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ˈslopewise, adv. Now rare or Obs.
= prec.
In common use c 1530 to 1770.
1530Palsgr. 702/1, I shedde, as an hyll dothe slopewyse downwardes to the valley. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 84 But Plinie would haue them slope wise. 1657Austen Fruit Trees i. 61, I should rather cut off a convenient height from the ground, slope-wise. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 244 Prick the Rods sloap-wise against the Wind. 1743Phil. Trans. XLII. 418 It had the Appearance which a Tube, or rather a Cone, would make cut slopewise. 1771Encycl. Brit. II. 211/2 Large iron cards, placed slopewise. |