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A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls,
or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight
line. |
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A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an
object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination. |
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A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the
waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference. |
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A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias. |
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Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. |
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Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth. |
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In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as,
to cut cloth bias. |
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To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to;
to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess. |