asquint
Looking sideways, as though warilyLooking sideways, as though warily.
» Love, being jealous, makes a good eye look asquint.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Looking sideways, as though warily.
Eyes asquint, he saw she was driving much too fast.
- (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Examples
1 sentencesLove, being jealous, makes a good eye look asquint.
Origin
From Middle English asquint, asquynt, asqweynt, equivalent to a- (“on, at”) + a word relatFrom Middle English asquint, asquynt, asqweynt, equivalent to a- (“on, at”) + a word related to Dutch schuinte (“tilt, slant, slope”), Saterland Frisian Schüünte (“slope, slant”), West Frisian skeante (“slope, slant”), German Low German Schüünte (“angle, slant, slope, pitch”). Compare also Middle English askoin, askoyn, of skwyn (“on a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin (“oblique, slanting, sloping”), West Frisian skean (“oblique, slanting, sloping”), German Low German schüün (“slanting”), Norwegian Nynorsk skeina (“to move obliquely”).
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