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asquint

American  
[uh-skwint] / əˈskwɪnt /

adverb

  1. with an oblique glance or squint; askance; slyly; dubiously.

asquint British  
/ əˈskwɪnt /

adverb

  1. (postpositive) with a glance from the corner of the eye, esp a furtive one

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Etymology

Origin of asquint

1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to a- a- 1 + squint, of uncertain origin

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Asquint, a-skwint′, adv. and adj. towards the corner of the eye: obliquely.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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