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Sklent (noun, verb)
sklent or sclent [ sklent ]


noun
1. any slanting surface, as a slope.
2. a sideways or oblique movement.
3. a sideways glance.

verb (used without object)
4. to move or lie on a slant.
5. to deviate from a straight course.
6. to deviate from the truth; lie.

ORIGIN: 1505–15; earlier sklente (v.), variant of Middle English slenten to slant

HOW TO USE SKLENT IN A SENTENCE
I gae a sklent wi my ee to Daniel Roy Macpherson, an he was leaned ower the back o the seat, and fan into a kink o laughing.
THE BROWNIE OF BODSBECK, AND OTHER TALES, VOL. II (OF 2)|JAMES HOGG

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