Associations to the word «Squinch»

Wiktionary

SQUINCH, noun. (architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure; as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
SQUINCH, verb. To scrunch up (one's face)

Dictionary definition

SQUINCH, noun. A small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire).
SQUINCH, verb. Crouch down.
SQUINCH, verb. Draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf".
SQUINCH, verb. Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other".

Wise words

Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.
Arabian Proverb