Aslant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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