squid 
squid (skwid), r. j. ; pret. and pp. ttquiildrct, ppr. 
m/iiidding. [< squid, .] To fish with a squid 
or spoon-bait. 
squidding(skwiil'ing),. [Verbal n. of squid,v.] 
The act, art, or practice of fishing with a squid. 
squid-fork (skwid'ttrk), H. An instrument 
used by fislienneii in baiting with a squid. 
squid-hound (skwid'hound), n. Tlie striped- Squilla (skwil'ii), . 
bass. KOCVHX liin'iitiix. See cut under bass. 
squid-jig (skwid'jig), n. A squid-jigger. 
squid-jigger (skwid'jig"er), n. A device for 
catching squids, consisting of a number of 
hooka soldered together by the shanks so that 
the points radiate in all directions. Itis dragged 
or jerked through the water, 
squid-jigging (skwid'jig"iug), n. The act of 
jigging Cor squids; the use of a squid-jigger; 
squiddiug. 
squid-thrower (skwid'thro"er), n. A device, 
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bulb or plant of the same name: see squill 1 .'] 
1. A stomatopodous crustacean of the genus 
X<l>iiUn or family X(/i<illid;e; a mantis-shrimp or 
squill-fish. Bee cuts under mantig-fhrimp and 
Ki/nilliiia. 2f. An insect so called from its re- 
scniblance to the preceding; a mantis. Also 
called sqiiilt-inxrrl. 
squint 
[NL. (Fabricius), < L. 
xquittii, xcilln, a prawn: set- ////'-'.] 1. The 
representative genus of Kquillidie, containing 
such crustaceans as 8, mantis, the common 
mantis-shrimp or locust-shrimp. The southern 
squill of the United States is Coronis glabriut- 
i-nln. See cuts under utitiititt-sliriuii> and Squil- 
lid.r. 2. [(. c.] Same as squill?, 1. 3f. [I- ('.] squincyt, [A contraction of ; 
Same as squill-, 2. squimnici/, quinsy.] Quinsy. 
The Squilla, an insect, differs but little from the llsli shall not we be suspected fen the murder, 
Huuilla. Moufel, Theater of Insects, II. xxxvii. Uul c ) lo ke with a hempen mtuegl 
squillagee (skwil'a-je), n. Same as squilgee. 
on the principle of the catapult, used in trolling squillante (skwil-lan'tc), a. [It., ppr. of squil- squin-eyet, . A squinting eye. 
to cast a fishing-line seaward. E. II. Kiiii/lit. litre, clang, ring.] In music, ringing; bell-like squink (skwingk), f. i. [A dial, form of wink : 
squierH, n. An obsolete spelling of squire^. intone. see squint and .] To wink. [Prov. Eng.] 
squier-'t, . An obsolete form of //< i. squill-fish (skwil'tish), n. A squill, or some squinny (skwiu' i), r. i. [Formerly also squiny : 
squieriet, An obsolete spelling of squiry. similar crustacean. seesquin.] To squint. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
squiggle (skwig'l), <>. *. ; pret. and pp. squig- gquillian (skwil'i-an), a. [= F. squillien; as i reme mber thine eyes well enough. Dost thou squiny 
g/cd, ppr. squiggling. [Appar. a var., with in- L. squilla, squill (see squilft), + -ian.] Of or at me? 
tensive prefix *-, of "quiggle, E. dial, queegle, pertaining to a squill ; belonging or relating to gq^nt (gkwint), a. and . [Not found in ME., 
[NL., < Squilla 
-f- -irf*.] A family of stomatopod crustaceans, 
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Al 
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a var. of wiggle: see wiggle.] 1. To shake a the Squillidee 
fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed. Squillidse (skwil'i-de), n. pi 
[Prov. Bug.] 2. To move about like an eel; A * :1 --- l! * -' 
squirm; wriggle. [Colloq., U. S.] 
squilert, A Middle English form of sculler 1 *. 
squilgee (skwil'je), H. [Also squillagee, sqmll- 
yee, also squeegee, squegee (see squeegee) ; origin 
obscure ; perhaps connected with swill, smile, 
wash, rinse; but the term, is not explained.] 
