oblique vs squint

oblique

verb
  • To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew; 

  • To slant (text, etc.) at an angle. 

  • To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left. 

noun
  • Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩. 

  • An oblique line. 

  • The oblique case. 

adj
  • Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other. 

  • Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt. 

  • Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. 

  • Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative). 

  • Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base. 

  • Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal. 

  • Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc. 

  • Not straightforward; obscure or confusing. 

  • Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends. 

squint

verb
  • To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. 

  • To look or glance sideways. 

  • To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely. 

  • To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus. 

  • To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. 

  • To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. 

noun
  • An expression in which the eyes are partly closed. 

  • A quick or sideways glance. 

  • A hagioscope. 

  • A short look; a peep. 

  • The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna. 

  • The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus. 

adj
  • Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted. 

  • askew, not level 

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