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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SOU-STE |
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SQUINT (possibly connected with Swed. svinka, to flinch; 0. Eng. swiccan, avoid) , properly an adjective meaning looking different ways, hence oblique, indirect vision, particularly a strabismus, an affection of the eyes consisting in non-coincidence of the optic axes (see EYE, Diseases; and VISION). In architecture "squint " is used of a slit or opening usually on one or both sides of the chancel arch
altar
hagioscope " (q.v.).End of Article: SQUINT (possibly connected with Swed. svinka, to flinch; 0. Eng. swiccan, avoid) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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