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1. <ophthalmology> To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Specifically, not having the optic axes coincident; said of the eyes. To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed.
2. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
Synonyms: strabismus.
Origin: Cf. D. Schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinisch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. Askant, Askance, Asquint.
(10 Mar 1998)
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