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Definition of Squinting
1. Adjective. Having eyes half closed in order to see better. "Squinched eyes"
Definition of Squinting
1. Verb. (present participle of squint) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squinting
1. squint [v] - See also: squint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squinting
Literary usage of Squinting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of the diseases of the eye and their treatment by Henry Rosborough Swanzy (1892)
"Moreover, if the straight eye be shaded by the surgeon's left hand, and the
squinting eye by this means be obliged to fix the object of vision—«. g., ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"Cure of Squinting by the Use of Prismatic Spectacles. By T. SPENCER WELLS, FRCS—Dr.
KURKE, a Dutch physician, first recommended prismatic spectacles for the ..."
3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"On Squinting. Some people squint with one eye only, and never in common vision
turn that ... This shows that the squinting eye is not able, or has not been ..."
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