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sklent
▪ I. sklent, n. Sc. Also sclent. [Sc. var. of slent n. Cf. the earlier asklent adv.] A slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side-look, etc.1768 Ross Helenore 16 With easy sklent, on every side the braes..wi' scatter'd busses raise. 1786 Burns To J. Smith vii, This while my notion's tae... Oxford English Dictionary
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asclent
aˈsklent, aˈsclent, adv. [Cf. sclender, sclate = slender, slate.] Scotch form of aslant.1584 J. Carmichael Let. in Misc. Wodr. Soc. (1844) 443 They..hes bene farther careit asklent then reason can warrand. 1657 S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 61 They always took the bog a-sclent [= they fled]. 1792 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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slent
▪ I. slent, n.1 Now dial. Also 4 slente. [a. ON. *slent (Norw. slent a side-slip paa slent aslant; Sw. slänt slope, slant, på slänt aslant), related to *slenta slent v.1 (whence sense 3). See also sklent n. and slant n.1] 1. A slope or declivity. = slant n.1 1.13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 141 By-ȝonde þe ... Oxford English Dictionary
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gent
▪ I. gent, n. (dʒɛnt) [Short for gentleman.] a. = gentleman; now only vulgar, exc. as applied derisively to men of the vulgar and pretentious class who are supposed to use the word, and as used in tradesmen's notices. Early prose examples are doubtful, as they may represent only the graphic abbrevia... Oxford English Dictionary
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