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Bias

Bias (bias)
n.(b***imacr]"as)
Bi"as
; pl. Biases (-1913 webster dictionaryz). [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.

Bias

Bias (bias)
a.
Bi"as
  1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
    [Obs.] Shak.
  2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Bias

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

Bias

Bias (bias)
v. t.
Bi"as
  1. 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.













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