Vocabulary : Squinance to Squintifego
Squinance : Alt. of SquinancySquinancy : The quinsy. See Quinsy. ;; A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.
Squinch : A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
Squinsy : See Quinsy.
Squint : To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. ;; Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2. ;; Fig.: Looking askance. ;; To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. ;; To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed. ;; To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. ;; To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye. ;; To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. ;; The act or habit of squinting. ;; A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus. ;; Same as Hagioscope.
