† slopenessn.
Obsolete.
The condition of having a slope; sloping form or position.
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slopeness1551
slopiness1611
slopingness1644
1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. Pref. If he kepe not a..iuste slopenesse in the sides.., the diche shall be faultie many waies.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 251 Pendent, is the bending or slopenesse of the Parapet outward.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Biseau,..such a slopenesse, or slope forme, as is in the point of an yron leauer, chizle, &c.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 269 The Italians are very precise in giving the Cover a gracefull pendence of sloapnesse.
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