squint

Meanings

1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
2. To look or glance sideways.
3. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
5. To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
6. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
3. A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep.
4. A hagioscope.
5. The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
6. An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.

1. Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
2. askew, not level

Etymology

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).