Word Meanings - ASKANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To turn aside. O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.

ASIDE
1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak.
WRAPPAGE
1. The act of wrapping. 2. That which wraps; envelope; covering.
WRAPPER
1. One who, or that which, wraps. 2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering. 3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's
ASKANCE; ASKANT
Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone.
ASKANCE
To turn aside. O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.
THEIR
The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham.
SEASIDE
The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.