v. t. To turn aside. [ Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]
My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]