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7 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
verb crouch down
verb draw back, as with fear or pain
originUncertain. Probably blend of squint + pinch. Compare squink-eyed, variant of squint-eyed, so perhaps it is at least partly an altered form of squint.
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