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• 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• look — v 1. see, visualize, behold, notice, take in; bend the eye, cock the eye, fix the eye, fix one s gaze, focus, rivet one s eyes; regard, study, inspect, take stock of; examine, contemplate, pore over, Rare. perlustrate; review, check out, overlook …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• asquint — predic.adj. & adv. (usu. look asquint). 1 to one side; from the corner of an eye. 2 with a squint. Etymology: ME perh. f. Du. schuinte slant …   Useful english dictionary

• asquint — (adv.) early 13c., obliquely, with a sidelong glance, of uncertain etymology; from A (Cf. a ) (1) + a word corresponding to Du. schuinte slope, slant of the independent use of which no instances survive ... [OED]. Middle English Dictionary… …   Etymology dictionary

• skew — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, agee, agee jawed, angle, angle off, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, asymmetric, awry, bear off, bend, bent, bias, branching off, catawampous, catawamptious, circuitousness, cockeyed,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• goggle — Synonyms and related words: bag, balloon, bedroom eyes, bellied, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bore, bouge, bug, bug eyed, bulge, bulged, come hither look, crane, crane the neck, dilate, distend, evil eye, exophthalmic, eye, gape, gaup, gawk,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• squint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cross eye, strabismus; peek, peering, glance. See vision. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. look askance, give a sidelong look, look asquint, cock the eye, screw up the eyes, peek, peep; see also glare 2 , look …   English dictionary for students

• Papal Arbitration — • An institution almost coeval with the papacy itself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Papal Arbitration     Papal Arbitration      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• squint — Synonyms and related words: aberration, cast, circuitousness, cock the eye, convergent strabismus, cross eye, cross eyedness, crosswiseness, declination, deflection, deflexure, deviance, deviation, deviousness, diagonality, digression, divagation …   Moby Thesaurus

• skime —  to look asquint, to glee. N …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• Gly — Biochem. glycine. * * * gly obs. form of glee v., to look asquint …   Useful english dictionary