squamipen (skwamipen)

Any fish of the group Squamipennes or Squamipinnes. squamipennate (skwa-mi-pen'at), a. [L. squama, a scale, + penna, a wing: see pennate.] Having scaly feathers, as a penguin. Squamipennes (skwā-mi-pen'ez), n. pl. [NL., L. squama, a scale, + penna, a wing, fin: see pen2.] 1. In ichth ., same as Squamipin- nes. 2. In ornith., the penguins, or Sphenisci: so called from the scale-like character of the plumage, marge Squamipennes.-Scaly feather from ante rior edge of wing of penguin ( Aptenodytes [Rare.] Squamipinnes (skwā-mi-pin'ēz), n. pl. [NL. (Cuvier, spelled Squammipennes ): see Squami pennes.] In ichth.: (a) In Cuvier's system of cla ification, the sixth family of acanthopterygian fishes: so called because the soft and frequently the spinous parts of their dorsal and anal fins are covered with scales, which render it difficult to distinguish them from the body. The body is generally much compre ed; the intestines are long, and the cæca numerous. The group included the families Chætodontidæ, Ephippiidæ, Zanclidæ, Scatopha IMG:content-1891.png:[blocks in formation] lat us , squamula , a little scale: see squam- ule.] Having little scales; covered with squam- ules; minutely scaly or squamose. Alsosquamel- late , squamulose . In bot . and zoöl . , same as squamula . squamuliform (skwam'u-li-fôrm), a . [ squamula , a little scale, + form a , form.] Hav- ing the form or character of a squamule. squamulose (skwam'ū-lōs), a. [NL. *squamu- los us , squamula , a little scale: see squam- ule .] Same as squamulate . squander (skwonder),. [Not found in early use; perhaps a dial. form, a variant, with the common dial. change of initial sw- to squ- , of * swander , which is p perhaps a nasalized form of * swadder , orig. scatter as water (?) (cf. MD. swadderen , dabble in water, Sw. dial. skvad- ra, gush out, as water), itself a variant of E. dial. swatter , Sc. squatter , throw (water) about, scatter, squander, squättra , squan- der; freq. of E. dial. swat , var. squat , throw down forcibly; cf. Icel. skvetta = Sw. sqvätta , throw out, squirt, Dan. skvatte , squirt, splash, squan- der: see squat2 , squatter , swat2, swatter . The word may owe its nasalization to AS. swindan (pret. swand ), vanish, waste, OHG. swantian , G. ver- schwenden , squander, etc.] I. trans. 1. To scatter; disperse. [Archaic.] Other ventures he hath, squandered abroad. Shak., M. of V., i. 3. 22. They drive and squander the huge Belgian fleet. Dryden , Annus Mirabilis, st. 67. The fallen timber obstructed the streams, the rivers were squandered in the reedy mora es. 2. To spend lavishly, profusely, or prodigally; di ipate; use without economy or judgment; lavish: as, to squander one's money or an estate. How much time is squandred away in Vanity and Folly? Stilling fleet , Sermons, III. x. Is he not a gay, di ipated rake, who has squandered his patrimony? Sheridan, The Duenna, ii. 3. The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by the squandering glances of the fool. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 7. 57. squamosphenoidal (skwā mō-sfē-noi'dal), a. [ squamo ( us ) + sphenoidal .] Pertaining to the squamous part of the temporal bone and the expense; spend reckle ly. He was grown needy by squandering upon his vices. Swift , Change in Queen's Ministry. act of squandering. Imp . Dict . [Rare.] squanderer (skwon ́dėr-ér), n. [ squander + -er1.] One who squanders; one who spends his money prodigally; a spendthrift; a prodigal; Pty choc hilus lucius . See pike2 , n., 2 (a). squanter-squasht (skwon ter-skwosh), n. Same mosal . 2. In bot ., same as squamose Squa mous bone, the squamosal. - Squamous bulb, in bot ., a bulb in which the outer scales are distinct, fleshy, and imbricated; a scaly bulb. See bulb . - Squamous cells, Yet the clype atæ are sometimes called cymnels (as are flattened, dry, thin cells, as seen in the superficial layers some others also), from the lenten cake of that name, of the epidermis. - Squamous epithelium, epithelium which many of them very much resemble. Squash, or composed of thin scale-like cells, either in a single layer squanter - squash , is their name among the northern In- ( te ellated epithelium ) or in several layers ( stratified scaly dians, and so they are called in New York and New Eng- epithelium). See epithelium . - Squamous portion of land. Beverley, Hist. Virginia, iv. 19. the temporal bone, the squamosal: opposed to petrous and mastoid portions of the same compound bone. Squasquap (skwop), v. [A dial. var. of swap . ] Το mous suture, in an at . , a fixed articulation or synarthrostrike. [Prov. Eng.] sis, in which the thin beveled