ASKANCE; ASKANT A*skance", A*skant", adv. Etym: [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.]
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.
ASKANCE
A*skance", v. t.
Defn: To turn aside. [Poet.] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.
ASKER
Ask"er, n.
Defn: One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer. Shak.
ASKER
Ask"er, n. Etym: [A corruption of AS. a lizard, newt.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An ask; a water newt. [Local Eng.]
ASKEW
A*skew", adv. & a. Etym: [Pref. a- + skew.]
Defn: Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; — sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser.