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See also:SQUINT (possibly connected with Swed. svinka, to flinch; 0. Eng. swiccan, avoid) , properly an See also:adjective meaning looking different ways, hence oblique, indirect See also:vision, particularly a strabismus, an See also:affection of the eyes consisting in non-coincidence of the optic axes (see See also:EYE, § Diseases; and VISION) . In See also:architecture "See also:squint" is used of a slit or opening usually on one or both sides of the See also:chancel See also:arch, giving a view of the See also:altar from the transepts or aisles; it is also styled " See also:hagioscope " (q.v.) . |
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