SQUINTING

squinched, squinting

(adjective) having eyes half closed in order to see better; “squinched eyes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

squinting

present participle of squint

Noun

squinting (plural squintings)

The act of one who squints.

Source: Wiktionary


Squint"ing,

Definition: a. & n. from Squint, v.

– Squint"ing*ly, adv.

SQUINT

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



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ADMIRABLE

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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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