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Webster 1913 Edition
Squint
Squint
(skwĭnt)
, Adj.
1.
Looking obliquely.
Specifically:
(Med.)
, not having the optic axes coincident; – said of the eyes. See , 2.
Squint
, Noun.
2.
Fig.:
Looking askance.
“Squint suspicion.” Milton.
Squint
,Verb.
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.)
To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed.
3.
To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
Squint
,Verb.
T.
1.
To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely;
as, to
. squint
an eye2.
To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
He . . .
squints
the eye, and makes the harelid. Shakespeare
Squint
,Noun.
1.
The act or habit of squinting.
2.
(Med.)
A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
Webster 1828 Edition
Squint
SQUINT
,Adj.
1.
Looking obliquely; having the optic axes directed to different objects.2.
Looking with suspicion.SQUINT
,Verb.
I.
1.
To see obliquely.Some can squint when they will.
2.
To have the axes of the eyes directed to different objects.3.
To slope; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.SQUINT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To turn the eye to an oblique position; to look indirectly; as, to squint an eye.2.
To form the eye to oblique vision.He gives the web and the pin, squints the eye, and make the hare-lip.