1. Naut.: (a) An implement some what resem- 
bling a wooden hoe, with an edge of india-rub- 
ber or thick leather, used to scrape the water 
from wet decks. (6) A small swab, (c) A 
becket and toggle used to confine a studding- 
sail while setting it. 2. One of several imple- 
ments constructed like the nautical implement 
above defined (1 (a)), used for washing glass, 
in photographic work, etc. See squeegee, 2 
f- - - * .-- - - -7__; XT,, 
XX' 
Locubt-shrimp (Syuilla scaMcauda), in longitudinal vertical 
section. 
I-XX, the somites ; I'-XX', their appendages, of most of which 
the bases only are seen. Al, alimentary canal ; C, heart ; An, anus ; 
T, teison ; ifr, branchiae ; /, penis. 
except as in asquint, askew; appar. an exten- 
sion of the obs. or dial, squin, sqiiean, sken, 
prob. connected with D. schuinen, slant, slope, 
scltuin, slant, sloping; perhaps associated with 
E. dial, squink, wink, partly a var. of wink, 
partly < Sw.sw'wifca, shrink, flinch, nasalized form 
of m'ika, balk, flinch, fail ; cf. Dan. svigte, bend, 
fail, forsake; AS. stcican, escape, avoid. The 
history of the word is meager, and the forms 
appar. related are more or less involved.] I. 
a. 1. Looking different ways; characterized 
by non-coincidence of the optic axes; affected 
with strabismus : said of eyes. 
Some things that are not heard 
He mutters to himselfe, and his squint eye 
Casts towards the Moone, as should his wits there lye. 
Heywood, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 190). 
2. That looks or is directed obliquely; look- 
squilgee (sk'wil'je), . f. [< squilgee, n.] Naut., tified by the genus SgHiHa, to which the o- ing askance ; indirect; oblique; sinister, 
to scrape (the wet decks of a ship) with a g~l(l W sometimes restricted ; the man- The pleasure I shall live in, and the freedom, 
squilgee. tis-shrimps or gastrurans. ThepseudogenusJKma 
The washing, swabbing, squilgeeing, etc. , lasts, or is made an( j a t i eas t two other spurious genera were named from 
to last, until eight o'clock, when breakfast is ordered, fore i^yal forms of this family. Other good genera than 
and aft. 
. U. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 100. tne type are Coronis and Qonodactylus. Also called Squil- 
a strap round a studdingsail while being set, ^r'".; -,,-; \\;,~^ milliticus soil 
squyle, < OF. squille scille P. squille scille , == ^^ kind of wora>8 ^^ , squimiclce 
Sp. esquila = Pg. scilla = It. sqmtla,<, L,. squu- , Holland, tr. of Pliny, m. 3. 
la, scilla, squill, = Gr. ^Ha, ^squill, perhaps J3Sl^-MrfJl <!_ Same as skimble- 
[Also squean, skeen, 
"3te,'aiso squinny, formerly squiny; cf. squint.] 
To squint. 
As doctors in their deepest doubts 
Stroke up their foreheads hie ; 
Or men amazde their sorrow flouts 
By squeaning with the eye. 
Armin's ItaRan Taylor and his Boy (1609). (Nares.) 
squinancet (skwin'ans), n. Same as squin- 
ancy, 1. 
squinancyt (skwin'an-si), n. [Also contr. squin- 
cy, squinny; < T&E."squinacie, sqwinacie, < OF. 
esquinancie, squinancie, quinsy : see quinsy.] I . 
Quinsy. 
Diseases that be verie perillous : ... to wit, the Pleu- 
resie, Squinancie, inflammation, sharpe Feuer, or Apo- 
pleiie. Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577^ p. 285. 
2. The quinsywort. 
of Urginea Scilla, or the 
plant itself; the officinal 
squill. See def. 2. 2. 
Any plant of the genus 
Scilla (which see). S.nutans 
is commonly called bluebell, or 
wild hyacinth. Thespringsquill, 
S. vema, and the autumn squill, 
5. autumnalis, are small Euro- 
pean wild flowers of no great 
merit in cultivation. The star- 
flowered squill, S. amosna, is a 
distinct early species, the flowers 
indigo-blue with largeyellowish- 
green ovary, less attractive than 
the species following. The early 
squill. S. b(folia, produces rich 
masses of dark-blue flowers very early in the spring. 
Squil 
Scilla). 
