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"ref": "1932, Clark Ashton Smith, The Maker of Gargoyles",
"text": "The scandal of opposition died down, and the stone-carver himself, though the town-folk continued to eye him askance, was able to secure other work through the favor of discriminating patrons.",
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"ref": "1875, William Ewart Gladstone, The Church of England and Ritualism",
"text": "Both […] were viewed askance by authority.",
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"ref": "1828, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations, volume III, Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney",
"text": "My palfrey eyed them askance.",
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"(of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion."
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "подозрително"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
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"roman": "bù zànchéng de",
"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "misprijzend"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "karsaasti"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "avec méfiance"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "de esguello"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "storto"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "in cagnesco"
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"alt": "うたがわしそうに",
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"roman": "tagawashisō ni",
"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "疑わしそうに"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "напреку"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "с подозре́нием"
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"roman": "podozrítelʹno",
"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "подозри́тельно"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "podozrivo"
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"sense": "of look: with disapproval",
"word": "con recelo"
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"ref": "1896, H. G. Wells, chapter 8, in The Island of Doctor Moreau",
"text": "I glanced askance at this strange creature, and found him watching me with his queer, restless eyes.",
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"ref": "1878, Henry James, chapter 1, in The Europeans",
"text": "...the head-stones in the grave-yard beneath seemed to be holding themselves askance to keep it out of their faces.",
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"sense": "sideways, obliquely",
"word": "накриво"
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"sense": "sideways, obliquely",
"word": "傾斜地"
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"roman": "qīngxié de",
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"word": "de esguello"
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"word": "de reollo"
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"alt": "よこめで",
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"word": "de esguelha"
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"2": "fro",
"3": "a escone",
"4": "",
"5": "hidden"
},
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},
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"2": "it",
"3": "a scancio",
"4": "",
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"2": "asquint"
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"name": "cog"
},
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"2": "schuin"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "schuins",
"3": "",
"4": "sideways"
},
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"name": "m"
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"3": "",
"4": "to shove"
},
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"name": "m"
},
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"3": "",
"4": "slope"
},
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}
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came",
"text": "My first thought was, he lied in every word,\nThat hoary cripple, with malicious eye\nAskance to watch the working of his lie",
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}
],
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],
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],
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"eye"
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"UK"
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{
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"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Italian",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with unknown etymologies",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
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"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/æns",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"present"
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"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1953, Lowry Charles Wimberly, Prairie Schooner, volume 27, page 406",
"text": "Bowed heads, Aunt Ellen's, Aunt Laura's, her sister's — bowed but askancing her yellow dress — yes, yellow, golden yellow, hue of sun and life, Dad's favorite, to see him off on this, his greatest journey.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang, page 185",
"text": "\"My dear sir,\" said Hube in an authoritative manner to the receptionist askancing Thales, \"first of all, we aren't tourists. Secondly, this isn't a rat, this is the present embodiment of the spiritual leader of millions of people in India […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance."
],
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[
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]
],
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"(rare, transitive) To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English terms with rare senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"ref": "1826, William Hone, The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year",
"text": "The pope askanced his eye at Michael with displeasure, and after a short pause saluted him, \" Instead of your coming to us, you seem to have expected that we should attend upon you.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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],
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"transitive"
]
}
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"UK"
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"UK"
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},
{
"ipa": "/əˈskæns/",
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},
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": reproachingly vs. s uprjókom",
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"title": "askance",
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