adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + slant. ] Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ The shaft ] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is a willow grows aslant a brook. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. slanting toward the left; -- of handwriting. Such handwriting is usually found in left-handed writers [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. i.
On the side of younder slanting hill. Dodsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to;
n.
Slant or wind,
a. [ Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See Slant, v. i. ] Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. “The slant lightning.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Oblique; sloping. --