askant
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She gave an askant look into it, and was silent.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
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
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 Augustin Filon
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 Brander Matthews
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 Richard Taylor
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