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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Squint
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(possibly connected with Swed. svinka, to flinch; O. 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, giving a view of the altar from the transepts or aisles; it is also styled "hagioscope" (q.v.).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Squint'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/squint.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Squint'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/squint.html. 1910.
