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inclinatory, a. ? Obs.|ɪnˈklaɪnətərɪ|
[f. L. inclīnāt- (ppl. stem of inclīnāre to incline) + -ory, as if ad. L. *inclīnātōrius.]
Relating to or characterized by inclination or ‘dip’ (see inclination 3 d). inclinatory needle = dipping-needle.
1613M. Ridley Magn. Bodies Pref. 2 To have the Inclinatory-needle truly placed in his ring. 1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. iii. (1635) 46 The Magneticall Inclinatory needle in euery eleuation of the Pole is..disposed to the Axell of the Earth. a1691Boyle Unsucceed. Exper. Wks. 1772 I. 343 In some men's hands it will not at all succeed, some hidden property in him that uses the [divining] wand being able, as they say, to overpower and hinder its inclinatory virtue. 1770Phil. Trans. LX. 366 He got an inclinatory needle constructed at Basle. 1842United Serv. Mag. i. 292 The attractive and repulsive power of the magnet, and its directive and inclinatory faculties.
Hence inˈclinatorily adv.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. ii. 60 Whether they be refrigerated inclinatorily or somewhat æquinoxially, that is toward the Easterne or Westerne points..If an iron or steele..be held perpendicularly or inclinatorily unto the needle, the lower end thereof will attract the cuspis or southerne point. |