To look out of the corners of one’s eyes, to leer, to look askance. The cull cutty-eyed at us; the fellow looked suspicious at us.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
To Cut BeneNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes