BIAS
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Bi"as (b&ī;"&aitalic_;s), n.; pl. Biases (-ĕz). [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.
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Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away.
Sir W. Scott.
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2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
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Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts.
South.
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Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions.
Locke.
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3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
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4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
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Syn. -- Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See Bent.
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Bi"as, a. 1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
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Bi"as, adv. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
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Bi"as, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Biased (b&ī;"&aitalic_;st); p. pr. & vb. n. Biasing.] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
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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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