squintedadj.
1. Affected with strabismus or squint.
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wall-eyeda1400
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pink-eyed1519
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moon-eyed1623
squink-eyed1632
asquint1643
skew-eyed1658
cockeyed1751
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slew-eyed1807
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squinny-eyeda1825
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1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 129 She is..halting of one foote, squinted of one eye, and the other goggled.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A6v Her face most fowle and filthy was to see, With squinted eyes contrarie wayes intended. View more context for this quotation
1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 601 Turne in your Squinted Eyes, and Seriouslie Learne how to prize the blessing you enioye.
2. Radar. Of an aerial: having squint (sense 1d).
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back-to-back1626
iso-echo1951
moving target1953
monostatic1957
squinted1966
1966 R. W. Bickmore in R. C. Hansen Microwave Scanning Antennas iv. 297 Resolution will suffer if a linear phase term is programmed into the processor to cause ‘squinting’ of the synthetic beam. This is due to the projected aperture effect and is true for all electrically squinted antennas.
1969 D. K. Barton & H. R. Ward Handbk. Radar Measurem. ii. 31 The feeds required for generation of slightly squinted beams must overlap in the focal plane.
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