Brewer's: Squintifego

Squinting.

The squintifego maid Of Isis awe thee, lest the gods for sin Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin.

Dryden: Fifth Satire of Junenal.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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