squinting
Verb
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Verb
- present participle of squint#English|squint
squinting (plural squintings)
- The act of one who squints.
- 1828, The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828 (page 153)
- I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple […]
- 1828, The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828 (page 153)
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