squint

a. [ Cf. D. schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinsch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. Askant, Askance, Asquint. ] 1. Looking obliquely. Specifically: (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Looking askance. “Squint suspicion.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squinting. ] 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some can squint when they will. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism. The Forum. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. To look with the eyes partly closed. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The act or habit of squinting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) Same as Hagioscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who squints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An eye that squints. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having eyes that squint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed; also called squinty-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Squinting. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]