▪ I. ˈslanting, vbl. n.
[f. slant v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb; in quot. a 1618 = perspective n. 3.
| a 1618 Raleigh Rem. (1644) 136 Painted Tables (in which the art of Slanting is used) appear to the Eye, as if the parts of them were some higher, and some lower than the other. 1959 Times 15 May 6/7 It is still an even chance that any University production of [Shakespeare's plays] one samples will not be heavily flavoured with gimmickry or slanting. 1980 M. McMullen My Cousin Death (1981) 7 Not a gentle..rain..but an ill-natured heavy slanting from the northeast. |
▪ II. ˈslanting, adv. and ppl. a.
[f. slant v. + -ing2.]
A. adv. In a sloping direction; slantingly.
| a 1625 Nomencl. Navalis (Harl. MS. 2301), Skegg, is that parte of the keele, which is cut slaunting [etc.]. 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 190 Cut off slanting above the Bud, with a very sharp knife. 1893 Hodges Elem. Photogr. 33 A thin nail driven slanting through the support..will make the framework quite firm. |
B. ppl. a. That slants or slopes; lying, situated, or directed, obliquely.
| 1688 Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii, To give a slanting blow. 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 63 Hills, some of which were slanting, some headlong and impending. 1797–1805 S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. I. 353 The returning sun now shot a bright and slanting ray. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. ii. 240 It continues a south-east course, in a slaunting form, across Allan-water. 1859 Reeve Brittany 75 The slanting dilapidated roof of the chancel. 1876 M. Foster Physiol. ii. ii. (1879) 302 All the ribs have a downward slanting direction. |
b. Needlework. (See quots.)
| 1882 Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlwk. 32/1 Slanting Gobelin Stitch, a name sometimes given to long or satin stitch. Ibid. 125/1 Slanting Stitch, a variety of Double Crochet. |