## Etymology
As 'screw up the face', an alteration of 'squint' (perhaps blended with 'pinch'). As the architectural term for a corner arch, an altered form of 'scunch' or 'sconce', ultimately from Old French 'esconse' (a hiding place, lantern).

## AI Etymology
Squinch has a specialized etymological split: as 'screw up the face', an alteration of 'squint' (perhaps blended with 'pinch'). As the architectural term for a corner arch, an altered form of 'scunch' or 'sconce', ultimately from Old French 'esconse' (a hiding place, lantern). The wording preserves that uncertainty: the older history is best read as a cautious account rather than a fully settled chain. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers to screw up the eyes or face, or an arch across an interior corner. The wider family includes related words such as squint.

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