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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Squint, Skouin, v. [e.m.E. squint (1599).] a. fig. To look with disfavour (on, to a person). b. ? To move obliquely. c. See Coll v.3 —a. 1638 Bk. Pasquils 21.
St. Andreus athiest … o'rgrouen With hynous sins doth visch ther wer no God one him to skouin 1685 Brodie Diary 507.
I had no favour with the lords; found them look stern and squint to me —b. 1666 Wodrow Hist. II (1829) 30.
Dalȝiel sends out a party of about fifty horse to squint along the edge of the hill, and attack their left wing
