SQUINCH

• (noun) a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

• (verb) cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

  "The children squinted so as to scare each other"

  synonyms : squint

• (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain

  "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

  synonyms : cringe , flinch , funk , quail , recoil , shrink , wince

  He quailed at the thought of slaughtering the calf. -added by naila_inlas

  
  -tagged by Administrator
  He flinched by the sight of the beast.

• (verb) crouch down

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