edge of a squamous bone squap (skwop), n. [ squap , v .] A blow. [Prov. overlaps another; specifically, the squamoparietal suture and squamosphenoidal suture, those by which the squa- mosal articulates with the parietal and ali sphenoidal bones respectively. See cut under parietal . squamozygomatic (skwā-mō-zī-gō-mat'ik), a. and n. squamo ( us ) + zygomatic.] I. a. In an at ., noting the squamous and zygomatic parts of the temporal bone: as, a squamozygomatic center of o ification. Eng.] squarable (skwar'a-bl), a . [ square1 + -able .] In math ., capable of being squared. Hutton's Recreations , p. 169. squarel (skwar), n. [Formerly also (esp. in def. 5) squire, squier ; square , squar , sqware , sware , a square, squire , squyre , squyyre, squyzer, a carpenters' square, esquare , esquarre , es- cairre, esquierre, esquire , a square, squarene , F. équerre Sp. escuadra , a square, squad, squadron, = Pg. esquadra , a squadron, esquad- ria, a square, a rule, esquadro , a right angle square1 , v.), v .), of OF. quarre It. quadra , a square, quadra , a square, fem. of (LL.) quadrus , square, four-cornered, qua- tuor, four, E. four : see four , quadra1 , quad- rate, squad, squadron. quadron . Cf. sque square, a.] 1. In geom., a four-sided plane rectilineal rectilineal figure, hav- ing ing all its sides equal, qual, and all its angles right angles. I have a parlour Of a great square , and height as you desire it. Tomkis (?), Albumazar, ii. 3. IMG:content-1892.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] Specifically-(a) In printing , a certain number of lines forming a part of a column nearly square: used chiefly A square piece of linen, cloth, or silk, usually decorated with embroidery, fringe, or lace: as, a table-square. 3. A quadrilateral area, rectangular or nearly so, with buildings, or sites for buildings, on every side; also, an open space formed by the intersection of streets; hence, such an area planted with trees, shrubs, or gra , and open to the public for recreation or diversion; a pub- lic park among buildings; a common; a green: as, Union Square in New York; Lafayette Square in Washington; Trafalgar Square in London. IMG:content-1893.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] Of all kyne craftes ich contreeuede here tooles, Of car pen trie, of kerueres, and contreeuede the compas, And cast out by squire both lyne and leuell. IMG:content-1894.png:[blocks in formation] And be a peace between ye, if 't so please you, And by the square of honour to the utmost. Fletcher (and another ), Love's Pilgrimage, ii. 1. Religion being, in the pretence of their Law, the square of all their (otherwise ciuill) actions. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 183. 7. In arith . and alg ., the number or quantity derived from another (of which it is said to be the square ) by multiplying that other by itself: thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 × 8 = 64; x2 or xxx is the square of x. IMG:content-1895.png:[blocks in formation] 9. A body of troops drawn up in quadrilateral form. The formation used in the sixteenth century and afterward was a nearly solid body of pikemen, to which the harquebusiers, cro bowmen, etc., formed an acce ory, as by being posted on the flanks, etc. In Shakspere's time troops drawn up in battle array were primarily in squares. At the present time the square is a hollow for mation, composed of four fronts, each from two to five ranks deep, having the officers, colors, etc., in the center. This formation is used to repel cavalry, or to resist any superior force which outflanks or surrounds the body of troops. See hollow square, below. He alone Dealt on lieutenantry, and no practice had In the brave squares of war. Shak., A. and C., iii. 11. 40. Dash'd on every rocky square , Their surging charges foam'd themselves away. Tennyson, Death of Wellington. 10. A name given to various squared projections or shanks to which other parts of machines may be fitted.-11. Level; equality: generally with the. See on the square ( b ), below.-12. In astrol., quartile; the position of planets distant 90 degrees from each other. See aspect, 7. Their planetary motions, and aspects, In sextile, square , and trine. Milton, P. L., x. 659. 13t. Opposition; enmity; quarrel. See squarel, v. 1., 2.-14. A part of a woman's dre . ( a ) The yoke of a chemise or gown: so called because often cut square or angular. [Still in provincial use.] The sleeve-hand, and the work about the square on 't [a smock]. Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 212. (b) A square opening in the upper part of the front of a bodice, or other garment covering the throat and neck. It is usually filled in with another material, except for evening dre . A round Sable Tippet, about 2 yards long, the Sable pretty deep and dark, with a piece of black Silk in the Square of the neck. SATED ATONE TOAST Advt. quoted in Ashton's Reign of Queen Anne, I. 173. 15. A puzzle or device consisting of a series of words so selected that when arranged in a square they may be read alike acro and downward. Also called word - square.16. In bookbinding , the parts of ENSUE the cover of a bound book that project beyond the edge of the leaves.-17. The square end of the arbor designed to receive the winding-key of a watch, or the similar part by which the hands of the watch are set. -18. In flooring , roofing , and other branches of mechanical art, an area 10 feet square; 100 square feet.-19. DETER Square. In her., a bearing representing a carpenters' square. (See def. 5.) It is represented with or without the scale.-20. In organ - building, a thin piece of wood, in or nearly in the shape of a right-angled triangle, pivoted at the right or largest angle and connected with trackers at the other angles. It serves to change the direction of the tracker-action from vertical to horizontal, or vice vers a.- A deep square, a long projection. A small square, a narrow projection. At squaret, in opposition; at enmity. Marry, she knew you and I were at square ; At least we fell to blowes. Promos and Cas sandra , ii. 4. ( Nares .) Holinshed, Hist. Eng., iv. 8. She falling at square with hir husband. By the square, exactly; accurately. Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the squier . Shak ,, W. T., iv. 4. 348. Why, you can tell us by the squire , neighbour, Whence he is call'd a constable. B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, iv. 2. Cyclical square. See cyclical. Face of a square. See facel.-Geometrical square. Same as quadrat, 2. - Gunners' square. Same as quadrant, 5.- Hollow square, a body of infantry drawn up in square with a space in the middle to receive baggage, colors, drums, etc. When orders or proclamations are to be read to troops, it is usual to form a hollow square, with the files facing inward. See def. 9. Incuse square. See incuse. In squaret, square. Then did a sharped spyre of Diamond bright, Ten feete each way in square , appeare to mee. Spenser, Visions of Bellay, 1. 30. Magic square. See magic. - Method of least squares, the method used by astronomers, geodesists, and others of deducing the most probable or best result of their 5876 observations, in cases in which the arithmetical mean of a number of observations of the same quantity is the most probable or best value of that quantity. The adoption of the mean value of a number of observations may be considered as the simplest application of the method of least squares. When the observed values depend upon several unknown quantities, the rule which results from the principle of the arithmetical mean is to adopt such values for the unknown quantities as to make the sum of the squares of the residual errors of the observations the least po ible. When there are certain conditions that must be fulfilled, as for example, in geodesy, that the sum of the angles of each triangle must equal two right angles plus the spherical exce , the rules become still more complicated. There are also rules for calculating probable errors, etc. - Nasik squares. See the quotation. Squares that have many more summations than in rows, columns, and diagonals have been investigated by the Rev. A. H. Frost (Cambridge Math. Jour., 1857), and called Nasik squares from the town in India where he resided; and he has extended the method to cubes (called Nasik cubes), various sections of which have the same singular properties. Encyc. Brit., XV. 215. Naval square, a rectilinear figure painted on a ship's deck in some convenient place, for the purpose of aiding in taking the bearings of other ships of a squadron or of objects on shore. - Normal square, the mathematical instrument called a square, for determining right angles. On or upon the square. (a) At right angles; straight: as, to cut cloth on the square, as opposed to bias. Hence, figuratively - (b) On an equality; on equal terms. They [the Presbyterians] chose rather to be lorded over once more by a tyrant than endure their brethren and friends to be upon the square with them. Milton, Ans. to Salmasius, x. We live not on the square with such as these; Such are our betters who can better please. Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, iii. 179. (c) Honest; just; fairly; honestly. Keep upon the square, for God sees you; therefore do your duty. Penn, To his Wife and Children. "Was the marriage all right, then?" "Oh, all on the square - civil marriage, church - everything." George Eliot , Felix Holt, xxi. 0 Optical square, an instrument used in surveying for laying out lines at right angles to each other. It consists of a circular bra box containing two principal gla es of the sextant, viz. the index and horizon-gla es, fixed at an angle of 45°. The method of using this instrument is obvious. If the observer moves forward or backward in the straight line AB, until the object B seen by direct vision coincides with another object C, seen by reflection, then a straight line drawn to C from the point at which he stands, as D, when the coincidence takes place will be perpendicular to AB. Out of square. (a) Not drawn or cut to right angles. (b) Out of order; out of the way; irregular; incorrect or incorrectly. A D B Hero dot us, in his Melpomene, scorneth them that make Europe and Asia equall, affirmynge that Europe.. pa eth them in latitude, wherin he speaketh not greatly owt R. Eden, tr. of Francisco Lopez (First Books of square . [on America, ed. Arber, p. 346). In St. Paul's time the integrity of Rome was famous; Corinth many ways reproved; they of Galatia much more out of square . Hooker , Eccles. Polity, iii. 1. Reducing squares, a method of copying designs or drawings on a different scale. The original is divided into squares by lines drawn at right angles to one another. The surface on which the copy is to be made is divided into the same number of squares, smaller or larger, according to the scale desired, and the lines of the design are drawn on the squares of the copy in the same relative positions that they occupy in the original. Instead of marking the original design with lines, a frame in which cro ed threads or wires are set may be laid over it; or such a frame may be used in a similar way in drawing a landscape or any other subject from the original. - Rising square, a square having a tongue and two arms at right angles to it, used in molding the floor-timbers in wooden ships. The tongue is in width equal to the siding size of the keel; and the seat and throat of the floor-timbers are squared acro it, the risings of the floor at the head being squared acro the arms. The timber-mold applied to the seating on the tongue and rising on the arm gives the shape of one side of the floor-timber; the mold reversed gives the other. - Solid square ( mil it .), a square body of troops; a body in which the ranks and files are equal. Square of an anchor, the upper part of the shank.- Square of senset. See the quotation. I profe e My selfe an enemy to all other ioyes, Which the most precious square of sense profe es, And find I am alone felicitate In your deere Highne e loue. Shak., Lear (folio 1673), i. 1. 76. [This phrase has been variously interpreted by commentators: War burton refers it to the four nobler senses sight, hearing, taste, and smell; Johnson makes it mean 'compa or comprehension of sense'; R. G. White, 'the entire domain of sensation'; Schmidt, 'the choicest symmetry of reason, the most normal and intelligent mode of thinking.']-To break no squarest, to make no difference. See the next phrase. To break or breed squarest, to break the squaret, to throw things out of due or just relation and harmony; make a difference. - To reduce the square ( mil it.). See reduce. To see how the squares go, to see how the game proceeds, or how matters are going on. At length they, having an oppertunitie, resolved to send Mr. Winslow, with what beaver they had ready, into England, to see how ye squars wente. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 268. square One frog looked about him to see how squares went with their new king. Sir R. L'Estrange. squarel (skwar), a. [ Thurgh a wyndow thikke, of many a barre Of iren greet, and square as any sparre. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 218. A ma y slab, in fashion square or round. Cowper , Task, i. 21. 2. Forming a right angle; having some part rectangular: as, a table with square corners. Square tools for turning bra are ground in the same manner as triangular tools. O. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 29. 3. Cut off at right angles, as any body or figure with parallel sides: as, a square apse or transept; a square (square-headed) window. The east ends in this architecture [early Pointed in England) are usually square. C. H. Moore, Gothic Architecture, p. 158. 4. Having a shape broad as compared with the height, with rectilinear and angular rather than curved outlines: as, a man of square frame. Brode shulders aboue, big of his armys, A harde brest hade the buerne, & his back sware. