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Meaning of SQUINT in English

Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

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    Meaning of SQUINT in English

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

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