Category:Aslant

A*slant", adv. & a. Etym: [Pref. a- + slant.]

Defn: Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden.

A*slant", prep.

Defn: In a slanting direction over; athwart. There is a willow grows aslant a brook. Shak.