askew (ew = u), askue, ascue

& adj. [ Eng. a; skew. In Dan. skiæv is = crooked, oblique Dut. schuin = slant, sloping, oblique; schuins =slopingly; schuinte = slope; scheef wry, slanting, sloping; Ger. schief; Lat. scevus; Gr. σκαίος ( skaios ) = on the left hand; Sanse. sarya = left.] [SKEW, SHUNT.] A. As adverb : 1. Askance, asquint. (Used of the eyes.) "For when ye mildly look with lovely hue, Then is my soul with life and love inspird: But when ye lowre, or look on me askew , Then do I die."- Spenser : Sonn. 7. "He looked ascue upon him, as one he envied or hated."- Bp . Patrick on 1 Sam . xviii. 9. 2. In an oblique direction. (Used of anything else.) "All things are now discovered to proceed astue, the round world and all."-Gayton: Notes on Don Quizote, p. 39. B. As adjective : Oblique, awry. "Thus in time the tail becomes quite askere , and is a tolerable guide to the length of time the bird has been sitting." Mr. Ramsay, quoted in Darwin's "Descent of Man," ut. il., ch. xv.