squint

Definitions

1. 1.Fig.: Looking askance. "Squint suspicion." Milton.
2. 2.To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Some can squint when they will. Bacon.
3. 3.(Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross- eyed.
4. 4.To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
5. 5.To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
6. 6.To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid. Shak.
7. 7.The act or habit of squinting.
8. 8.(Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
9. 9.(Arch.) Same as Hagioscope.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is fig.: Looking askance. "Squint suspicion." Milton called?
• What is to see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Some can squint when they will. Bacon called?
• What is to have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross- eyed called?
• What is to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely called?
• What is to turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye called?
• What is to cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid. Shak called?
• What is a want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus called?