squintest
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of squint
Source: Wiktionary
Squint, a. Etym: [Cf. D. schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinisch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. Askant, Askance, Asquint.]
1. Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
2. Fig.: Looking askance. "Squint suspicion." Milton.
Squint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squinting.]
1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Some can squint when they will. Bacon.
2. (Med.)
Definition: To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross- eyed.
3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
Squint, v. t.
1. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
2. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid. Shak.
Squint, n.
1. The act or habit of squinting.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: Same as Hagioscope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
