SQUINT

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English a~ Date: 1579 looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain), not having the visual axes parallel ; crossed, II. verb Date: 1599 intransitive verb 1. to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aim, to deviate from a true line, 2. to look in a ~-eyed manner, to be cross-eyed, to look or peer with eyes partly closed, transitive verb to cause (an eye) to ~, ~er noun ~ingly adverb III. noun Date: circa 1652 strabismus , an instance of ~ing, hagioscope , ~y adjective