squinch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: squinch	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for squinch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squinch n a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) v crouch down draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" Synonym(s): flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other" Synonym(s): squint, squinch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squinch \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}.