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n.
space between two straight lines that meet
1) an acute; alternate; complementary; exterior; interior; obtuse; right; solid ~
2) a sharp ~ (at a sharp ~)
3) the side; vertex of an ~
deviation from a straight line
4) at an ~ (at an ~ of thirty degrees; at a rakish ~; at a right ~)
viewpoint
aspect
5) from an ~ (to examine a question from various ~s)
motive; scheme
( colloq. ) ( esp. AE )
6) to have an ~
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v. ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to try to obtain') (she was angling for an invitation)