aslither

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Slithering.

   • 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.
2. 2

   Covered (with or in something slithering or slippery).

   • 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.

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