"I declare I'm much weaker than a child," said the doctor to himself; and the subject was the next moment introduced by the Reverend Arthur, who, with a guilty aspect and look askant, both misinterpreted by the doctor, said, hesitatingly: "Do you know for certain when you go away, Harry?"
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
We laugh and shout, much more than speak, No etiquette importunes; The trees were made for hide-and-seek, The flowers to tell our fortunes; The hills, for pretty girls to pant, And glow with richer roses; The wind itself, to toss askant The curls that hide their noses.
"Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse"
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Whyland looked askant at Abner.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller