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squinch
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NounPlural: squinches |
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| squinch - a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) | ||
| arch (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it | ||
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| squinch - crouch down | ||
| crouch, bow, stoop, bend bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" | ||
| squinch - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" | ||
| flinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| shrink back, retract pull away from a source of disgust or fear | ||
| squinch - cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other" | ||
| squint | ||
| grimace, make a face, pull a face contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- squinch (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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squinch
skwinch, n. a small stone arch, or series of arches, across an interior angle of a square tower to support the sides of an octagonal spire
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