asquint

adverb (or adjective)

əˈ-

: with the eye directed to one side, obliquely, or squintingly as if with distorted vision or as if to peer or glance furtively or slyly

when he … speaks falsely, the eye is muddy and sometimes asquint

—R. W. Emerson

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Middle English

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Rhymes for asquint

• blueprint
• footprint
• imprint
• misprint
• newsprint
• nonprint
• preprint
• reprint
• clint
• dint
• glint
• hint