Askance
Pronunciation : A*skance"
Part of Speech : A*skant"
Etymology : [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.]
Definition : Defn: Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : A*skance"
Part of Speech : v. t.
Definition : Defn: To turn aside. [Poet.] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913