Hypertext Webster Gateway: "squinting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squint \Squint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Squinting}.]
1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a
furtive glance.
Some can squint when they will. --Bacon.
2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to
be cross-eyed.
3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squinting \Squint"ing\,
a. & n. from {Squint}, v. -- {Squint"ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
squinting
adj : having eyes half closed in order to see better; "squinched
eyes" [syn: {squinched}]
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