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r architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.

rrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.

The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.

igure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone. Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar. Knight.

, with the thermometer at 80º; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.

A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.

here, not merely downwards, but in every direction. In amounts to about 14.7 Ibs. on each square inch. -- Atmospheric railway, one in which pneumatic power, obtained from compressed air or the creation of a vacuum, is the propelling force. -- Atmospheric tides. See under Tide.

A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair). His hair banged even with his eyebrows. The Century Mag.

The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work. Weale.

The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure.

A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.

ng the full title page of a book. Bastard ashlar (Arch.), stones for ashlar work, roughly squared at the quarry. -- Bastard file, a file intermediate between the coarsest and the second cut. -- Bastard type (Print.), type having the face of a larger or a smaller size than the body; e.g., a nonpareil face on a brevier…

h constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames.

A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. -- White bedstraw is G. mollugo.

A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. [Also spelt beretta, biretta, etc.]

adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square. Gwilt.

An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.