SQUINT

a. v. n.

10 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

2.
a.

Fig.: Looking askance. "Squint suspicion." Milton.

3.
v.

To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Some can squint when they will. Bacon.

4.
v.

To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross- eyed.

5.
v.

To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

6.
v.

To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.

7.
v.

To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid. Shak.

8.
n.

The act or habit of squinting.

9.
n.

A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.

10.
n.

Same as Hagioscope.


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