squill2 (skwil)

[ sometimes restricted; the man matopoda are tis-shrimps or gastrurans. The pseudo genus Alima and at least two other spurious genera were named from larval forms of this family. Other good genera than the type are Coronis and Go no dactylus. Also called Squil loidea. Same as squill-insectt (skwil'in"sekt), n. squill2 , 2. N. Grew. squill i tic (skwi-lit'ik), a. [L. squill i tic us , scil- liticus , σκιλλιτικός , pertaining to the squill: see squill2 .] Of, pertaining to, or obtained from squills. A decoction of this kind of worms sodden in squilliticke Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxx. 3. vinegre. squimble-squamblet, adv . Same as skimble- scamble. Cotgrave. squint (skwin), v . i . and t. [Also squean , skeen , sken , also squinny , formerly squiny ; cf. squint.] To squint. As doctors in their deepest doubts Stroke up their foreheads hie; Or men amazde their sorrow flouts By squeaning with the eye. ancy, 1. squinancyt (skwin'an-si), n. [Also contr.squin- cy, squinsy; sqwinacie , squinancie , quinsy: see quinsy .] 1. Quinsy. Diseases that be verie perillous:... to wit, the Pleu- resie, Squinancie , inflammation, sharpe Feuer, or Apo- plexie. Guevara , Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 285. 2. The quinsy wort. squinancy-berryt (skwinʼan-si-ber"i), n. Same as quinsy - berry. squinancy-wort (skwin'an-si-wert), n. IMG:content-1917.jpg:[blocks in formation] Squint quoin, in arch., an external oblique angle. II. n. 1. An affection of the eyes, consisting in non-coincidence of the optic axes; a squint eye; strabismus (which see). He's blue eyes, and not to be called a squint, though a lit tle cast he's certainly got. Hood, The Lost Heir. 2. An oblique or furtive look; a furtive glance; hence (colloquially), a leaning, an inclination: as, he had a decided squint toward democracy.-3. In arch., an oblique opening through the walls of some old churches, usually having for its object to enable a person in the transepts or aisles to see IMG:content-1918.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1919.jpg:[blocks in formation] D B Squints, Minster-Lovel Church, Oxford shire, England. A A, squints; B B, transepts; C, chancel; D, altar. a yard high, and 2 feet wide, but sometimes they form narrow arches 10 or 12 feet in height, as at Minster-Lovel, Oxfords hire. The name hagioscope is sometimes applied to them. - Braid's [Early mod. E. squynce ; var. of squint, the turning of the eyes simultaneously upward Same as squinancy . as quinsy wort . squincet, n. squincy , etc.] Diseases and sicken e es, as squynces. squinch1 (skwinch), n . [A var. of sconce 2.] In arch ., a small arch, or a series of arches, corbeled out, thrown acro an angle, as in a square tower to support the side of a superim- posed octagon. In Western architecture it is frequent as performing the function of the Eastern pendentive. The application of the term may be due to the resem- blance of this structure to a corner cupboard, which was also called squinch or sconce. See cut in next column. squinch2 (skwinch), n. A dialectal variant of quince. and inward, as if trying to look at the middle of one's own forehead, as a means of producing a hypnotic state.