to look asquint
1Asquint — 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] …
2look — 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 …
3asquint — 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 …
4asquint — (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… …
5skew — 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,… …
6goggle — 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,… …
7squint — 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 …
8Papal Arbitration — • An institution almost coeval with the papacy itself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Papal Arbitration Papal Arbitration …
9squint — 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 …
10skime — to look asquint, to glee. N …