Definition of Obliquest

1. oblique [adj] - See also: oblique

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obliquest

oblique section
oblique sinus of pericardium
oblique speech
oblique sphere
oblique step
oblique system of coordinates
oblique triangle
oblique vein of left atrium
oblique vein of the left atrium
obliqued
obliquely
obliqueness
obliquenesses
obliquer
obliques
obliquest (current term)
obliquid
obliquing
obliquities
obliquity
obliquus
obliquus capitis inferior
obliquus capitis superior
obliterable
obliterans
obliterate
obliterated
obliterates
obliterating
obliterating pericarditis

Literary usage of Obliquest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb (1852)
"Nor let any of my female readers suppose that the sage reflections which have just escaped me have the obliquest tendency of application to the young lady, ..."

2. The Works of Charles Lamb: to which are prefixed his letters, and a sketch by Charles Lamb (1871)
"Nor let any of my female readers suppose that the sage reflections which have just escaped me have the obliquest tendency of application ..."

3. Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century: Including by Isaac Barrow, John Flamsteed, John Wallis, Stephen Peter Rigaud, Isaac Newton (1841)
"... will cause the least errors in the obliquest rays, which fall on all sides the hill, excepting on the middle of the foreside and backside of it; ..."

4. The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb, Josiah Hamilton Castleman (1908)
"Nor let any of my female readers suppose that the sage reflections which have just escaped me have the obliquest tendency of application to the young lady, ..."

5. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1877)
"The Boss stage is still too thick, necessitating special and expensive apparatus for obliquest light. The finish of these instruments is good, ..."

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