Details of word SQUINT

Definition of squint

a. - Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
n. - Fig.: Looking askance.
v. i. - To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.
v. i. - To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
v. i. - To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
v. t. - To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
v. t. - To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
n. - The act or habit of squinting.
n. - A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
n. - Same as Hagioscope.
v. i. - To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

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