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ASQUINT
askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
(adjective) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; “her eyes with their misted askance look”- Elizabeth Bowen; “sidelong glances”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
asquint (not comparable)
Looking sideways, as though warily.
Adverb
asquint (not comparable)
With narrowed eyes.
Anagrams
• quaints
Source: Wiktionary
A*squint", adv. Etym: [Cf. Askant, Squint.]
Definition: With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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