intransitive. To move quickly or with a gliding motion, esp. in an oblique direction. Also to glent aside: to start aside. Obsolete.

To move or be situated obliquely; to incline; to swerve (aside); U.S. to ‘make tracks’.

intransitive. To slip, fall, or glide obliquely; to strike or lie aslant.

intransitive. To move quickly, esp. obliquely; to glance aside; = glent, v. 1a 1b.

To take an oblique course or direction; to turn aside, move sideways.

intransitive. To move, dart, or fall, obliquely; to lie aslant; to give a side-look, etc.

Of things: To take an oblique course.

intransitive. Frequently with adv. To move diagonally or sideways; to travel an irregular path; to wander or saunter.

To place or set rhomboidally; to cut, move, go, etc., diagonally.

intransitive. To move in a diagonal.

dialect. intransitive. To glide or move in a slanting direction.