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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Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..
Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
Cornerwise :: Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
Square :: Square (v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel..
Square :: Square (n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity..
Platoon :: Platoon (n.) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square..
Square-toes :: Square-toed (n.) Having the toe square.
Square :: Square (n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work..
Square :: Square (n.) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
Square :: Square (n.) To hold a quartile position respecting.
Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) A quadrate; a square.
Cube :: Cube (n.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides..
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Squared; suited; correspondent.
Frigatoon :: Frigatoon (n.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged..
Pompadour :: Pompadour (n.) A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively..
Table :: Table (n.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables,
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.
Square :: Square (a.) Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
Underhew :: Underhew (v. t.) To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain..
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