Word Meanings - SQUINT-EYED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed. 2. Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.

Related words: (words related to SQUINT-EYED)

• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• MALIGNANT
  Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule , a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of
• CROSSLY
  Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
• LOOKDOWN
  See
• CROSS-EXAMINER
  One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
• CROSSJACK
  The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• QUINTET; QUINTETTE
  A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. (more info) fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintette. See
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• CROSSOPTERYGIAN
  Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n.
• CROSSBRED
  Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
• QUINTAN
  Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. -- n.
• QUINTROON
  The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.
• CROSS-STONE
  See STAUROTIDE
• CROSS-ARMED
  With arms crossed.
• CROSSGRAINED
  1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• CROSSBREED
  1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks. 2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.
• CROSSLEGGED
  Having the legs crossed.
• QUINTAIN
  Note: A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post, on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while riding under, and get away
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• LACROSSE
  A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught
• ILL-LOOKING
  Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv.
• SUBQUINTUPLE
  Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.
• FLOOKAN; FLUKAN
  See FLUCAN