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English Dictionary: squinting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squinting
adj
  1. having eyes half closed in order to see better; "squinched eyes"
    Synonym(s): squinched, squinting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squinting \Squint"ing\,
      a. & n. from {Squint}, v. -- {Squint"ing*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squint \Squint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Squinting}.]
      1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a
            furtive glance.
  
                     Some can squint when they will.         --Bacon.
  
      2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to
            be cross-eyed.
  
      3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
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