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English to English noun
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a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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crouch down | | source: wordnet30
| 4 |
draw back, as with fear or pain | | Example: she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
source: wordnet30
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cross one's eyes as if in strabismus | | Example: The children squinted so as to scare each other
source: wordnet30
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