Squeamish
Squeam″ish (skwēm″ĭsh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Squeamous
Squeam″ous (–ŭs), a. Squeamish.
Squeasiness
Squea″si‐ness (skwē″zĭ‐nĕs), n. Queasiness.
Squeasy
Squea″sy (–zy̆), a. Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous. Bp. Earle.
Squeegee
Squee″gee (skwē″jē̍), n. Same as Squilgee.
Squeegee (2)
Squee″gee, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Squeegeed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Squeegeeing (?).] To smooth, press, or treat with a squeegee; to squilgee.
Squeegee roller
Squeegee roller. A small India-rubber roller with a handle, used esp. in printing and photography as a squeegee.
Squeeze
Squeeze (skwēz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Squeezed (skwēzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Squeezing.] [OE. queisen, AS. cwēsan, cwȳsan, cwīsan, of uncertain origin. The s- was probably prefixed thr...
Squeeze (2)
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 (3)
Squeeze, n. 1. The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.2. A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
Squeeze (4)
Squeeze, n. 1. (Mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.2. Pressure or constraint used to force the making of a gift, concession, or the li...
Squeezer
Squeez″er (skwēz″ẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.2. (Forging) (a) A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls...
Squeezing
Squeez″ing, n. 1. The act of pressing; compression; oppression.2. pl. That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.3. Same as Squeeze, n., 2.
Squelch
Squelch (skwĕlch), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Squelched (skwĕlcht); p. pr. & vb. n.Squelching.] [Cf. Prov. E. quelch a blow, and quell to crush, to kill.] To quell; to crush; to silence...
Squelch (2)
Squelch, n. A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply. Hudibras.
Squelch (3)
Squelch (?), v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch.] To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; also, to move wit...
Squeteague
Sque‐teague″ (skwē̍‐tēg″), n.(Zoöl.) An American sciænoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of...
Squib
Squib (skwĭb), n. [OE. squippen, swippen, to move swiftly, Icel. svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS. swipian to whip, and E. swift, a. See Swift, a.] 1. A little pipe...
Squib (2)
Squib, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Squibbed (skwĭbd); p. pr. & vb. n.Squibbing.] To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a li...
Squid
Squid (skwĭd), n. [Cf. Squirt.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any speci...
Squier
Squier (skwīr), n. A square. See 1st Squire.Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the squier. Shak.
Squierie
{ Squi″er‐ie, Squi″er‐y } (skwī″ẽr‐ĭ), n. [OF. escuierie. See Esquire.] A company of squires; the whole body of squires.☞ This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but is not in...
Squiffy
Squif″fy (?), a. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. Kipling.
Squiggle
Squig″gle (skwĭg″g'l), v. i. [Cf. Prov. E. swiggle to drink greedily, to shake liquor in a close vessel, and E. swig.] To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips...
Squiggle (2)
Squig″gle, v. i. [Cf. Squirm, Wiggle.] To move about like an eel; to squirm. Bartlett.
Squilgee
Squil″gee (skwĭl″jē̍), 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 superfluo...
Squilgee (2)
Squil″gee (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Squilgeed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Squilgeeing.] To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck.