squinch

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And Cappy shook his head emphatically several times like a squinch-owl.

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  1. noun A structure, such as a section of vaulting or corbeling, set diagonally across the interior angle between two walls to provide a transition from a square to a polygonal or more nearly circular base on which to construct a dome.
  2. transitive verb To squeeze, twist, or draw together: squinched her eyes shut.

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  • Gross things, like bringing the edges of open wounds together and getting the skin to scar over -- Calvin didn't rightly understand how he did it, but he could sort of squinch it together in his mind and the scarstuff would grow. —  Alvin Journeyman
  • But then they started to twist a little, and Peter had to either squinch up his face or get closer to see if it was a 3 or an 8. —  Nineteen Minutes
  • He flicked on the inside light, which-made my eyes squinch up. —  Earthly Possessions
  • And Cappy shook his head emphatically several times like a squinch-owl Oh, I'm for him, now that we're committed to this war," Skinner declared in an effort to soothe the old man Sure! —  Cappy Ricks Retires
  • And Cappy shook his head emphatically several times like a squinch-owl. —  Cappy Ricks Retires
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Alteration of scuncheon, from Middle English sconchon, from Old French escoinson : es-, out of (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + coin, angle, wedge; see coin.
  2. Alteration of squint.

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  1. A variant of sconce.
 

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