asquint
with an oblique glance or squint; askance; slyly; dubiously.
Origin of asquint
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How to use asquint in a sentence
Lucan has not spared him in the poem of his Pharsalia; for his very compliment looked asquint, as well as Nero.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenI marked the row of weather-beaten faces pillowed on the gun-stocks with eyes asquint to sight the pieces.
The Master of Appleby | Francis LyndeWhen he has base ends and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy and sometimes asquint.
Essays, First Series | Ralph Waldo EmersonHe,' indicating the sun, 'can only get at me asquint by that time, and I'm a match for him with my blue umbrella.
The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2) | Charlotte M. YongeBut I know that Providence looketh not asquint, but looketh straight out, and through all men's darkness.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford | Samuel Rutherford
British Dictionary definitions for asquint
/ (əˈskwɪnt) /
(postpositive) with a glance from the corner of the eye, esp a furtive one
Origin of asquint
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