lique"-an`gled (?), a. Having
oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.

Ob*lique"ly, adv. In an oblique
manner; not directly; indirectly. "Truth obliquely
leveled." Bp. Fell.

Declining from the noon of day,

The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray.

Pope

His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting
from others.

Addison.

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