| Pronunciation: | | skwinch
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| Matching Terms: | | squinched
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- [n] a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
- [v] partly close one's eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other"
- [v] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- [v] crouch down
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| | Synonyms: | | cringe, cross one's eyes, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squint, wince |
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| | See Also: | | arch, bend, bow, crouch, grimace, make a face, move, pull a face, retract, shrink back, stoop, trumpet arch |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Squinch\, n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.)
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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