The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Slanting \Slant"ing\, a.
   Oblique; sloping. -- Slant"ing*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster] Slantwise

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Slant \Slant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Slanting.] [OE. slenten to slope, slide; cf. Sw. slinta to
   slide.]
   To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie
   obliquely; to slope.
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         On the side of younder slanting hill.    --Dodsley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

slanting
    adj 1: having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslant,
           aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped,
           sloping]