Meaning and origin uncertain: said of the pitch of a wall.
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释义 | the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > backwards (6) borrow1686 Meaning and origin uncertain: said of the pitch of a wall. supine1697 Chiefly poetic. In extended use: sloping or inclining backwards. Now rare. retired1802 Of a facial feature: sloping backwards, receding. Obsolete. rare. recedent1849 That recedes (in various senses); sloping backwards; retreating; regressive; = receding, adj. receding1866 That recedes (in various senses); sloping backwards; retreating. Subcategories:— able to be (1) |
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