[Of obscure origin.] intr. To weep or cry; to fret.
1847–. in dial. glossaries (Hants, I. Wight).
1861. G. Meredith, Evan Harrington, xxi. You are crying!… And you show the marks twice as long as any other, you fair women. Squinnying like this!
1885. Runciman, Skippers & Sh., 245. Who’d have thought of seeing us two squinnying? Blowed if I didn’t cry harder than you.
