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

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

From Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael

“No, not yet,” said Mrs Dean, who looked askant at the fresh-comer, and as if she did not approve of him.

From To The West by Fenn, George Manville

As he walked over to it he nodded to half a score of acquaintances, some of whom looked askant at his companion, and exchanged whispered comments after he had passed.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander

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 Newell, Robert H.