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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bias \Bi"as\, adverb In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bias \Bi"as\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Biased} (b[imac]"ast); p. pr. & vb. n. {Biasing}.] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction. --De Quincey.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bias \Bi"as\ (b[imac]"as), noun; pl. {Biases} (-[e^]z). [F. biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face. See {Bi-}, and cf. {Face}.]
1. 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.
Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. --Sir W. Scott.
2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. --South.
Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. --Locke.
3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
Syn: Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See {Bent}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bias \Bi"as\, adjective
1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bias
adjective: slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold"
noun
1: a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation [syn: {prejudice}, {preconception}]
2: a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric [syn: {diagonal}]
verb
1: influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"
2: cause to be biased [syn: {predetermine}] [also: {biassing}, {biassed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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