Aslant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Aslant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Aslant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aslant adv over or across in a slanting direction at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face" Synonym(s): obliquely, aslant, athwart adj having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aslant \A*slant"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.] Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aslant \Aslant"\, prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. There is a willow grows aslant* a brook. --Shak.