Definition of squint

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Squint (v. i.) To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance..

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Swizzle :: Swivel-eyed (a.) Squint-eyed.
Squiny :: Squinting () a. & n. from Squint, v..
Squint :: Squint (n.) The act or habit of squinting.
Squint-eye :: Squinter (n.) One who squints.
Strabotomy :: Strabismus (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye..
Squintifego :: Squint-eyed (a.) Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy..
Squint :: Squint (n.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
Sken :: Sken (v. i.) To squint.
Gley :: Gley (adv.) Asquint; askance; obliquely.
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
Gley :: Gley (v. i.) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
Skelly :: Skelly (n.) A squint.
Gloar :: Gloar (v. i.) To squint; to stare.
Hagioscope :: Hagioscope (n.) An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint..
Squinter :: Squint (n.) Same as Hagioscope.
Squinted :: Squint (n.) Fig.: Looking askance.
Squint-eyed :: Squint-eyed (a.) Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry..
Squint :: Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..
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