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  • 1squint — [skwint] vi. [aphetic for ASQUINT] 1. to look or peer with the eyes partly closed, as when the light is too strong 2. to look with the eyes turned to the side; look obliquely or askance 3. to be cross eyed 4. to incline or have a tendency (toward …

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  • 2el-8, elē̆ i-, lē̆ i- —     el 8, elē̆ i , lē̆ i     English meaning: to bow, bend; elbow, *rainbow     Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen”     Material: A. Here names position themselves at first for “elbow” and “ulna, ell”: Gk. ὠλένη “elbow”, ὠλήν, ένος ds.; ὠλέκρᾱνον… …

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  • 3athwart — adv 1. across, crosswise, crossways, cross, crisscross, from side to side, transversely. 2. awry, askant, askew, obliquely, sidelong, sideways; perversely, wrongly, contrawise, crossgrained, across the grain, against the tide or wind; at cross… …

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  • 4squint´ing|ly — squint «skwihnt», verb, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to look or gaze with the eyes partly closed: »the bright sun made him squint at the sky to see the airplane. 2. to look sideways; glance obliquely or in other than the direct line of vision. 3. to …

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  • 5squint´er — squint «skwihnt», verb, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to look or gaze with the eyes partly closed: »the bright sun made him squint at the sky to see the airplane. 2. to look sideways; glance obliquely or in other than the direct line of vision. 3. to …

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  • 6Quantock Hills — Geobox Protected Area name =Quantock Hills native name = other name = other name1 = category local =Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty category iucn = image size = image caption = Upland scrub in the Quantocks etymology = country = England… …

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  • 7divergent — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abnormal, altered, amorphous, anomalistic, anomalous, antagonistic, antipathetic, antithetical, apart, assorted, asunder, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, atypical, backhand,… …

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  • 8sideways — Synonyms and related words: across, across the grain, aside, askance, askant, aslant, aslope, asquint, at an angle, athwart, athwartships, breadthwise, broad side foremost, broadside, broadside on, broadways, broadwise, circuitously, contrariwise …

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  • 9squint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cross eye, strabismus; peek, peering, glance. See vision. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. look askance, give a sidelong look, look asquint, cock the eye, screw up the eyes, peek, peep; see also glare 2 , look …

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  • 10Madleen Kane — is a model and singer born in Malmö,Sweden in 1958 to a Swedish father and American mother. A former Elite fashion model, she had five Top 10 hits on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, debuting in the late 70 s and peaking in the early… …

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