Meanings of shine aslant in английском

The sun was shining aslant upon the downs from over the sea.

He had assumed a bantering air: a light, half-caressing, half-ironic, shone aslant in his eye.

The sun was shining aslant when they got up and a shadow lay upon the pool.

Shining aslant into this wild hollow, the afternoon sun lighted up its eastern side with tints of gold.

The evening sun was shining aslant down the wooded slopes of the lower hills, and dark blue shadows gathered where its rays no longer penetrated.