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L. 3967. My queen's square brows [forehead]; Her stature to an inch. Shak ., Pericles, v. 1. 109. Sir Bors it was, A square -set man. Tennyson, Holy Grail. 5. Accurately adjusted as by a square; true; just; fitting; proper. She's a most triumphant lady, if report be square to her. Shak . , A. and C., ii. 2. 190. Should he retain a thought not square of her, This will correct all. Shirley , Love's Cruelty, ii. 3. Hence-6. Equitable; just; fair; unimpeachable. All have not offended; For those that were, it is not square to take On those that are revenges. Shak ., T. of A., v. 4. 36. Telling truth is a quality as prejudicial to a man that would thrive in the world as square play to a cheat. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, i. 1. 7. Even; leaving no balance: as, to make the accounts square ; to be square with the world. There will be enough to pay all our debts and put us all square. Disraeli, Sybil, iii. 2. If a man's got a bit of property, astake in the country, he'll want to keep things square . Where Jack isn't safe, Tom's in danger. George Eliot, Felix Holt, xx. 8. Absolute; positive; unequivocal: as, a square refusal; a square contradiction; a square i ue. -9. Leaving nothing; thorough-going; hearty. Vn ferial beuveur. A square drinker,.. one that will take his liquor soundly. Cotgrave (1611). By Heaven, square eaters! More meat, I say! - Upon my conscience, The poor rogues have not eat this month. Fletcher, Bonduc a, ii. 3. Hence-10. Solid; substantial; satisfying. [Colloq.] And I've no idea, this minute, When next a square meal I can raise. New York Clipper , Song of the Tramp. ( Bartlett .) 11. Naut., noting a ve el's yards when they are horizontal and athwartships, or at right angles to the keel. - All square, all arranged; all right. Dickens. A square mant. (a) A consistent, steadfast man. See brick3, etym. The Prince of Philosophers [Aristotle), in his first booke of the Ethicks, termeth a constant minded man, euen egal and direct on all sides, and not easily ouerthrowne by euery litl[e] aduersitie, hominem quadratum, a square man. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie (ed. Arber), p. 113. (b) A man who is fair-dealing, straightforward, and trustworthy. Then they fill Lordships; steal women's hearts; with them and theirs The world runs round; yet there are square men still. Ford , Lover's Melancholy, iv. 2. Fair and square. See fair1. - Knight of the square flag. See banneret2, 1.- Square B, in music. See B quadratum, under B. -Square capitals. See cap it all, Square coupling. See coupling. - Square dance. See dance, 1.- Square dice, dice honestly made; dice that are not loaded. Hall i well. - Square fathom, file, foot, joint, knot, lobe, measure. See the nouns Square map-projection. See projection. - Square muscle, a quadrate muscle (which see, under quadrate ). -Square number, a number which is the square of some integer number, as 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, etc. - Square octahedron, parsley, rig, roof. See the nouns. Square piano. See pianoforte (e). - Square root, in arith, and alg. See root1, 2 (g). - Square sail. See saill, 1, and square sail. - Square stern. See stern2. - Square to, at right angles to. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary Squared in full legion (such command we had). Milton , P. L., viii. 232. 2. To shape by reducing accurately to right angles and straight lines. IMG:content-1897.png:[blocks in formation] With that I planted myself side by side with Mr. Drummle, my shoulders squared and my back to the fire. Dickens, Great Expectations, xliii. Advance your Pickaxe, whilst the Carpenter squares out Our new work. Brome , The Queens Exchange, v. To square the circle. See problem of the quadrature , under quadrature . - To square the course ( naut .), to lay out the course. To square the deadeyes ( naut . ), to get the deadeyes in the same horizontal line. To square IMG:content-1898.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1899.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To take the attitude of a boxer; prepare to square-set (skwar's et), a . Same as square - built . spar: usually with a qualifying adverb: as, to square up ; to square off . [Colloq.] "Wanted to fight the French man;"... and he laughed, and he squared with his fists. Thackeray, Pen dennis, xxxviii. Here Zack came in with the gloves on, squaring on the most approved prize-fighter principles as he advanced. W. Collins, Hide and Seek, i. 12. To square away, to square the yards for the purpose of squarel (skwar), adv . [ square on the head. square (skwar), n . A dialectal form of squirel . square-built (skwar'bilt), a. Having a shape broad as compared with the height, and bound- ed by rectilinear rather than curved lines: as, a square - built man or ship. A short, square - built old fellow, with thick bushy hair. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 52. square-capt (skwar'kap), n . A London appren- tice: so called from the form of his cap. But still she repli'd, good sir, la-bee, If ever I have a man, square - cap for me. Cleave land , Poems (1651). ( Nares .) square-cut (skwar'kut), a. Cut with square cuffs, collar, and (broad) skirts: noting a style of coat in fashion in the eighteenth century. I have heard of an old square - toes of sixty who learned, by study and intense application, very satisfactorily to dance. Thackeray , Philip, xv. squaring (skwar'ing), n. [Verbal n. of square1 , He was loosely dre ed in a purple, square - cut coat, which had seen service. Froude , Two Chiefs of Dunboy, ii. v.] The act of making square. square-framed (skwar framd), a. In joinery , having all the angles of its stiles, rails, and mountings square without being molded: ap- emigrant; now, a German or a Scand in avian. squarehead (skwar'hed), n. Originally, a free [Slang, Australia.] square-headed (skwar'hed"ed), a . Cut off at right angles above, as an opening or a figure with upright parallel sides; especially, noting a window or a door so formed, as distinguished from one that is round-headed or arched, or otherwise formed. The outer range, which is wonderfully perfect, while the inner arrangements are fearfully ruined, consists, on the side towards the town, of two rows of arches, with a third story with square - headed openings above them. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 117. square-leg (skwar'leg), n . In cricket , a fielder who stands some distance to the batsman's left, nearly opposite the wicket, to stop balls that may be hit square acro the field. squarely (skwar'li), adv . 1. In a square form: as, squarely built.-2. In a square manner. (a) Honestly; fairly: as, to deal squarely . (b) Directly; roundly; positively; absolutely: as, to join i ue squarely . (ct) Equally; evenly; justly. 3. In zool ., rectangularly or perpendicularly to a part or margin: as, squarely truncate; square- ly deflexed. square man (skwar'man), n.; pl. square men scales, which stand up from the surface at va- (-men). A workman who uses the square; a carpenter. [Scotch.] The square man follow'd i' the raw, And syne the weavers. Mayne , Siller Gun, p. 22. (Jamie son.) squarene (skwar'nes), n . The state or quality of being square, in any sense. squarer (skwar'ėr), n . [ squarer of the circle. -2t. One who quarrels; a contentious, irasci- ble fellow. Is there no young squarer now that will make a voyage with him to the devil? Shak., Much Ado, i. 1. 82. square-rigged (skwar'rigd), a. Naut . , having the principal sails extended by yards slung to the masts by the middle, and not by gaffs, booms, or lateen yards. Thus, a ship, a bark, and a brig are square - rigged ve els. See cut under ship . square sail (skwar'sāl), n . A sail horizontally extended on a yard slung to the mast by the middle, as distinguished from other sails which are extended obliquely; specifically, a square sail occasionally carried on the mast of a sloop, or the foremast of a schooner-rigged ve el, bent to a yard called the square sail - yard . Oak field, Su ex. Mr. Hoare, it is said, was the origi- nal of the well-known expre ion, invented by Bishop Wil- berforce, Squarson , by which he meant a landed proprie- tor in holy orders. Living Church , Aug. 25, 1888. squarsonage (skwär's on-āj), n. [ squarson + -age .] The residence of one who is at once squire and parson. [Ludicrous, Eng.] She left the gray old squarsonage and went to London. A. Lang , Mark of Cain, ix. squash1 (skwosh), v . [An altered form, con- formed to the related quash , of what would prop. be * squatch , swacchen , esquachier , escachier , escacier , esquacher , escacher , F. écacher , crush; cf. Sp. acachar , agachar = Pg. agachar , acaçapar , refl., squat, cower; ex- , out (or in Sp. Pg. a-, con 5878 being squashy, soft, or miry. [Colloq.] Give a trifle of strength and austerity to the squashine of our friend's poetry. squattle changes of plumage with season, and in habits; but it is IMG:content-1900.jpg:[graphic] under his foot. II. in trans. To splash; make a splashing sound. [Prov. or colloq.] Wet through and through; with her feet squelching and squashing in her shoes whenever she moved. Dickens, Hard Times, xi.