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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.

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

auty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev.

The science of dining. Quart. Rev.

lf-denial in religious things. I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts. Norris. Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of perfection. Am. Cyc.

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.

A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

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.

ere, 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.

A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica. ~= feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal firelike reflections due to the presence of minute crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.

hout one's knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back. -- Full back, Half back, Quarter back (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line. -- To be or lie on one's back, to be helpless. -- To put, or get, one's back up, to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat…

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.

A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. Du Chaillu.

The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [Also spelt barretry.] Coke. Blackstone.