Oblique(v. i.)
- To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Oblique(v. i.)
- To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Obliquity(n.)
- The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
Obliquity(n.)
- Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.