aslant

• POS: Preposition, Adverb
• HYPHEN: a=slant

CIDE DICTIONARY

aslant, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.].

 Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.  [1913 Webster]
"[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant."  [1913 Webster]

aslant, prep. 

 In a slanting direction over; athwart.  [1913 Webster]
"There is a willow grows aslant a brook."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aslant, adv. & prep.
--adv. obliquely or at a slant.
--prep. obliquely across (lay aslant the path).