Lexicographical Neighbors of Asklent
Literary usage of Asklent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"To Lord G, asklent [not straight, aslant]. S. The Poor Thresher. Sin' thou came
to the warl asklent, Add. to Illegit. Child. ..."
2. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Johan Winkler (1889)
"<kt asklent an ... spaak о loopen awr a 1m. fou, Maggie coost her head fu' high,
Look d asklent and unco ..."
3. The Historie and Cronicles of Scotland: From the Slauchter of King James the by Robert Lindsay (1899)
"... witht his subiects [he] thocht 2° the matter had bene asklent.2 Bot the lordis
... 3 "asklent"—ie, asquint or aslant = one-sided. See Glossary. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"... (1) askew, in an irregulär manner: " look'd asklent," 272. ... cam to the
warl' asklent," 113 ; (2) askance ..."
5. The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the by Francis Turner Palgrave (1916)
"... Ha, ha, the wooing o't; On blythe Yule night when we were foii, Ha, ha, the
wooing o't : Maggie coost her head fu' high, Look'd asklent and unco ..."
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