aslant

aslant
/euh slant", euh slahnt"/, adv.
1. at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
adj.
2. slanting or on a slant; oblique.
3. slantingly across; athwart.
[1250-1300; ME on slont, on slent on slope, at a SLANT]

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  • Aslant — A*slant , prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. [1913 Webster] There is a willow grows aslant a brook. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • aslant — I. adverb or adjective Date: 14th century in a slanting direction ; obliquely II. preposition Date: 1596 over or across in a slanting direction …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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