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askance, askaunce (adv.) Old form(s): a sconce, Asconce
with disdain, maliciously, scornfully
Sonn.110.6[] I have looked on truth / Askance and strangely
TS II.i.241[Petruchio to Katherina] thou canst not look askance
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