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