单词 | biasways |
释义 | biaswaysadv. Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use). In an oblique or slanting direction or position; diagonally; spec. on or along the bias of a textile (cf. bias n. 1). Cf. bias-way adv., biaswise adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] sidelonga1398 aslanta1400 aslopec1400 embelifc1400 a-sloutc1440 sleetc1440 slant1495 obliquely1503 shoringc1503 a-swash1530 biaswise1545 biasways1556 slantingly1570 sideways1572 slantwise1573 avelinges1577 bias?1578 askant1602 slopely1605 slantinga1625 oblique1667 bias-way1702 skew1706 slantly1719 inclinably1760 slantways1828 slantindicular1831 slantindicularly1834 skewly1896 slaunchways1933 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 111 A litle altering of the one side, maketh the boul to run biasse waies. 1693 A. Pitfield tr. S. de La Loubère New Hist. Relation Kingdom Siam II. 182 Their Pawns take not bias-ways like ours, but in the natural sense of their walk, which is forward. 1820 La Belle Assemblée May 231/2 Another trimming consists of two rows of cockades..these rows are placed bias ways, and have a very pretty effect. 1928 Neosho (Missouri) Times 25 Oct. 5/6 The new diagonal effects are featured in the cut of the blouse, the lower edge of the lighter shade yoke being cut bias-ways across the front. 1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 227/2 Bias-ways, He nailed the board on ____. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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