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Meaning of ASQUINT

Pronunciation:  u'skwint

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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"
 
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 Synonyms: askance, askant, indirect, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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