ASKING
Ask"ing, n.
1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. Longfellow.
2. The publishing of banns.
ASLAKE
A*slake", v. t. & i. Etym: [AS. aslacian, slacian, to slacken. Cf.
Slake.]
Defn: To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
[Archaic] Chaucer.
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.
ASLANT
A*slant", prep.
Defn: In a slanting direction over; athwart.
There is a willow grows aslant a brook. Shak.
ASLEEP
A*sleep", a. & adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + sleep.]