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1. (n.) squinch
a small arch, corbeling, etc., built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting a superimposed octagonal spire.
2. (v.t.) squinch
to contort (the features) or squint.
3. squinch
to squeeze together or contract.
4. (v.i.) squinch
to squeeze together or crouch down, as to fit into a smaller space.
Etymology: (1830–40; orig. uncert.; cf. squint)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) squinch
a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
2. (verb) squinch
crouch down
3. (verb) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
4. (verb) squint, squinch
cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
"The children squinted so as to scare each other"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Squinch
a small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon
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