squint-eyed

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SQUINT-EYED, adjective 1. Having eyes that squint; having oblique vision. 2. Oblique; indirect; malignant; as squint-eyed praise. 3. Looking obliquely or by side glances; as squint-eyed jealousy or envy.
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