squinch

De squinch-owl done hush, en de win' done gone, en it look like de water done stop sneakin' en crawlin' und' de bank.

A squinch thrown across an arcade may be conjectured for strength were it not confuted by two buttresses on the outside.

And Cappy shook his head emphatically several times like a squinch-owl.

Business was business with Mr. Squinch, and social calls should be discouraged.

“Suppose that we say twenty-five hundred,” resumed Mr. Squinch.