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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