askant

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He saw Zalia look askant because he did not go on working and, to account for his resting, drew his whetstone from his trouser-pocket and began slowly to sharpen the sickle.

From The Path of Life by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

She gave an askant look into it, and was silent.

From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan

"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

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

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

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

From Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael