Definition of Aslant. Meaning of Aslant. Synonyms of Aslant

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Definition of Aslant

Aslant
Aslant A*slant", adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.] Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden.
Aslant
Aslant A*slant", prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. There is a willow grows aslant a brook. --Shak.

Meaning of Aslant from wikipedia

- reports that Ophelia had climbed into a willow tree (There is a willow grows aslant the brook), and that the branch had broken and dropped Ophelia into the...
- their perfumed censers white, Softened rays of sunlight falling In lines aslant, and warm, and bright, Shall gild the altar, nave and chancel; Rest with...
- alongside* amid amidst mid midst among amongst anti apropos* around* round* as aslant astride at @ (written alternative) atop ontop (nonstandard)[citation needed]...
- Street. The site bordered the old Boston Post Road, which predated, and ran aslant of, the Manhattan street grid established by the Commissioners' Plan of...
- unsentimental, heart-affirming ending of Quichotte, that "sane man," is the aslant answer to the question of what is real and what is unreal. A remembrance...
- circles. The carts were joined wheel to wheel by chains and positioned aslant, with their corners attached to each other, so that horses could be harnessed...
- Soyer's kitchens at the Reform Club. He is seen at the centre in his trademark beret worn aslant, showing two visitors round....
- the pillars rotten at their base, and the beams and rafters crooked and aslant. At that time a fire suddenly broke out on all sides, spreading through...
- Dochmiac (Ancient Gr****: δοχμιακός, from δόχμιος 'across, aslant, oblique', or 'pertaining to a δοχμή or hand's-breath') is a poetic meter that is characteristically...
- climbed back into my carriage—nearly turned over a viaduct, and caught aslant upon the turn—to extricate the worthy couple. They were much soiled, but...