Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 143

Squeegee (n.) Same as Squilgee.

Squeezed (imp. & p. p.) of Squeeze

Squeezing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squeeze

Squeeze (v. t.) To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.

Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.

Squeeze (v. t.) To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.

Squeeze (v. i.) To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; -- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.

Squeeze (n.) The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.

Squeeze (n.) A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.

Squeezer (n.) One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.

Squeezer (n.) A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural.

Squeezer (n.) A machine of several forms for the same purpose; -- used in the singular.

Squeezing (n.) The act of pressing; compression; oppression.

Squeezing (n.) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.

Squeezing (n.) Same as Squeeze, n., 2.

Squelched (imp. & p. p.) of Squelch

Squelching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squelch

Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

Squelch (n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.

Squeteague (n.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.

Squib (a.) A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.

Squib (a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

Squib (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.

Squib (a.) A writer of lampoons.

Squib (a.) A paltry fellow.

Squibbed (imp. & p. p.) of Squib

Squibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squib

Squib (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.

Squid (n.) Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.

Squid (n.) A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.

Squier (n.) A square. See 1st Squire.

Squierie (n.) Alt. of Squiery

Squiery (n.) A company of squires; the whole body of squires.

Squiggle (v. i.) To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.

Squiggle (v. i.) To move about like an eel; to squirm.

Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc.

Squill (n.) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.

Squill (n.) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans).

Squill (n.) A squilla.

Squill (n.) A mantis.

Squillas (pl. ) of Squilla

Squillae (pl. ) of Squilla

Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

Squillitic (a.) Of or pertaining to squills.

Squinance (n.) Alt. of Squinancy

Squinancy (n.) The quinsy. See Quinsy.

Squinancy (n.) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.

Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.

Squinsy (n.) See Quinsy.

Squint (a.) Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

Squint (n.) Fig.: Looking askance.

Squinted (imp. & p. p.) of Squint

Squinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squint

Squint (v. i.) To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.

Squint (v. i.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.

Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

Squint (v. t.) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.

Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.

Squint (n.) The act or habit of squinting.

Squint (n.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.

Squint (n.) Same as Hagioscope.

Squinter (n.) One who squints.

Squint-eye (n.) An eye that squints.

Squint-eyed (a.) Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.

Squint-eyed (a.) Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.

Squintifego (a.) Squinting.

Squinting () a. & n. from Squint, v.

Squiny (v. i.) To squint.

Squinzey (n.) See Quinsy.

Souir (v. t.) To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost.

Squiralty (n.) Same as Squirarchy.

Squirarch (n.) One who belongs to the squirarchy.

Squirarchy (n.) The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.

Squire (n.) A square; a measure; a rule.

Squire (n.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

Squire (n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.

Squire (n.) A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

Squire (n.) A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.

squired (imp. & p. p.) of Squire

squiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squire

Squire (v. t.) To attend as a squire.

Squire (v. t.) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.

Squireen (n.) One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.

Squirehood (n.) The rank or state of a squire; squireship.

squireling (n.) A petty squire.

Squirely (a. & adv.) Becoming a squire; like a squire.

squireship (n.) Squirehood.

Squirmed (imp. & p. p.) of Squirm

Squirming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squirm

Squirm (v. i.) To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.

Squirr (v. t.) See Squir.

Squirrel (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.

Squirrel (v. i.) One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.

Squirted (imp. & p. p.) of Squirt

Squirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squirt

Squirt (v. t.) To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.

Squirt (v. i.) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.

Squirt (v. i.) Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.

Squirt (n.) An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.

Squirt (n.) A small, quick stream; a jet.

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