gaze vs squinny

gaze

verb
  • To stare at. 

  • To stare intently or earnestly. 

noun
  • In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed. 

  • A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. 

squinny

verb
  • To squint. 

How often have the words gaze and squinny occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )