adv. [ Cf. Askant, Squint. ] With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + quintile: cf. F. biquintile. ] (Astron.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Colocynth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth, quinque five. See Five. ] 1. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The interval of a fifth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. one of a set of quintuplets. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

n. [ F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W. chwintan a kind of hymeneal game. ] An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. [ Written also quintin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post, on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while riding under, and get away without being hit by the sand bag. “But a quintain, a mere lifeless block.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred. See Hundred, and cf. Kentle. ] 1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. [ Sometimes written and pronounced kentle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A metric measure of weight, being 100, 000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quintanus, fr. quintus fifth, quinque five. See Five. ] Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. -- n. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Quintain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence. See Quint, and Essence. ] 1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air, water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or the ferment oils, as the fifth essence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light
Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure,
Sprung from the deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The most characteristic form or most perfect example of some type of object. [ PJC ]

v. t. To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. [ R. ] Stirling. “Truth quintessenced and raised to the highest power.” J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest; most characteristic. “Quintessential extract of mediocrity.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ It. quintetto, dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintette. See Quint. ] (Mus.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quintus fifth, fr. quinque five. ] (Alg.) Of the fifth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. quintil aspect, fr. L. quintus the fifth. ] (Astron.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72°. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed fr. L. quintus the fifth, after the analogy of million: cf. F. quintillion. See Quint. ] According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Quintain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintine. ] (Bot.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. quinto fifth. ] (Mus.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. quinteron the off-spring of a quadroon and a white. ] (Ethnol.) The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L. quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple. ] Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Quintupled p. pr. & vb. n. Quintupling. ] [ Cf. F. quintupler. ] To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) The same as Quinquenerved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Quintuple. ] 1. A collection or combination of five of a kind. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. pl. Five children born in the same labor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Mus.) A group of five connected notes; a turn of five notes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. A cycle having five crank shafts and adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. five children born from one mother in a single pregnancy. [ PJC ]

n. (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or habit of squinting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) Same as Hagioscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. D. schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinsch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. Askant, Askance, Asquint. ] 1. Looking obliquely. Specifically: (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Looking askance. “Squint suspicion.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squinting. ] 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some can squint when they will. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism. The Forum. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. To look with the eyes partly closed. [ PJC ]

v. t. 1. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who squints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An eye that squints. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having eyes that squint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed; also called squinty-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Squinting. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Squint, v. -- Squint"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]