acclivitous (aklivitus)

Rising with a slope; acclivous. Is. Taylor. acclivity (a-kliv'i-ti), n.; pl. acclivities (-tiz). [ Far up the green acclivity I met a man and two young women making their way slowly down. The Century , XXVII. 420. 2. Specifically, in fort., the talus of a rampart. acclivous (a-kli'vus), a. [L. acclivus, le frequent form of acclivis, sloping: see acclive.] Rising, as the slope of a hill: the opposite of declivous. accloyt (a-kloi'), v. t. [ And whoso doth, ful foule hymself acloyith . Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 517. 3. To cloy; encumber; embarra with superfluity; obstruct. [Filth] with uncomely weedes the gentle wave accloyes. Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 15. 36