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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

(3):

(n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.

(4):

(a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

(5):

(v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

(6):

(n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

(7):

(a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

(8):

(adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bias'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bias.html. 1828.
 
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