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squinch
v.
crouch down; squint, squeeze, tense up the muscles of the eyes; flinch, draw back, show fear
Squinch
A
squinch in architecture is a construction filling in the upper angles of a square room so as to form a base to receive an
octagonal or
spherical dome. Another solution of this structural problem was provided by the
pendentive.
squinch
Noun
1. a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
(hypernym) arch
(hyponym) trumpet arch
Verb
1. crouch down
(hypernym) crouch, stoop, bend, bow
2. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
(synonym) flinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) shrink back, retract
3. partly close one's eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other"
(synonym) squint, cross one's eyes
(hypernym) grimace, make a face, pull a face
Squinch
(n.)
A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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