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plural squinches
(architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room. examples
third-person singular simple present squinches, present participle squinching, simple past and past participle squinched
(transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.). quotations examples
The president squinched his face and bit his lip and seemed too antsy to stand still.
2008 March 15, Gail Collins, “George Speaks, Badly”, in New York Times