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squinch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun squinch has 1 sense
- squinch(n = noun.artifact) Array - a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire); Array is a kind of arch
has particulars: trumpet arch
Verb squinch has 3 senses
- squinch(v = verb.motion) Array - crouch down; Array is one way to bend, bow, crouch, stoop
- squinch(v = verb.motion) cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, wince - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" is one way to move
- squinch(v = verb.body) squint - cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other" is one way to grimace, make a face, pull a face
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CIDE DICTIONARY
squinch, n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.].
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 . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
squinch, n. a straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure, e.g. a dome.
Etymology
var. of obs. scunch, abbr. of SCUNCHEON
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