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Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.

To bring into a square. [R.] Ash.

The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a ssquare. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.

A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.

y the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. -- House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. -- Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.

.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.] An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. Spenser.

netic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them.

A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures. On which a tissue counterpane was cast. Drayton.

A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane. Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. Sir T. North.

A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief. [Scot.] [Written also curch.] Jamieson.

The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.

A convent or monastery. [Obs.] Bale. Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery.

Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.

Southern. -- To do a thing on the cross, to act dishonestly; -- opposed to acting on the square. [Slang] -- To take up the cross, to bear troubles and afflictions with patience from love to Christ.

The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.

A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

The revolving square prism carryng the cards in a Jacquard loom. Cylinder axis. (Anat.) SeeAxis cylinder, under Axis. -- Cylinder engine (Paper Making), a machine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers. -- Cylinder escapement. See Escapement. -- Cylinder glass. See…

A measure of area, the tenth part of an are; ten square meters.

A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.