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Squinch

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Noun

1. squinch

a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

Verb

2. squinch

crouch down

3. cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

draw back, as with fear or pain

Example Sentences:
'she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf'

4. squinch, squint

cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

Example Sentences:
'The children squinted so as to scare each other'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Squinch

see synonyms of squinch
noun
a small arch, corbelling, etc, across an internal corner of a tower, used to support a superstructure such as a spire
. Also called: squinch arch

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Squinch

see synonyms of squinch
noun
an interior corner support, as a small arch, corbeling, or lintel, supporting a weight, as of a spire, resting upon it
verb transitive
1. 
a. 
to squint (the eyes)
b. 
to pucker or screw up (the face, nose, brow, etc.)
2. 
to squeeze or compress
verb intransitive
3. 
to squint, pucker, or contort
4. 
to crouch down or draw oneself together so as to seem smaller
5. 
to flinch

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Squinch

see synonyms of squinch
n.
A structure, such as a section of vaulting or corbeling, set diagonally across the interior angle between two walls to provide a transition from a square to a polygonal or more nearly circular base on which to construct a dome.
tr.v. squinched, squinch·ing, squinch·es
To squeeze, twist, or draw together: squinched her eyes shut.

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