ASKANCE
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{ A*skance" (&unr_;), A*skant" (&unr_;), } adv. [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.] Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
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They dart away; they wheel askance.
Beattie.
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My palfrey eyed them askance.
Landor.
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Both . . . were viewed askance by authority.
Gladstone.
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A*skance", v. t. To turn aside. [Poet.]
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O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes!
Shak.
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