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sklent

[sklent] Scot. and North England
–noun
1. any slanting surface, as a slope.
2. a sideways or oblique movement.
3. a sideways glance.
–verb (used without object)
4. to move or lie on a slant.
5. to deviate from a straight course.
6. to deviate from the truth; lie.
Also, sclent.


Origin:
1505–15; earlier sklente (v.), var. of ME slenten to slant
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