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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Square \Square\ (skw[^a]r), a.
1. (Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as,
a square figure.
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2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
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3. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and
angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a
square frame.
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4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
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She's a most triumphant lady, if report be square to
her. --Shak.
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5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest; as, square
dealing.
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6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the
accounts square.
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7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
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By Heaven, square eaters.
More meat, I say. --Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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Note: Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or
combinations, as in square-built, square-cornered,
square-cut, square-nosed, etc.
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Square foot, an area equal to that of a square the sides of
which are twelve 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 Square root of a 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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Square \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.
Note: 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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
square knot
n : a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the
ends of two cords
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
square knot
n.
A common binding knot in which the terminal and standing parts are
parallel to each other.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
square knot
n.
A common binding knot in which the terminal and standing parts are
parallel to each other.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
square knot
n.
A common binding knot in which the terminal and standing parts are
parallel to each other.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
square knot
n.
A common binding knot in which the terminal and standing parts are
parallel to each other.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
square knot /skwˈeə nˈɒt/
Schifferknoten [naut.]
Synonyms: crown knot, thief knot
see: knot, knots, butterfly knot, butterfly loop, lineman's loop, lineman's rider, tape knot, grass knot, water knot, ring bend, overhand follow-through, reef knot, carrick bend, bowline knot, Prusik knot, Prusik, anchor knot, anchor bend, fisherman's bend, wall knot, weaver's hitch, sheet bend, becket bend, sheepshank, knot
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
square knot /skwˈeə nˈɒt/
Reffknoten [naut.]
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