Definition of square

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

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Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square..
Graticulation :: Graticulation (n.) The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions..
Square :: Square (v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel..
Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
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..
Bedstraw :: Bedstraw (n.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers..
Squail :: Squadroned (a.) Formed into squadrons, or squares..
Lugsail :: Lugsail (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square..
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..
Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..
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..
Ship :: Ship (n.) Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix..
Globe :: Globe (n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square..
At :: At (prep.) The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80ยก; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest..
Course :: Course (n.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc..
Butt Joint :: Butt joint () A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8..
House :: House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece..
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..
Try-square :: Try-square (n.) An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square..
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