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askoyne
† 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...
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a-skie
† a-ˈskie, adv. Obs. [? f. a prep.1 + skey, variant of shey, shy: ‘schey or skey as horse’ (Promp. Parv.): cf. also skeigh and askoye.] ? Shyly; off at a tangent like a shying horse.1393 Gower Conf. II. 50 All sodeinly She passeth as it were a skie All clene out of this ladies sight.
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askew
askew, adv., a., (n.) (əˈskjuː) Forms: 6–7 askewe, 6 a-skiew, a scew, ascue, 7–8 askue. [Etymology uncertain; see the simple skew v. or a., upon which this may have been formed with a prep.1 Its relation to askoye, which preceded it somewhat in the same sense, is uncertain. It corresponds also in se...
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askances
▪ I. askance, adv. (əˈskæns) Forms: 6 a scanche, a scance, ascaunce, 6–7 asconce, ascance, 6–8 askaunce, 7 askauns, ascaunse, 6– askance. [Etymology unknown. Wedgwood suggests It. a schiancio ‘bias, slanting, sloping or slopingly, aslope, across, overthwart’ (Baretti), where schiancio is = OFr. escl...
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