Squinch has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
2
A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
Verb
2
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
3
cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
"The children squinted so as to scare each other"
4
To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
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