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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.
or adv. [a and slant. See Slant.]
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

  1. slanting

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Adverb

aslant

  1. at a slant
    • Dryden
      [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant.

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Preposition

aslant

  1. (archaic) diagonally over or across
    Lay the gun aslant your lap.

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