Both Uses of
askance
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- We stand discover'd by the rising fires; Askance the giant glares, and thus inquires: " 'What are ye, guests? on what adventure, say, Thus far ye wander through the watery way?†
Book 9
- Stay, then: no eye askance beholds thee here; Sweet is thy converse to each social ear; Well pleased, and pleasing, in our cottage rest, Till good Telemachus accepts his guest With genial gifts, and change of fair attires, And safe conveys thee where thy soul desires.†
Book 15 *
Definition:
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(askance) with disapproval, distrust, or suspicion
or:
directed to one side -- especially a sideways glance