askant

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Who are they, as bats and night-dogs, askant in the Capitol?

From Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael

"Up all night, I presume," eyeing him askant.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.

The Valley soldiers were largely of the Presbyterian faith, and of a solemn, pious demeanor, and looked askant at the caperings of my Creoles, holding them to be "devices and snares."

From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard

They looked with eyes askant at the mate and his three companions, but said nothing to them.

From Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors by Holloway, W. Herbert

Spirituality does not light it; evanescent dreams are its oil-lamps, often with wick askant in the socket.

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin