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Definition: Squinch |
SquinchNoun1. A small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire). Verb1. Crouch down. 2. Draw back, as with fear. 3. Partly close one's eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "squinch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Note: Squinch \Squinch\, noun. [Corrupted from sconce.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SquinchSynonyms: cringe (v), cross one's eyes (v), flinch (v), funk (v), quail (v), recoil (v), shrink (v), squint (v), wince (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Squinch |
| English words defined with "squinch": Sconcheon ♦ trumpet arch. (references) |
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 | Squinch observing with a Wild T-3 theodolite. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Dean left - squinch right --- on the Bering Sea. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Squinch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Squinch" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "squinch": squinched, squinches, squinching. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "uinch": Quinch. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-n-q-s-u" | |
-2 letters: chins, cuish, incus, quins. | |
-3 letters: chin, chis, hins, hisn, huic, huns, ichs, inch, quin, shin, shun, sinh, such, unci. | |
-4 letters: chi, cis, hic, hin, his, hun, ich, ins, nus, sic, sin, sun, suq, uns. | |
-5 letters: hi, in, is, nu, sh, si, uh, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-n-q-s-u" | |
+2 letters: squinched, squinches. | |
+3 letters: squelching, squinching, techniques. | |
+4 letters: chinquapins. | |
+5 letters: chloroquines, cliquishness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 71 75 69 6E 63 68 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --.- ..- .. -. -.-. .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01110001 01110101 01101001 01101110 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S q u i n c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0071 0075 0069 006E 0063 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53838775806974 |
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