Sekirov Dictionary

aslant

UK /əˈslɑːnt/US /əˈslænt/

adjective 1
adverb 1
preposition 1
forms 2

adjective1

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(literary) Slanting, oblique.
- He spake, and, dovvnvvard svvay'd, fell resupine, / VVith his huge neck aslant. All-conqu'ring sleep / Soon seized him. — 1791

adverb1

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(literary, no longer used) At or on a slant; in a slanting or sloping direction.
- Blovvn all aslant, a driving dashing rain, / Peal upon peal redoubling all around, / Shakes it again and faster to the ground, […] — 1781

preposition1

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(literary, no longer used) Across or over in a slanting or diagonal direction.
- There is a VVillovv grovves aslant a Brooke, / That shevves his hore [hoar] leaues in the glassie streame: […] — 1599

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