American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Squint

SQUINT, a.

1. Looking obliquely; having the optic axes directed to different objects.

2. Looking with suspicion.

SQUINT, v.i.

1. To see obliquely.

Some can squint when they will.

2. To have the axes of the eyes directed to different objects.

3. To slope; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

SQUINT, v.t.

1. To turn the eye to an oblique position; to look indirectly; as, to squint an eye.

2. To form the eye to oblique vision.

He gives the web and the pin, squints the eye, and make the hare-lip.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Squint," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 26, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DME5NW17N5VQCE6.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Squint." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 26 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DME5NW17N5VQCE6.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Squint' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 26 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DME5NW17N5VQCE6.