Definition of Obliqoe

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.

Cheyne.

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

The love we bear our friends . . .
Hath in it certain oblique ends.

Drayton.

This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power.

De Quincey.

Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye.
That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy.

Wordworth.

3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak.

Baker.

Oblique angle, Oblique ascension, etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc. -- Oblique arch(Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew. -- Oblique bridge, a skew bridge. See under Bridge, n. -- Oblique case(Gram.), any case except the nominative. See Case, n. -- Oblique circle(Projection), a circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive plane. -- Oblique fire(Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at. -- Oblique flank(Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered.Wilhelm. -- Oblique leaf. (Bot.)(a)A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.(b)A leaf having one half different from the other. -- Oblique line(Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to meet another, makes oblique angles with it. -- Oblique motion(Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in which one part ascends or descends, while the other prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying example. -- Oblique muscle(Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball. -- Oblique narration. See Oblique speech. -- Oblique planes(Dialing), planes which decline from the zenith, or incline toward the horizon. -- Oblique sailing(Naut.), the movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian. -- Oblique speech(Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker. -- Oblique sphere(Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point on the earth except the poles and the equator. -- Oblique step(Mil.), a step in marching, by which the soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25°. It is not now practiced.Wilhelm. -- Oblique system of coördinates(Anal. Geom.), a system in which the coördinate axes are oblique to each other.

Ob*lique", n. (Geom.) 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.

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. - Cheyne.
Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
     *The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. - Drayton.
     *This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. - De Quincey.
     *Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. - Wordworth.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
*His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. - Baker.
An oblique line.
The punctuation sign /
To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Quotations
*Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. - Sir. W. Scott.
(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.

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