aslant

3 definitions found

aslant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aslant \A*slant"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.]
     Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
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           [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden.
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  Aslant \A*slant"\, prep.
     In a slanting direction over; athwart.
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           There is a willow grows aslant a brook.  --Shak.
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aslant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aslant
      adv 1: over or across in a slanting direction
      2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
         [syn: obliquely, aslant, athwart]
      adj 1: having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslant,
             aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped,
             sloping]