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5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.]

6. (Arith. & Alg.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 × 8 = 64 ; the square of a + b is a 2 + 2ab + b 2 .

7. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule. [Obs.]

They of Galatia [were] much more out of square . Hooker.

I have not kept my square . Shak.

8. (Mil.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. "The brave squares of war."

Shak.

9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

We live not on the square with such as these. Dryden.

10. (Astrol.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.]

11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.]

12. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. [Obs.]

Shak.

Geometrical square . See Quadrat , n. , 2. -- Hollow square (Mil.) , a formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle. -- Least square , Magic square , etc. See under Least , Magic , etc. -- On the square , ∨ Upon the square , in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- On , ∨ Upon , the square with , upon equality with; even with. Nares. -- To be all squares , to be all settled. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- To be at square , to be in a state of quarreling. [Obs.] Nares. -- To break no square , to give no offense; to make no difference. [Obs.] -- To break squares , to depart from an accustomed order. To see how the squares go , to see how the game proceeds; -- a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard being formed with squares. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

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Square (?) , a. 1. (Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure .

2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner .

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

4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.

She's a most truimphant lady, if report be square to her. Shak.

5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.

6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square .

7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.

By Heaven, square eaters. More meat, I say. Beau. & Fl.

8. (Naut.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.

&hand; Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or combination, as in square -built, square -cornered, square -cut, square -nosed, etc.

Square foot , an area equal to that of a square the sides of which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches. -- Square knot , a knot in which the terminal and standing parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust . under Knot . -- Square measure , the measure of a superficies or surface which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly. The units of square measure are squares whose sides are the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet, square meters, etc. -- Square number . See square , n. , 6. -- Square root of a number &or; quantity (Math.) , that number or quantity which, multiplied by itself produces the given number or quantity. -- Square sail (Naut.) , a four-sided sail extended upon a yard suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail boomed out. See Illust of Sail . -- Square stern (Naut.) , a stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern , which has no transom. -- Three-square , Five-square , etc. , having three, five, etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file. -- To get square with , to get even with; to pay off. [Colloq.]

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Square , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Squared (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squaring .] [Cf. OF. escarrer , esquarrer . See Square , n. ] 1. To form with four sides and four right angles.

Spenser.

2. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work .

3. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

Shak.

4. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others .

Square my trial To my proportioned strength. Milton.

5. To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts .

6. (Math.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity .

7. (Astrol.) To hold a quartile position respecting.

The icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales. Creech.

8. (Naut.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards .

To square one's shoulders , to raise the shoulders so as to give them a square appearance, -- a movement expressing contempt or dislike. Sir W. Scott. -- To square the circle (Math.) , to determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of this famous problem is now generally admitted to be impossible.

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Square , v. i. 1. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.

No works shall find acceptamce . . . That square not truly with the Scripture plan. Cowper.

2. To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel. [Obs.]

Are you such fools To square for this? Shak.

3. To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up , sometimes with off . [Colloq.]

Dickens.

Squarely <Xpage=1396>

Square"ly , adv. In a square form or manner.

Squareness <Xpage=1396>

Square"ness , n. The quality of being square; as, an instrument to try the squareness of work .

Squarer <Xpage=1396>

Squar"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, squares.

2. One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow. [Obs.]

Shak.

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Square"-rigged` (skw&acir;r"r&icr;gd`) , a. (Naut.) Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.

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Square"-toed` (-t&omac;d`) , n. Having the toe square.

Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.

Square-toes <Xpage=1397>

Square"-toes` (?) , n. A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly.

Thackeray.

Squarish <Xpage=1397>

Squar"ish , a. Nearly square.

Pennant.

Squarrose <Xpage=1397>

Squar*rose" (? &or; ?; 277) , a. [L. squarrosus (perhaps) scurfy, scabby.] Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged ; as: (a) (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem . (b) (Bot.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf . (c) (Zo\'94l.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell.

Squarrose-slashed (Bot.) , doubly slashed, with the smaller divisions at right angles to the others, as a leaf.

Landley.

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Squar*ro`so-den"tate (?) , a. (Bot.) Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.

Squarrous <Xpage=1397>

Squar"rous (? &or; ?) , a. Squarrose.

Squarrulose <Xpage=1397>

Squar"ru*lose` (?) , a. [Dim. of squarrose .] (Bot.) Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose.

Gray.

Squash <Xpage=1397>

Squash (?) , n. [Cf. Musquash .] (Zo\'94l.) An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.]

Goldsmith.

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Squash , n. [Massachusetts Indian asq , pl. asquash , raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple.] (Bot.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita , or gourd kind.

&hand; The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa , the Barbary or China squash, C. moschata , and the great winter squash, C. maxima , but the distinctions are not clear.

Squash beetle (Zo\'94l.) , a small American beetle ( Diabrotica, &or; Galeruca vittata ) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species. -- Squash bug (Zo\'94l.) , a large black American hemipterous insect ( Coreus, &or; Anasa, tristis ) injurious to squash vines.

