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  • 51Shallow — Shal low, a. [Compar. {Shallower}; superl. {Shallowest}.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. {Shelve} to slope, {Shoal} shallow.] 1. Not… …

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  • 52Shallower — Shallow Shal low, a. [Compar. {Shallower}; superl. {Shallowest}.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. {Shelve} to slope, {Shoal} shallow.] 1.… …

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  • 53Shallowest — Shallow Shal low, a. [Compar. {Shallower}; superl. {Shallowest}.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. {Shelve} to slope, {Shoal} shallow.] 1.… …

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  • 54Squint — Squint, n. 1. The act or habit of squinting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) Same as {Hagioscope}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55Squintifego — Squint i*fe go ( [i^]*f[=e] g[ o]), a. Squinting. [Obs. & R.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 56cockeye — noun Date: circa 1825 a squinting eye …

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  • 57lorgnette — noun Etymology: French, from lorgner to take a sidelong look at, from Middle French, from lorgne squinting Date: 1803 a pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a handle …

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  • 58strabismus — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek strabismos condition of squinting, from strabizein to squint, from strabos squint eyed; akin to Greek strephein to twist Date: circa 1684 inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because …

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  • 59squint — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English asquint Date: 1579 1. of an eye looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain) 2. of the eyes not having the visual axes parallel ; crossed II. verb …

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  • 60Basenji — Infobox Dogbreed image caption =A red basenji name = Basenji altname = African Bush Dog African Barkless Dog Ango Angari Avuvi Congo Dog Zande Dog Egyptian or African Dingo country = Democratic Republic of the Congo fcigroup = 5 fcisection = 6… …

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