Part 684

<hw>Ask"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ask"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of AS. <ets>a<?/exe</ets> lizard, newt.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An ask; a water newt.</def> <mark>[Local Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Askew</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*skew"</hw>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>skew</ets>.]</ety> <def>Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Ask"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.</def>

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The publishing of banns.</def>

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<h1>Aslake</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*slake"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'beslacian</ets>, <ets>slacian</ets>, to slacken. Cf. <er>Slake</er>.]</ety> <def>To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Aslant</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*slant"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>slant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.</def>

<blockquote>[The shaft] drove through his neck <b>aslant</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aslant</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*slant"</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>In a slanting direction over; athwart.</def>

<blockquote>There is a willow grows <b>aslant</b> a brook. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Asleep</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*sleep"</hw>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>sleep</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.</def>

<blockquote>Fast <b>asleep</b> the giant lay supine. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By whispering winds soon lulled <b>asleep</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the sleep of the grave; dead.</def>

<blockquote>Concerning them which are <b>asleep</b> . . . sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. <i>1 Thess. iv. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Numbed, and, usually, tingling.</def>