slopewiseadv.
/ˈsləʊpwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsloʊpˌwaɪz/ Now rare or Obsolete.
= slopeways adv.In common use c1530 to 1770.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > slopingly
slope1530
slopewise1530
slopingly1644
shelving1649
slopeways1670
shelvingly1680
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 702/1 I shedde, as an hyll dothe slopewyse downwardes to the valley.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 83 But Plinie woulde haue them slope wyse.
1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 59 I should rather cut off a convenient height from the ground, a slope-wise.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 244 Prick the Rods sloap-wise against the Wind.
1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 418 It had the Appearance which a Tube, or rather a Cone, would make cut slopewise.
1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 211/2 Large iron cards, placed slopewise.
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- cross-check
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- cross-checking
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- cross-connection
- cross-connector
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