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- English Word Squeezing Definition Same as Squeeze, n., 2.
- English Word Squelch Definition To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
- English Word Squelch Definition A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.
- English Word Squelched Definition of Squelch
- English Word Squelching Definition of Squelch
- English Word Squesy Definition Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous.
- English Word Squeteague Definition 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.
- English Word Squib Definition 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.
- English Word Squib Definition A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
- English Word Squib Definition A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
- English Word Squib Definition A writer of lampoons.
- English Word Squib Definition A paltry fellow.
- English Word Squib Definition To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.
- English Word Squibbed Definition of Squib
- English Word Squibbing Definition of Squib
- English Word Squid Definition 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.
- English Word Squid Definition A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
- English Word Squier Definition A square. See 1st Squire.
- English Word Squierie Definition Alt. of Squiery
- English Word Squiery Definition A company of squires; the whole body of squires.
- English Word Squiggle Definition To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.
- English Word Squiggle Definition To move about like an eel; to squirm.
- English Word Squilgee Definition 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.
- English Word Squill Definition A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.
- English Word Squill Definition Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans).
- English Word Squill Definition A squilla.
- English Word Squill Definition A mantis.
- English Word Squilla Definition 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.
- English Word Squillae Definition of Squilla
- English Word Squillas Definition of Squilla