squinch(n = noun.artifact) - a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire);
is a kind of arch
has particulars: trumpet arch
1. squinch(v = verb.motion) - crouch down;
is one way to bend, bow, crouch, stoop
Sample sentences:
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2. squinch(v = verb.motion) cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, wince - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
is one way to move
Sample sentences:
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3. squinch(v = verb.body) squint - cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
is one way to grimace, make a face, pull a face
Sample sentences:
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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
squinch, n. a straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure, e.g. a dome.
Etymology:
var. of obs. scunch, abbr. of SCUNCHEON