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Traditional English :: squint
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squint.html - v., n., & adj. --v. 1 intr. have the eyes turned in different directions, have a squint.
2 intr. (often foll. by at) look obliquely or with half-closed eyes.
3 tr. close (one's eyes) quickly, hold (one's eyes) half-shut. --n. 1 = STRABISMUS.
2 a stealthy or sidelong glance.
3 colloq. a glance or look (had a squint at it).
4 an oblique opening through the wall of a church affording a view of the altar.
5 a leaning or inclination towards a particular object or aim. --adj. 1 squinting.
2 looking different ways. squint-eyed 1 squinting.
2 malignant, ill-willed. squinter n. squinty adj. [ASQUINT: (adj.) perh. f. squint-eyed f. obs. squint (adv.) f. ASQUINT] |
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Traditional English :: squinch
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squint.html - n. a straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure, e.g. a dome. [var. of obs. scunch, abbr. of SCUNCHEON] |
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Traditional English :: squint
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squint.html - v., n., & adj. --v. 1 intr. have the eyes turned in different directions, have a squint.
2 intr. (often foll. by at) look obliquely or with half-closed eyes.
3 tr. close (one's eyes) quickly, hold (one's eyes) half-shut. --n. 1 = STRABISMUS.
2 a stealthy or sidelong glance.
3 colloq. a glance or look (had a squint at it).
4 an oblique opening through the wall of a church affording a view of the altar.
5 a leaning or inclination towards a particular object or aim. --adj. 1 squinting.
2 looking different ways. squint-eyed 1 squinting.
2 malignant, ill-willed. squinter n. squinty adj. [ASQUINT: (adj.) perh. f. squint-eyed f. obs. squint (adv.) f. ASQUINT] |
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Traditional English :: squib
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squint.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a small firework burning with a hissing sound and usu. with a final explosion.
2 a short satirical composition, a lampoon. --v. (squibbed, squibbing)
1 tr. US Football kick (the ball) a comparatively short distance on a kick-off; execute (a kick) in this way.
2 archaic a intr. write lampoons. b tr. lampoon. [16th c.: orig. unkn.: perh. imit.] |
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Traditional English :: squid
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squint.html - n. & v. --n. 1 any of various ten-armed cephalopods, esp. of the genus Loligo, used as bait or food.
2 artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form. --v.intr. (squidded, squidding) fish with squid as bait. [17th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: squidgy
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squint.html - adj.
(squidgier, squidgiest) colloq. squashy, soggy. [imit.] |
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