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row; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator. "The green lap of the new-come spring." Shak.

e 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, or Upon the square, in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- On, or Upon, the square with, upon equality wi…

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.

measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette. Sir D. Brewster.

Situation; position; location. The fig and date -- why love they to remain In middle station, and an even plain Prior.

was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. J. A. Symonds.

To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. Dryden.

, especially in social demeanor; fashion. According to the usual style of dedications. C. Middleton.

Writers of particular lives . . . are apt to be prejudiced in favor of their subject. C. Middleton.

Lying under the middle.

ther; to give up resistance; to surrender. The revolted provinces presently submitted. C. Middleton.

Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.

bside; the fever has subsided. "In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside." C. Middleton.

Pope. Cæsar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship. C. Middleton. The Indians were defeated and sued for peace. Jefferson.

Above the middle.

Situated above the orbit of the eye. Supraorbital point (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon.

A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.

To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.

Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to the creepers.

To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."