askant
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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
When He provided none, they stopped speculating, and went on as sharply askant as hens at any smaller good pecks life might have for them.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
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 W. Herbert Holloway
"Not I," said Leicester, looking askant at the picture.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
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