"askant" meaning in All languages combined

See askant on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more askant [comparative], most askant [superlative]
Etymology: Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant. Head templates: {{en-adj}} askant (comparative more askant, superlative most askant)
  1. (now rare) Aslant, sloping. Tags: archaic Translations (aslant, sloping): косой (kosoj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-askant-en-adj-9K9p2cjK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 30 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 17 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 18 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 82 10 8

Adverb [English]

Forms: more askant [comparative], most askant [superlative]
Etymology: Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant. Head templates: {{en-adv}} askant (comparative more askant, superlative most askant)
  1. (now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-askant-en-adv-mXMUJWUm

Verb [English]

Forms: askants [present, singular, third-person], askanting [participle, present], askanted [participle, past], askanted [past]
Etymology: Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant. Head templates: {{en-verb}} askant (third-person singular simple present askants, present participle askanting, simple past and past participle askanted)
  1. Dated form of askance. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: askance
    Sense id: en-askant-en-verb-crZvnmQV

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1917, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Copper Streak Trail:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance."
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          "text": "While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1934, Kay Boyle, My Next Bride, Virago, published 1986, page 53:",
          "text": "A small, askant, almost contemptuous smile was on her mouth as she chewed.",
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        "Aslant, sloping."
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        "(now rare) Aslant, sloping."
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          "roman": "kosoj",
          "sense": "aslant, sloping",
          "word": "косой"
        }
      ]
    }
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        "(now rare) Aslant, sloping."
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