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Webster 1913 Edition
Aslant
A-slant′
,adv.
& Adj.
[Pref.
a-
+ slant
.] Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
[The shaft] drove through his neck
aslant
. Dryden.
A-slant′
,p
rep.
In a slanting direction over; athwart.
There is a willow grows
aslant
a brook. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Aslant
ASL'ANT
,Adj.
On one side; obliquely; not perpendicularly or with a right angle.
The shaft drove through his neck aslant.
Definition 2024
aslant
aslant
English
Adjective
aslant
Translations
slanting — see slanted
Adverb
aslant
- at a slant
- Dryden
- [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant.
- Dryden
Translations
at a slant
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Preposition
aslant
- (archaic) diagonally over or across
- Lay the gun aslant your lap.
Translations
diagonally over or across
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