the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To or out at the corner or angle of the eye; obliquely; toward one side; not in the straight line of vision; askance; furtively.
In the condition of squinting; oblique.
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adj. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Word Usage
"I know God is wise in all; wonderful in what we conceive, but far more in what we comprehend not: for we behold him but asquint, upon reflex or shadow; our understanding is dimmer than"