Squash <Xpage=1397>

Squash , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Squashed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squashing .] [OE. squashen , OF. escachier , esquachier , to squash, to crush, F. \'82cacher , perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare , fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere , coactum , to compel. Cf. Cogent , Squat , v. i. ] To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

Squash <Xpage=1397>

Squash , n. 1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.

Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. Shak.

2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. "This squash , this gentleman."

Shak.

3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

Arbuthnot.

My fall was stopped by a terrible squash . Swift.

Squasher <Xpage=1397>

Squash"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, squashes.

Squashiness <Xpage=1397>

Squash"i*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.

Squashy <Xpage=1397>

Squash"y (?) , a. Easily squashed; soft.

Squat <Xpage=1397>

Squat (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The angel fish ( Squatina angelus</spn).

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Squat , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Squatted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting .] [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater , esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus , p. p. cogere to drive or urge together. See Cogent , Squash , v. t. ] 1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire .

2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

Squat <Xpage=1397>

Squat , v. t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]

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Squat , a. 1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. Milton.

2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. "The round, squat turret."

R. Browning.

The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat . Grew.

Squat <Xpage=1397>

Squat , n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.]

erbert.

3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

Halliwell. Woodward.

Squat snipe (Zo\'94l.) , the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter . [Local, U.S.]

Squaterole <Xpage=1397>

Squat"er*ole (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The black-bellied plover.

Squatter <Xpage=1397>

Squat"ter (?) , n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.

In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. Macaulay.

2. (Zo\'94l.) See Squat snipe , under Squat .

Squatter sovereignty , the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

Squatty <Xpage=1397>

Squat"ty (?) , a. Squat; dumpy.

J. Burroughs.

Squaw <Xpage=1397>

Squaw (?) , n. [Massachusetts Indian squa , eshqua ; Narragansett squ\'83ws ; Delaware ochqueu , and khqueu ; used also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense of female .] A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup .

Old squaw . (Zo\'94l.) See under Old .

Squawberry <Xpage=1397>

Squaw"ber`ry (?) , n. (Bot.) A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry. [U. S.]

Squawk <Xpage=1397>

Squawk (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Squawked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squawking .] [See Squeak .] To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.

Squawking thrush (Zo\'94l.) , the missel turush; -- so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]

Squawk <Xpage=1397>

Squawk , n. 1. Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The American night heron. See under Night .

Squawk duck (Zo\'94l.) , the bimaculate duck ( Anas glocitans ). It has patches of reddish brown behind, and in front of, each eye. [Prov. Eng.]

Squawl <Xpage=1397>

Squawl (?) , v. i. See Squall .

Squawroot <Xpage=1397>

Squaw"root` (?) , n. (Bot.) A scaly parasitic plant ( Conopholis Americana ) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root .

Squawweed <Xpage=1397>

Squaw"weed` (?) , n. (Bot.) The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort .

Squeak <Xpage=1397>

Squeak (?) , v. i. [ imp.& p. p. Squaked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squeaking .] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqv\'84ka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.] 1. To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.

Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch? Addison.

Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the " squeaking pigs" of Homer. Pope.

2. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess. [Colloq.] <-- = squeal? See below. in MW10, they are synonyms -->

If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks , I warrant him. Dryden.

Squeak <Xpage=1397>

Squeak , n. A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.

Squeaker <Xpage=1397>

Squeak"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, squeaks.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The Australian gray crow shrile ( Strepera anaphonesis ); -- so called from its note.

<-- 3. A contest won by a slim margin; or a narrow escape from harm. -->

Squeakingly <Xpage=1397>

Squeak"ing*ly , adv. In a squeaking manner.

Squeal <Xpage=1397>

Squeal (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Squealed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squealing .] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sqv\'84la , Norw. skvella . Cf. Squeak , Squall .] 1. To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.

2. To turn informer; to betray a secret. [Slang]

Squeal <Xpage=1397>

Squeal , n. A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.

Squealer <Xpage=1397>

Squeal"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, squeals.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The European swift. (b) The harlequin duck. (c) The American golden plover.

Squeamish <Xpage=1397>

Squeam"ish (?) , a. [OE. squaimous , sweymous , probably from OE. sweem , swem , dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. svemr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS. sw\'c6mi . The word has been perhaps confused witrh qualmish . Cf. Swim to be dizzy.] Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties.

Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for a blemish. Hudibras.

His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish taste to entertain. Southern.

So ye grow squeamish , Gods, and sniff at heaven. M. Arnold.

Syn. -- Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See Fastidious .

-- Squeam"ish*ly , adv. -- Squeam"ish*ness , n.

Squeamous <Xpage=1397>

Squeam"ous (?) , a. Squeamish. [Obs.]

Squeasiness <Xpage=1397>

Squea"si*ness (?) , n. Queasiness. [Obs.]

Squesy <Xpage=1397>

Sque"sy (?) , a. Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous. [Obs.]

Bp. Earle.

Squeegee <Xpage=1397>

Squee"gee (?) , n. Same as Squilgee .

Squeeze <Xpage=1397>