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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Squint \Squint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Squinting.]
     1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a
        furtive glance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Some can squint when they will.       --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be
        cross-eyed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to
        have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
  
              Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is
              a squinting toward hypnotism.         --The Forum.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     5. To look with the eyes partly closed.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Squint \Squint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Squinting.]
     1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a
        furtive glance.
  
              Some can squint when they will.       --Bacon.
  
     2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to
        be cross-eyed.
  
     3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  squinted
     vb.
     (infl of en squint  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  squinted
     vb.
     (infl of en squint  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  squinted
     vb.
     (infl of en squint  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  squinted
     vb.
     (infl of en squint  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  squinted
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s quint ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  squinted
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en squint ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb squint)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Squinted /skwˈɪntɪd/
  محدّق

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  squinted /skwˈɪntɪd/
  geblinzelt, geblinzt, die Augen zusammengekniffen
   see: squint, squinting
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  squinted /skwˈɪntɪd/
  forschend geblickt, gespäht, geschielt, geguckt, gekiekt, gelugt
        "She peered/peeked/squinted over her book."  - Sie blickte/spähte/schielte über den Rand ihres Buches.
     Synonyms: looked inquisitively, peered, peeked
  
   see: look inquisitively, peer, peek, squint, looking inquisitively, peering, peeking, squinting
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  squinted /skwˈɪntɪd/
  geschielt
   see: squint, squinting, squints, squinted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  squinted /skwˈɪntɪd/
  schielte
   see: squint, squinting, squinted, squints
  

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