Asquint

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asquint \A*squint"\, adv. [Cf. {Askant}, {Squint}.]
     With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line
     of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to
     look asquint.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  asquint
       adj : (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as
             if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with
             their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong
             glances" [syn: {askance}, {askant}, {squint}, {squint-eyed},
              {squinty}, {sidelong}]