Meaning of aslither | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Slithering.
2. Covered (with or in something slithering or slippery).

Examples

“The gravel was soft and loose in the banks, and we tried to stay⟳ near the middle of the road; our rear wheel moved us all aslither, and we rode with our weight off the seat, pushed forward⟳ on the foot pedals.”

“One of these big boys came up to me, aslither, on his feet, no skates.”

“Under the vaulted architraves [of the fish⟳ and poultry market], the white marble slabs all aslither with hunks and fillets remind⟳ you why they used to call⟳ it ‘wet⟳ fish⟳’.”

“Through February and March⟳ our try-pots boiled and the decks were aslither with oil.”

“1985, Martin Collins, “Tour de la Vanoise” in Walt Unsworth (ed.), Classic Walks of the World, The Oxford Illustrated Press⟳, p. 44, If the weather has been warm, this can prove⟳ a tiresome stretch⟳, aslither in snow⟳ with the consistency of porridge.”

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