Definition of square

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Square (n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers..

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Vacuum :: Vacuum (n.) The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch..
Side :: Side (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc..
Square :: Square (n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work..
Capsquare :: Capsquare (n.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place..
Square :: Square (n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel..
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..
Square :: Square (n.) A square piece or fragment.
Portal :: Portal (n.) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment..
Medallion :: Medallion (n.) A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief..
Chessboard :: Chessboard (n.) The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard..
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..
Piazza :: Piazza (n.) An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda..
Tetragonal :: Tetragonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers..
Snow :: Snow (n.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted..
Centare :: Centare (n.) A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1/ square yards..
Biquadrate :: Biquadrate (n.) The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4..
Core :: Core (n.) The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square..
Topsail :: Topsail (n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship..
Atrium :: Atrium (n.) A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels..
Hardy :: Hardy (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole..
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