askant
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"Mamma," said she, her eyes cast down, her head askant like a shy bird's, "I am afraid I have a lover!"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
I glanced at him askant, my boy, and says I, innocently, "I see a still better reason for your clothing yourself for battle in newspapers."
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Robert H. Newell
He looked askant at Monckton, and he showed the white of his eyes more and more.
From A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade
But the eternal father throned on high With fear fill'd Ajax; panic-fixt he stood,655 His seven-fold shield behind his shoulder cast, And hemm'd by numbers, with an eye askant, Watchful retreated.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
Lady Bassett drew back, and eyed her askant with amazement and terror.
From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Charles Reade
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