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Webster 1913 Edition

Slant

Slant

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slanted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slanting
.]
[OE.
slenten
to slope, slide; cf. Sw.
slinta
to slide.]
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
On the side of younder
slanting
hill.
Dodsley.

Slant

,
Verb.
T.
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to;
as, to
slant
a line
.

Slant

,
Noun.
1.
A slanting direction or plane; a slope;
as, it lies on a
slant
.
2.
An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
Slant or wind
,
a local variation of the wind from its general direction.

Slant

,
Adj.
[Cf. dial. Sw.
slant
. See
Slant
,
Verb.
I.
]
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
“The slant lightning.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slant

SLANT

, STANTING,
Adj.
Sloping; oblique; inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; as a slanting ray of light; a slanting floor.

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