asquint

American  

[uh-skwint] / əˈskwɪnt /

adverb

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

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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

Example Sentences

Marcy Borders was a 28-year-old Bank of America worker when the photograph of her staring into the lens with her eyes asquint and her mouth agape was taken.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2015

Glancing asquint the fury saw her rise, And inly groan'd,—that she success should gain.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

There I beheld a one-eyed man asquint with a ruinous eye.

From The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes by Eliot, Charles William

I marked the row of weather-beaten faces pillowed on the gun-stocks with eyes asquint to sight the pieces.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis