squinchn.¹

/skwɪnʃ/

Etymology: variant of scunch n.

Architecture.

†1. A stone cut to serve as a scuncheon. Obsolete.

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1500–18 Extracts Bk. Building Louth Steeple (modernized text) in Archaeologia (1792) 10 80 Also paid to Nicholas Brancell for 100 foot achlere, and squinches of 18 inches high and 15 at the least.

2. A straight or arched support constructed across an angle in order to carry some superstructure.It is not clear whether Parker had any authority for this use of the term.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > other supporting members

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1840 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) I. 203 Squinch, Sconce, Scouchon, Skouchon,..the stones or arches thrown across the angles of a square tower, to support the alternate sides of the octagonal spire: also the cross pieces of timber across the angles, to give strength and firmness to a frame.

1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 441 Because they have no tendency to expand the walls, which is always to be feared when the arched squinch is used.

1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 441 The straight squinch is often employed externally.

1886 Archaeologia Cantiana 16 p. lxvii The squinch in the north-east corner of the tower, supporting the staircase.

attributive.1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) II. 79 In the first example two of the squinch arches for carrying the octagonal faces of the spire are shewn.1895 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 466 The squinch-arch method is more elastic in this respect.

3. A small structure, with two triangular faces, sloping back from an angle of a tower against the superimposed side of a spire.

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1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) p. xxxi A good specimen of a plain tower, and broach-spire, with squinches and spire~lights.

1849 Arch. Notes Ch. Archdeaconry Northampt. 192 [The spire's] great height, the very small size of the squinches connecting it with the square Tower [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

squinchn.²

Etymology: Of doubtful origin.

1. A slit or narrow opening in a building. Cf. squint n. 5.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window

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Thermopane1941

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1602–3 in Hartland Gloss. (1891) 73 Item pd to Hughe the glasier for glasse for the litle Squinches of the Tower, xd.

1848 Continental Ecclesiology 95 Some open squinches looking into the synagogue, in three stages, are from the women's galleries.

1879 Temple Bar Aug. 470 Many of these little churches..are of very massive construction, with a squinch or hagioscope practised in the thickness of the wall.

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2. dialect. A crevice between floorboards or the like; a crack.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

squinchn.³

A strong grip, twist, or wrench.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > an act of

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1893 S. Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Zita II. xiv. 18 That squinch of the wrist you gave me.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

squinchv.

Etymology: Compare squinch n.³ and squint v.

U.S.

1. transitive. To screw or distort (the face).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (transitive)] > distort

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1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. xi. 153 Lord! how she'll kick and squeell when I spread her out on the close-horse. How it will make her squinch her face, won't it?

1939 Real Detective Mag. Aug. 89 She squinched and twisted her too prominent nose in a way that was not at all becoming.

1956 R. Ellison in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 263 Buster stopped and looked at me, squinching up his eyes with his head cocked to one side.

1974 Gen. Systems 19 65/2 Within a few hours, the palsy paralyzes the seventh cranial nerve, squinching half the victim's face. The eye cannot close and it waters excessively. The lips displace, and the mouth corner sags.

2. intransitive. To squeeze up so as to occupy less place; to crouch. Also with adverbs, as down, over, etc. Also transitive (reflexive).

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the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (intransitive)]

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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > the body, to occupy less space

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1843 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 195 Wal, she squinched a trifle and gin a leetle start.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 195 I sot down on a bench runnin over with harnsome gals, that squoze close together and squinched themselves up to make room for me.

1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories ii. 158 The old woman was kind of squinched down in one corner.

1972 M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha iii. 144 Virgil..waited for me to move from the doorway, which I did not by rising but by squinching over.

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ˈsquinched adj. (also with up).

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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted

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1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 359 Squinched-up, to have a squinched-up look, to be thin and shrivelled; a lean and shrunken look.

1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 399 Annie Mae is all squinched up on the bed like the devil was after her.

1954 J. Steinbeck Sweet Thursday 42 There are squinched up mean walks and blustering walks, shy creeping walks, but this was a gay walk.

1955 F. O' Connor Wise Blood xi. 185 She brushed it back..looking down into his squinched face.

1988 A. Tyler Breathing Lessons i. ii. 54 She..caught sight of the squinched blue chicory flower lolling above one ear.

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单词	squinch
释义	squinchn.¹ /skwɪnʃ/ Etymology: variant of scunch n. Architecture. †1. A stone cut to serve as a scuncheon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > vaulting > specific part ogee1356 voussoir1359 severy1399 orb1500 squinch1500 scutcheon1565 ogive1611 pendant1706 groin1725 groining1742 cross-springer1815 boss1823 tail-piles1837 scoinson shaft1842 sectroid1860 boss-stonea1878 groinery1880 1500–18 Extracts Bk. Building Louth Steeple (modernized text) in Archaeologia (1792) 10 80 Also paid to Nicholas Brancell for 100 foot achlere, and squinches of 18 inches high and 15 at the least. 2. A straight or arched support constructed across an angle in order to carry some superstructure.It is not clear whether Parker had any authority for this use of the term. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > other supporting members studeOE bracket1574 prick post1587 cantilever?1677 stud piece1799 squinch1840 main couple1842 veranda pillar1852 porch post1871 mushroom1907 poupou1921 1840 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) I. 203 Squinch, Sconce, Scouchon, Skouchon,..the stones or arches thrown across the angles of a square tower, to support the alternate sides of the octagonal spire: also the cross pieces of timber across the angles, to give strength and firmness to a frame. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 441 Because they have no tendency to expand the walls, which is always to be feared when the arched squinch is used. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 441 The straight squinch is often employed externally. 1886 Archaeologia Cantiana 16 p. lxvii The squinch in the north-east corner of the tower, supporting the staircase. attributive.1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) II. 79 In the first example two of the squinch arches for carrying the octagonal faces of the spire are shewn.1895 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 466 The squinch-arch method is more elastic in this respect. 3. A small structure, with two triangular faces, sloping back from an angle of a tower against the superimposed side of a spire. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > squinch squinch1848 1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) p. xxxi A good specimen of a plain tower, and broach-spire, with squinches and spire~lights. 1849 Arch. Notes Ch. Archdeaconry Northampt. 192 [The spire's] great height, the very small size of the squinches connecting it with the square Tower [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). squinchn.² Etymology: Of doubtful origin. 1. A slit or narrow opening in a building. Cf. squint n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window loop1393 shot-windowc1405 gable window1428 batement light1445 church window1458 shot1513 casement1538 dream-hole1559 luket1564 draw window1567 loop-window1574 loophole1591 tower-windowc1593 thorough lights1600 squinch1602 turret window1603 slit1607 close-shuts1615 gutter window1620 street lighta1625 balcony-window1635 clere-story window1679 slip1730 air-loop1758 Venetian1766 Venetian window1775 sidelight1779 lancet window1781 French casement1804 double window1819 couplet1844 spire-light1846 lancet1848 tower-light1848 triplet1849 bar-window1857 pair-light1868 nook window1878 coupled windows1881 three-light1908–9 north-light1919 storm window1933 borrowed light1934 Thermopane1941 storms1952 1602–3 in Hartland Gloss. (1891) 73 Item pd to Hughe the glasier for glasse for the litle Squinches of the Tower, xd. 1848 Continental Ecclesiology 95 Some open squinches looking into the synagogue, in three stages, are from the women's galleries. 1879 Temple Bar Aug. 470 Many of these little churches..are of very massive construction, with a squinch or hagioscope practised in the thickness of the wall. Categories » 2. dialect. A crevice between floorboards or the like; a crack. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). squinchn.³ A strong grip, twist, or wrench. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > an act of wresta1400 wringa1500 throwa1522 writhe1611 wry1616 twistlea1796 squinch1893 1893 S. Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Zita II. xiv. 18 That squinch of the wrist you gave me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018). squinchv. Etymology: Compare squinch n.³ and squint v. U.S. 1. transitive. To screw or distort (the face). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (transitive)] > distort wringa1300 fleer?a1400 writhec1425 cringe1594 screw1601 scringe1608 grin1681 to screw up1692 prim1707 frown1775 wring1806 wreathe1813 squinch1840 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. xi. 153 Lord! how she'll kick and squeell when I spread her out on the close-horse. How it will make her squinch her face, won't it? 1939 Real Detective Mag. Aug. 89 She squinched and twisted her too prominent nose in a way that was not at all becoming. 1956 R. Ellison in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 263 Buster stopped and looked at me, squinching up his eyes with his head cocked to one side. 1974 Gen. Systems 19 65/2 Within a few hours, the palsy paralyzes the seventh cranial nerve, squinching half the victim's face. The eye cannot close and it waters excessively. The lips displace, and the mouth corner sags. 2. intransitive. To squeeze up so as to occupy less place; to crouch. Also with adverbs, as down, over, etc. Also transitive (reflexive). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (intransitive)] shrinkc1000 forcrempa1250 squinch1843 scrinch1870 scrunch1884 square1897 scrouge1905 curl1910 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > the body, to occupy less space shrug1725 squinch1843 1843 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 195 Wal, she squinched a trifle and gin a leetle start. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 195 I sot down on a bench runnin over with harnsome gals, that squoze close together and squinched themselves up to make room for me. 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories ii. 158 The old woman was kind of squinched down in one corner. 1972 M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha iii. 144 Virgil..waited for me to move from the doorway, which I did not by rising but by squinching over. Draft additions 1993 ˈsquinched adj. (also with up). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted wrongwende?c1225 writhenc1475 thrawnc1494 tort1513 encrampised1523 wry1552 thraw?1553 contort1570 wried1576 writhed1578 turned1585 distort1588 tortured1603 wrested1609 contorted1622 distorted1635 twisted1830 wreathed1844 gnarled1851 squinched1899 contortioned1922 pretzelled1938 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 359 Squinched-up, to have a squinched-up look, to be thin and shrivelled; a lean and shrunken look. 1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 399 Annie Mae is all squinched up on the bed like the devil was after her. 1954 J. Steinbeck Sweet Thursday 42 There are squinched up mean walks and blustering walks, shy creeping walks, but this was a gay walk. 1955 F. O' Connor Wise Blood xi. 185 She brushed it back..looking down into his squinched face. 1988 A. Tyler Breathing Lessons i. ii. 54 She..caught sight of the squinched blue chicory flower lolling above one ear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.¹1500n.²1602n.³1893v.1840
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