Толковый словарь английского языка - squinch
Squinch
squinch
I. verb Etymology: probably blend of squint and pinch Date: 1835 transitive verb to screw up (the eyes or face) ; squint , 2. to make more compact, to cause to crouch down or draw together, intransitive verb flinch , to crouch down or draw together, squint , II. noun Etymology: alteration of earlier scunch back part of the side of an opening Date: circa 1840 a support (as an arch, lintel, or corbeling) carried across the corner of a room under a superimposed mass
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n. a straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure, e.g. a dome. Etymology: var. of obs. scunch, abbr. of SCUNCHEON ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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