Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) With an indirect meaning; with suspicion or mistrust; skeptically, suspiciously. 2. (v. t.) To turn aside.

Multi-Version Concordance Askance (1 Occurrence) Psalms 68:16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever. (ASV JPS)