Definition of oblique:
		
		
		(adj) :
		
		not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined; not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister
		
								
				"it has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. - Cheyne."
			
			
	
		
		
		(n) :
		
		an oblique line; the punctuation sign "/"
		
			
	
		
		
		(v) :
		
		to deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction; to march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half- facing either to the right or left
		
								
				"projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. - Sir. W. Scott."