What does "aslant" mean?
Aslant: Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.In a slanting direction over; athwart. There is a willow grows aslant a brook. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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