† askoyˈe, aˈskoyne, adv. Obs.
Also 6 ascoye.
[Actual origin uncertain: skoyne seems to be identical with Du. schuin sidewise, oblique; cf. schuinte slope. But see asquint and askew, with which in sense this word is closely allied, and note to askance.]
Sidewise, askew, with sidelong glance, askance. (Always with look.)
| 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy i. v, To him he spake With chere askoyne vnto the messengere. Ibid. ii. xii, With loke askoye, and tourned vp the whyte Of hye desdayne. c 1430 ― Bochas vi. i. (1554) 143 b, Loking ascoyne, as she had had disdeyne. 1550 Crowley Epigr. 43 There wanton lokes, and lyftynge vp of eyes, And their lokinge ascoye in most wanton wise. 1552 Huloet, Glaye or loke a skoye, Transuertere hirquos. |