[squint] adj [ME asquint] (1579) 1 of an eye: looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain)
2. of the eyes: not having the visual axes parallel: crossed
[2]squint vi (1599) 1 a: to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aim b: to deviate from a true line
2. a: to look in a squint-eyed manner b: to be cross-eyed c: to look or peer with eyes partly closed ~ vt: to cause (an eye) to squint -- squint.er n -- squint.ing.ly adv [3]squint n (ca. 1652) 1: strabismus
2: an instance of squinting
3: hagioscope -- squinty adj