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Definition of Asquint
1. Adjective. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy. "Sidelong glances"
Definition of Asquint
1. adv. 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.
Definition of Asquint
1. Adjective. Looking sideways, as though warily. ¹
2. Adverb. In a manner with narrowed eyes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asquint
1. with a sidelong glance [adv]
Medical Definition of Asquint
1. 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. Origin: Cf. Askant, Squint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asquint
| asportation asported asporting asports asporulate aspout asprawl aspread asprin aspron | asprons asprout asps aspulvinone dimethylallyltransferase asquat asquint (current term) asrama asramas |
Literary usage of Asquint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English and Welsh Dictionary: Wherein, Not Only the Words, But Also, the by John Walters (1828)
"asquint, ad. Yn llygad-traws, yn llygad-wyr ; ar wyr, ... To look asquint at one,
Edrych ar wyr (à chil ei lygad) ar un. To look asquint, Edrych yn ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Obliquely, sideways, sidewise, AsK, ». Water-newt, asker. Ask REt, J askew, awry,
aslant, asquint, on one side, out of the corner of one's eye. Askew, &d. ..."
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