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A*slake" (*slk"), v. t. & i. [AS. slacian, slacian, to slacken. Cf. Slake.] To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish. [Archaic] Chaucer.
A*slant" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.] Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant.
Dryden.
A*slant", prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart.
There is a willow grows aslant a brook.
Shak.
A*sleep", a. & adv. [Pref. a- + sleep.] 1. In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Fast asleep the giant lay supine.
Dryden.
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep.
Milton.