Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +
   liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr ? slanting.]
   [Written also {oblike}.]
   1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at
      right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

            It has a direction oblique to that of the former
            motion.                               --Cheyne.

   2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,
      disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.

            The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it
            certain oblique ends.                 --Drayton.

            This mode of oblique research, when a more direct
            one is denied, we find to be the only one in our
            power.                                --De Quincey.

            Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That
            looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.

   3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father
      and son; collateral.

            His natural affection in a direct line was strong,
            in an oblique but weak.               --Baker.

   {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under
      {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.

   {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right
      angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence
      askew.

   {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.

   {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See
      {Case}, n.

   {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is
      oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.

   {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not
      perpendicular to the line fired at.

   {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the
      fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.

   {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)
      (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.
      (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.

   {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to
      meet another, makes oblique angles with it.

   {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in
      which one part ascends or descends, while the other
      prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying
      example.

Ascension \As*cen"sion\, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr.
   ascendere. See {Ascend}.]
   1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

   2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the
      fortieth day after his resurrection. (--Acts i. 9.) Also,
      Ascension Day.

   3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that
      which arises, as from distillation.

            Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

   {Ascension Day}, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the
      day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into
      heaven after his resurrection; -- called also {Holy
      Thursday}.

   {Right ascension} (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial,
      counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a
      star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the
      arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of
      Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the
      meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or
      in time.

   {Oblique ascension} (Astron.), an arc of the equator,
      intercepted between the first point of Aries and that
      point of the equator which rises together with a star, in
      an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted
      between the first point of Aries and that point of the
      equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is
      little used in modern astronomy.