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.-a leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.-a wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.-a slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.-inclined to one side; swelled on one side.-cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.-in a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.-to incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.