askant
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Is askant a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of askant?
Definition
adv (English)
1. (now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance.Examples: "And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken."; "He folded the bill lovingly and tucked it away; but he flipped the coin from his thumb, spinning in the sun, caught it as it fell, and glanced askant at old Pete."archaic
adj (English)
1. (now rare) Aslant, sloping.Examples: "While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them."; "A small, askant, almost contemptuous smile was on her mouth as she chewed."archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary