Square, skware, v.a

to form with four equal sides and four right angles; to reduce to a square or to right angles; to adjust; to regulate; to make even;to multiply a number by itself [Arith.]: v.n. to suit;to fit; to accord or agree. To square the yards, to place them at right angles with the mast or keel [Naut]. ] To square the circle, to determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. lineal measure. sails of a ve el extended by yards and suspended by the middle, and nobby stays, gaff, or boom. itself, produces the quantity or number [Arith.] to a yard, suspended by the middle. square; precise; formal. person. squarrosus, scurfy). ma : s. something soft and easily crushed; something unripe or soft a sudden fall of a heavy soft body; a shock of soft; bodies (L. ex, and coacto, to pre ).: Squash, skosh, s. a species of gourd. the squash plant. to cower, as an animal; to settle on land without title: a. sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; short and thick, like an animal squatting: s. the posture of one who squats; a small separate vein of ore. See Squash. a title [U.S.]; in Australia, one who occupies land for sheep pasture under lease from government. female or wife. short, cry; to break silence or secrecy; to speak: s.a sharp shrill sound (from the sound). sound. applied to animals (from the sound). fastidious or over nice; easily disgusted; apt apt to be offended at trifling improprieties; scrupulous. See Swim, Squeamishly, skweem'-ish-le, ad. in a squeamish manner. Squeamishne , skweem'-ishlous. Squeasine , skweez'-e-nes, s. squeamishne ., Squeeze, skweez, v.a. to pre or crush between two bodies; to embrace closely; to force by squeezing: to cause to pa : v.n. to force by pre ing; to crowd; to pa by pre ing: s. pre ure; compre ion between bodies; a close hug (A.S. cwisan, to crush). squeezes. that which is as if squeezed out. fall. matter which, when ignited, emits for a time a stream of sparks and then explodes with a crack; a petty lampoon: v.n. to throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute (Scand.) about the mouth with lips closed. one species of which yields a substance valuable in a medicine as a diuretic and expectorant (Gr.) a insect resembling the crustacean (L. squilla). optic axes coincident; looking with suspicion; s. the act or habit of squinting; v.n, to see obliquely: to have the axes of the eyes directed to different objects; to deviate from the true line; to run obliquely; v.a. to turn the eye to an oblique position (Scand.) oblique; indirect; looking obliquely or with side glances. asquint. Squintingly, skint-ing-le, ad. with a squint. gentleman; a knight's attendant; an esquire; a magistrate or lawyer [U.S. ]; originally, according to Ruskin, a rider, a shield-bearer, and a carver: v.a. to attend as a squire; colloquially, to attend as a gallant. See Esquire.