Lexic.us

Definition of Squinting

1. Adjective. Having eyes half closed in order to see better. "Squinched eyes"

Definition of Squinting

1. squint [v] - See also: squint

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Squinting

squinnies squinniest squinny squinnying squinsy squint squint squint-eye squint-eyed squinted

squinter squinters squintest squintier squintiest squinting (current term) squintingly squinting eye squints squinty

squint hook squiny squinying squinzey squirage squirages squirarchies squirarchy squire squire

Literary usage of Squinting

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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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