Aslant Definition
ə-slănt
adjective
At a slant; obliquely.
American Heritage
Slanting.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
preposition
Obliquely over or across.
Lay the paddle aslant the gunwales.
American Heritage
On a slant across.
Webster's New World
(archaic) Diagonally over or across.
Lay the gun aslant your lap.
Wiktionary
Origin of Aslant
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From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from "on slante"; equivalent to a- + slant
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