askances

Verb

askance (third-person singular simple present askances, present participle askancing, simple past and past participle askanced)

1. (rare, transitive) To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
   • Bowed heads, Aunt Ellen's, Aunt Laura's, her sister's — bowed but askancing her yellow dress — yes, yellow, golden yellow, hue of sun and life, Dad's favorite, to see him off on this, his greatest journey.1953, Lowry Charles Wimberly, Prairie Schooner, volume 27, page 406
2. (rare, transitive) To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.
   • The pope askanced his eye at Michael with displeasure, and after a short pause saluted him, " Instead of your coming to us, you seem to have expected that we should attend upon you."1826, William Hone, The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year

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