Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rend; cleave.
- To slant; slope; glance; glint.
- To jest; bandy jokes.
- To cause to turn aslant or aside; ward off; parry.
- noun A jest or witticism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete See
slant .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
slant . - verb Obsolete form of
slant .
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Examples
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But we fastened an anchor upon the land, and with main strength drew her off; and so the fifteenth day we discovered afar off the mountains of Guiana, to our great joy, and towards the evening had a slent (push) of a northerly wind that blew very strong, which brought us in sight of the great river
The Discovery of Guiana Walter Raleigh 1586
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‘cope’, ‘cape’ and ‘cap’; ‘tip’ and ‘top’; ‘slent’ (now obsolete) and
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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