canted
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Adjective (1)
- departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal“the leaning tower of Pisa”“the headstones were tilted”Synonyms: atiltleaningtiltedtippedOpposite horizontal, perpendicularSimilar inclined
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cant′ed adjective
Origin: From 2d Cant.
1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.
Canted column Architecture, a column polygonal in plan.
2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54