Because less defensive emphasis was placed on the use of the forearms and more on the gloves, the classical forearms outwards, torso leaning back stance of the bare knuckle boxer was modified to a more modern stance in which the torso is tilted forward and the hands are held closer to the face.

As shown in the illustrations to the right, layers of greywacke in the lower layers of the cliff face are tilted almost vertically, and above an intervening layer of conglomerate lie horizontal layers of Old Red Sandstone.

He had read about angular unconformities as interpreted by Neptunists, and found an unconformity at Jedburgh where layers of greywacke in the lower layers of the cliff face have been tilted almost vertically before being eroded to form a level plane, under horizontal layers of Old Red Sandstone.

The Earth is tilted at an angle of 23. 44 ° to the plane of its orbit, and this causes different latitudes on the Earth to directly face the Sun as the Earth moves through its orbit.

When the region was broken into fault blocks and the were uplifted and tilted, the back slope of each block was a part of the previously eroded surface and the face of the block was a surface of fracture.

The Ore Mountains are a Hercynian block tilted so as to present a steep scarp face towards Bohemia and a gentle slope on the German side.

God pots are small ceramic bowls that have the head and face of the deity they represent attached to the rim of the pot, often with the head tilted back so that incense or offerings may be placed directly on it.

This changed with the new Cold War that quickly followed the end of hostilities in 1945, in the face of which Franco's strong anti-communism naturally tilted its régime to ally with the United States, and provided ideal ground for the continuation of Franco's anti-communist regime.

This allows it to perform better on different projections of the face, and when the face is tilted.

In November 1988, The Movie Channel changed its logo to feature a profile of a person's face with a pair of eyes and bridge of a nose visible ( with various designs used ), in a rectangle with the network's name in a Helvetica Extended font on two tilted lines on either side ; many viewers have referenced on online blogs and video websites that this logo, due to the eyes being prominently displayed, had frightened them as young children.

Revson looked into his car and saw Mairesse's furrowed face, beetled brows, and eyes which were almost tilted and their color changed.

Polymer versions of the banknote have the Kinegram replaced by an image of the Singapore lion symbol with the face value, showing the coat of arms of Singapore when tilted at varying degrees.

Taim is described as having black hair, above average in height with a dark face, tilted eyes, hooked nose and high cheekbones.

When the entire face of the tool is not needed, or to create tidy corners, the tool can be tilted so only part of the face creates an impression.

Its face exhibited klinorhynchy, with its face being tilted downwards in profile.

Rail fins also typically have some degree of " cant ," that is, are tilted out toward the rail they are adjacent to.

If the Earth's axis were not tilted toward the sun, a vertical rod at the equator would have no shadow.

The component of the Sun's motion seen by an earthbound observer caused by the revolution of the tilted axis – which, keeping the same angle in space, is oriented toward or away from the Sun – is an observed daily increment ( and lateral offset ) of the elevation of the Sun at noon for approximately six months and observed daily decrement for the remaining six months.

In some situations, the ghost images only become visible when the magazine is tilted toward a light source.

Conversely, winter in the Southern Hemisphere occurs when the Northern hemisphere is tilted more toward the Sun.

His mother, Edwina, was an archetype of the ‘ Southern belle ’, whose social aspirations tilted toward snobbery and whose behavior could be neurotic and hysterical.

If a conductor has significant resistance, then, near the surface of that conductor, the Poynting vector would be tilted toward and impinge upon the conductor.

This event occurs once per year, at the time of the June solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun to its maximum extent.

" There was a bright new moon, and as usual in that phase its horns were tilted toward the east ; and suddenly the upper horn split in two.

To increase the visibility of the deceased scholar and statesman, he tilted Marsuppini's effigy forward toward the viewer and carved elaborate floral decorations on the rounded corners of the lion-footed sarcophagus.

Facial expression is also used in sign languages to show adverbs and adjectives such as distance or size: an open mouth, squinted eyes, and tilted back head indicate something far while the mouth pulled to one side and the cheek held toward the shoulder indicate something close, and puffed cheeks mean very large.

The head is typically tilted in lateral bending toward the affected muscle and rotated toward the opposite side.

The main reading room stands beneath a 32-meter-high glass-panelled roof, tilted out toward the sea like a sundial, and measuring some 160 m in diameter.

Guest Op-Ed ’ s were overwhelmingly tilted toward condemnation of Israel.

The German school of swordsmanship, in general, faced a decline during the Renaissance as the Italian and Spanish schools, which tilted more toward the rapier and civilian dueling, took the forefront.

The line of the small shell, markedly wedge, it is much aerodynamics ( CX 0. 31 ), thanks to the engine hood markedly inclined to the curved windscreen and also quite tilted, side windows flush with the bodywork, the absence lateral gutter, the recessed door handles and roof tapering slightly toward the tail.

In the southeastern rim, a large thrust block forms the crater wall and has been moved out from the crater and uplifed about 50 m. The thrust block partly overrides a tilted rim graben that has down-dropped about 100 m and moved toward the crater.

The central cover on the keypunch could be tilted open toward the operator and a locking lever released, allowing the program drum to be removed and replaced.

For an observer at a northern latitude, when the northern pole is tilted toward the Sun the day lasts longer and the Sun climbs higher in the sky.

Since the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun at about the same time that the Earth reaches the closest approach to the Sun, the southern hemisphere receives slightly more energy from the Sun than does the northern over the course of a year.

Normally, the angle is tilted toward the thumb ( volar / ventral tilt ) by 11 °.

Bonnet's men had the advantage that their deck was heeled away from their opponents, giving them cover, while the Henrys deck was tilted toward the pirates, thus exposing Rhett's men to punishing musket volleys.

Previously, many scholars accepted the stance of Isaiah Berlin that republicanism was tilted more toward positive liberty rather than the negative liberty characterizing liberalism.

* Dump truck, used to carry loose material, the 4-sided bed can be tilted to empty its contents

On May 15, 1989, inspectors were reviewing the bridge for cracks and fissures when the boom arm holding up a bucket snapped, leaving the bucket tilted on its side and the workers at risk of plummeting hundreds of feet down to the river below.

Environmental pressure throughout the project resulted in the left-bank viaducts being extended inland to preserve the marshes underneath, as well as the lamp posts throughout the bridge being tilted inwards so as not to cast light on the river below.