Both Uses of
diagonal
in
Gone with the Wind
- Beneath his brow was one hollow socket from which a scar ran down his cheek, carving a diagonal line through his beard.†
Chpt 4.42 *
- Rhett had two straggling turkey feathers in the brim of his hat and Bonnie, dressed in a sadly torn dress that was her Sunday frock, had diagonal lines of indigo blue on her cheeks and a peacock feather half as long as she was in her curls.†
Chpt 5.57
Definition:
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(diagonal) a straight line connecting opposite corners of a rectangle; or a slope that could connect the corners of an imaginary rectangle that has one side parallel to the floor