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squinch
1[ skwinch ]
noun
- 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
/ skwɪntʃ /
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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Example Sentences
De squinch-owl done hush, en de win' done gone, en it look like de water done stop sneakin' en crawlin' und' de bank.
A squinch thrown across an arcade may be conjectured for strength were it not confuted by two buttresses on the outside.
And Cappy shook his head emphatically several times like a squinch-owl.
Business was business with Mr. Squinch, and social calls should be discouraged.
“Suppose that we say twenty-five hundred,” resumed Mr. Squinch.
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