Definition of squint

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Squinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squin.

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Squint :: Squint (n.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
Squinter :: Squint (n.) Same as Hagioscope.
Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting..
Skelly :: Skelly (n.) A squint.
Squint-eye :: Squinter (n.) One who squints.
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance..
Swizzle :: Swivel-eyed (a.) Squint-eyed.
Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..
Squint :: Squint (v. t.) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye..
Squintifego :: Squint-eyed (a.) Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy..
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..
Squint :: Squint (n.) The act or habit of squinting.
Squint :: Squinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squin.
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..
Gley :: Gley (adv.) Asquint; askance; obliquely.
Cast :: Cast (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint..
Squint-eyed :: Squint-eye (n.) An eye that squints.
Asquint :: Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint..
Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously..
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
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