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Tessera :: Tessera (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes..

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

Square :: Square (n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron..

Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair)..

Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..

Rhomb :: Rhomb (n.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square..

Poyntel :: Poyntel (n.) Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

Square :: Square (a.) Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.

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..

Square :: Square (n.) To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard..

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.

Fid :: Fid (n.) A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees..

Quincunx :: Quincunx (n.) An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions..

Punt :: Punt (n.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.

Compone :: Compone (a.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony..

Turret :: Turret (n.) A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries..

Tangram :: Tangram (n.) A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction..

Em :: Em (n.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type..

Abaciscus :: Abaciscus (n.) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

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