| squinch | (n) a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) |
| squinch | (v) crouch down |
| flinch | (v) draw back, as with fear or pain, Syn. funk, recoil, squinch, shrink, cringe, wince, quail |
| squint | (v) cross one's eyes as if in strabismus, Syn. squinch |
| Quinch | v. i. [ Cf. OD. quincken to quiver, shake, Fries. quink hovering. Cf. Quich. ] To stir; to wince. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Squinch | n. [ Corrupted fr. sconce. ] (Arch.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also |