Definition of squint

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Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.

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Squint :: Squint (n.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
Skelly :: Skelly (n.) A squint.
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
Gloar :: Gloar (v. i.) To squint; to stare.
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
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..
Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..
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..
Gley :: Gley (adv.) Asquint; askance; obliquely.
Squinter :: Squint (n.) Same as Hagioscope.
Squinzey :: Squiny (v. i.) To squint.
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..
Squiny :: Squinting () a. & n. from Squint, v..
Squint :: Squint (a.) Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2..
Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously..
Squint :: Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
Squint-eyed :: Squint-eye (n.) An eye that squints.
Squint :: Squint (v. t.) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye..
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..
Squint-eyed :: Squint-eyed (a.) Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
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