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squinch n. a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
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squinch v. crouch down
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squinch v. [
flinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
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squinch v. [
squint] cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
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