A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 354
Squi.nt: Crawley Church, Hampshire; 1.3thCentury; the Sill serves as a Piscina. SQUINT. An aperture pierced askewthrou^^h the interior walls of a church, often onthe side of a chancel arch, so as to give a view687 Trinity and their attributes, including the Host,the Assumption, the Cross. Used even… … Squint: S. Mary Magdalen, Taunton; 14thCentury. as (in Italian) SS. Giovanni e Paolo. In thesame sense (in English), used to replace theword Saints, though rarely.588 STAB STAB (v.). To roughen the surface of abrick wall by light blows with a point, so as tomake a hold for plastering. (See Key, C.)…
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