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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

[Cf.

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

adv.

[See Askance, and Squint.]

To the corner or angle of the eye; obliquely; towards one side; not in the straight line of vision; as, to look asquint.

Not with regard or due notice.

asquint ‎(not comparable)

Looking sideways, as though warily.
Eyes asquint, he saw she was driving much too fast.

asquint ‎(not comparable)

With narrowed eyes.
- 1832 — Edgar Allan Poe, Loss of Breath
  It is not to be supposed, however, that in the delivery of such passages I was found at all deficient in the looking asquint—the showing my teeth—the working my knees—the shuffling my feet—or in any of those unmentionable graces which are now justly considered the characteristics of a popular performe