The 
Spanish squill, S. Hispanica (S."eampanvlata\ is a fine spe- . . _ 
--!of squinancy-berryt (skwin'an-si-ber"i), w. bame 
Same 
cies of early summer, with a strong pyramidal raceme _._ 
large pendent usually light-blue flowers : also called Span- as quinsi/-berru. 
ishbluetell. The Italian squill, S. /tajica.haspale-bluellow- Sou i nan cv-W0rtt (skwin'an-si-wert), 
ers with intensely blue stamens. The pyramidal or Pern- "1"*' ""* "~* 
vian squill, S. Perv.via.im, not from Peru, but from the >& qwnsywori. ami ,, uf p . var of squTnMheTurning'oTthe eyes'simultaneously upward 
Mediterranean region, has pale-blue flowers with white SQUinCet, [Early mod. b.squynce, var. O ^inward, as jf tryiiiK to look ;at the middle of one's own 
stamens, the flowers very numerous in a regular pyramid, squilicy, etc.] Same as sqninancy. forehead as a means of producing a hypnotic state 
The_Siberian i squill, S^SMrica (S.^mo^a^ppthomSl. DJ8ease8 aud 8ickene89e8 , as sgu!/nc( , s . 
Without the squint eye of the law upon me, 
Or prating liberty of tongues that envy ! 
Fletcher, Rule a Wife, iii. 1. 
I incline to hope, rather than fear, 
And gladly banish squint suspicion. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 413. 
Squint quoin, in arch., an external oblique angle. 
II. n. 1. An affection of the eyes, consisting 
in non-coincidence of the optic axes ; a squint 
eye ; strabismus (which see). 
He 's blue eyes, and not to be called a squint, though a lit- 
tle cast he 's certainly got. Hood, The Lost Heir. 
2. An oblique or furtive look; a furtive 
glance; hence (colloquially), a leaning, an in- 
clination: as, he had a decided squint toward 
democracy. 3. In arc*., an oblique opening 
through the walls of some old churches, usu- 
ally having for 
its object to 
enable a person 
in the transepts 
or aisles to see 
the elevation of 
the host at the 
high altar. The 
usual situation for 
a squint is on one 
or both sides of the 
chancel arch; but 
they are also found 
in other positions, 
though always di- 
rected toward an 
altar. Generally 
they are not above 
a yard high, and 2 
feet wide, but sometimes they form narrow arches 10 or 
12 feet in height, as at Minster-Loyel, Oxfordshire. The 
name hagioscope is sometimes applied to them. -Braid's 
Squints, Minster-Lovel Church, Oxford- 
shire, England. 
A A, squints ; B B, transepts ; C, chancel : 
D, altar. 
Sir T. Elyat, The Governour, iii. 22. 
beria, but from southem Russia, is a very choice small early- 
flowering species, the blossom of a peculiar porcelain-blue. 
These are all hardy except the pyramidal squill. Chinese gquinch 1 (skwinch), n. [A var. ot sconce'.] 
squill, a species of Salla, S. Chinensis, once classed as f n arc j, a sma ll arch, or a series of arches, 
Barnardia. Compound syrup of squill. See syrup. '^-.Y...!.,/] ..+ +\,~n-nr-n aivrtaa mi amr]p as in a 
Oxymel of squill fteeoxumel Pancratic squill coroeleu out, tnrown acr< 
a variety of the officinal squill said to be milder in its square tower to support the side of a supenm- 
action. Roman squill, the Roman hyacinth, Hyacinihus posed octagon. In Western architecture it is frequent 
Romanus, once classed as Scilla, also as Bellevalia. Wild as performing the function of the Eastern pendentive. 
squill, the American wild hyacinth, or eastern camass, Tne application of the term may be due to the resem- 
Camassia (Scilla) Fraseri. blance of this structure to a corner cupboard, which was 
squill' 2 (skwil), n. [< L. squilla, scilln, a small also called squinch or sconce. See cut in next column, 
fish of the lobster kind, a prawn, shrimp, so squinch' 2 (skwinch), . A dialectal variant of 
called from a supposed resemblance to the quince. 
squint (skwint), v. [< squint, n.] I. intrans. 
1. To look askew, or with the eyes differently 
directed; look askance. 
He gets a crick in his neck oft-times with squinting up 
at windowes and Belconies. 
Brome, Sparagus Garden, iii. 4. 
Some can squint when they will. Bacon. 
2. To be affected with strabismus. 3. To run 
or be directed obliquely ; have an indirect refer- 
ence or bearing. 
Not a period of this epistle but tquints towards another 
over against it. Pope. 
