Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
SQUINTS
Noun
squints
plural of squint
Verb
squints
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squint
Source: Wiktionary
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
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
21 February 2025
RESTORATION
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
Coffee Trivia
