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Square :: Square (n.) A pane of glass.

Quarto :: Quarto (n.) Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size..

Square :: Square (a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame..

Squarely :: Square (v. i.) To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off..

Squire :: Squire (n.) A square; a measure; a rule.

Square :: Square (n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity..

Barkentine :: Barkentine (n.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append..

Tab :: Tab (n.) A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border..

Squadron :: Squadron (n.) Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square..

Square :: Square (n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work..

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas..

Schooner :: Schooner (n.) Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix..

Brigantine :: Brigantine (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail..

Square :: Square (n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel..

Brig :: Brig (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel..

Castle :: Castle (v. i.) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king..

Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..

Quadrel :: Quadrel (n.) A square piece of turf or peat.

Ashler :: Ashler (n.) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone..

Timber :: Timber (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding..

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