Steel is not the only metal that, being struck slantwise with the edge of a stone, produces sparks of fire.
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Slantwise
Synonyms for "slantwise" (29 found)
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I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain / Of light through the leaves, / The sundown's blaze on her window-pane, / The bloom of her roses under the eaves.
Source: wiktionary
[…] he had received a cut slantwise along one temple and cheek, leaving a long scar like a streak of dawn's light falling athwart the dark visage.
Source: wiktionary
Slantwise, a salamander-shaped sea came at them, growing.
Source: wiktionary
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