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Quotation dates: 1721, 1788-1826, 1913-1929
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ASKLENT, ASLENT, ASKLANT, adv. Asquint, on the slant, on one side, off the road, askew, askance. Also fig. [ə′sklɛnt + ə′slɛnt Sc.; ə′sklɑnt Lnk.]Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs (1818) 90:
He took the bog aslent.Abd.(D) 1913 C. Murray Hamewith 90:
Time keeks asklent an' flees E'en as we crack.Per. 1802 S. Kerr Sc. Poems 68:
But far asklent the arrow flew.Fif. 1929 St. Andrews Citizen (9 Feb.) 9/3:
They needna' wander far asklent frae their hoose-end.m.Lth. 1788 J. Macaulay Poems 119:
Tak gude tent O' yon white southlan tup, that looks aslent.Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross The Scot at Hame 53:
I used to step gey cheery when I thocht I'd had aneuch, Folk said I ga'ed asklant at orra hap.Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons, Spring l. 482:
Frae bush to bush asklent the bank he scours.Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 59:
Ilk nerve I strain'd, to fly the furious chase, An' fled asklent the hills wi' eager pace.
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