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sklent
Or sclent
[sklent]
noun
any slanting surface, as a slope.
a sideways or oblique movement.
a sideways glance.
verb (used without object)
to move or lie on a slant.
to deviate from a straight course.
to deviate from the truth; lie.
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Sklent, a Scotch form of slant.
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This while my notion's ta'en a sklent, To try my fate in guid black prent; But still the mair I'm that way bent, Something cries, Hoolie!
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Do ye envy the city gent, Behint a kist to lie and sklent, Or purse-proud, big wi’ cent. per cent.
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Now if ye’re ane o’ warl’s folk, Wha rate the wearer by the cloak, An’ sklent on poverty their joke Wi’ bitter sneer, Wi’ you nae friendship I will troke, Nor cheap nor dear.
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To SCLENT, SKLENT, v. n. to slope.
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