sklent

or sclent

[sklent]Scot. and North England

noun

verb (used without object)

to move or lie on a slant.
to deviate from a straight course.
to deviate from the truth; lie.

Origin of sklent

1505–15; earlier sklente (v.), variant of Middle English slenten to slant

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Historical Examples of sklent

I gae a sklent wi my ee to Daniel Roy Macpherson, an he was leaned ower the back o the seat, and fan into a kink o laughing.
The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales, Vol. II (of 2)
James Hogg