askant
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The actors gathered in groups and looked askant.
From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by George C. Hazelton
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
Old Peter Thomas—who seemed to have become crystallized, as it were, in age and decrepitude, and advanced no further in either—was pottering around the garden, eying askant, like an old robin, the new plough furrows.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
"Was no one mentioned beside Thor's children and myself?" asked the priest, looking askant at Balder as he spoke.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
"Has the Squire offered us a home?" she questioned eagerly, eyeing her daughter askant.
From The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky by Henry C. Wood
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