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squinch
1[ skwinch ]
noun
Architecture.
- a small arch, corbeling, or the like, built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting the side of a superimposed octagonal spire.
squinch
2[ skwinch ]
verb (used with object)
- to contort (the features) or squint.
- to squeeze together or contract.
verb (used without object)
- to squeeze together or crouch down, as to fit into a smaller space.
squinch
/ ²õ°ì·Éɪ²Ô³Ùʃ /
noun
- a small arch, corbelling, etc, across an internal corner of a tower, used to support a superstructure such as a spire Also calledsquinch arch
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of squinch1
C15: from obsolete scunch , from Middle English sconcheon , from Old French escoinson , from es- ex- 1+ coin corner
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He communicates with Ms. Da Silva through a breathy whisper and by blinking and squinching the cheek he can still move.
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Jay scraped the bottom of his bowl of fruit and I squinched my face up at the sound.
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He squinched his eyes tight, looking like he was about to cry.
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His artisans cut and carved it; they dressed slim pillars in it and giant domes; they shoved it in squinches and let it unfurl over the spandrels of arches.
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Also, the smallest scrub of trees, whoopee, way, way off in the distance, though you have to squinch your eyes to see them.
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