square(1) (iou) and magnetize (iou)

square(1) (iou)

square adjective & adverb. ME.
[Old French esquarre pa. pple of esquarrer (mod. equarrir) from Proto-Romance, formed as EX-1 + Latin quadra square.]
A. adjective.
I.
Having a cross-section in the form of a square; approximately cubic in shape. ME.
Having the shape of a square; bounded by four equal straight sides at right angles to each Other. ME.
T. Hardy The..house-door opened on the square yard or quadrangle.
b. Math. Of a quantity: equal to the product of a quantity multiplied by itself. Cf. square root below. M16.
c. Designating an area equal to that of a square whose side is a specified unit of length. E17.
square foot, square inch, square metre, etc.
Of a square shape that is the specified length on each side. Usu. postpositive. LME.
J. Clavell The room was forty paces square.
Of the shoulders, body, etc.: approximating to a square outline, angular; stoutly and strongly built; solid, sturdy. LME.
A. Lurie Today square shoulders and an athletic frame are in style.
Situated at right angles, perpendicular, (to). L16.
C. Ford The lower and centre bouts..are now..filed perfectly square to the front surface.
b. Soccer. Of a defence: positioned in a line at right angles to the direction of play (and so weak). L20.
a. Even, straight, level. (Foll. by with.) E19.
b. With all accounts settled, with no money owed; having equal scores in a game; (of scores) equal; Golf having won the same number of holes as one's opponent. Also all square. M19.
Music. Of rhythm: simple, straightforward. M20.
II.
a. Determined, obstinate; solid, steady, reliable. L16-E18.
b. (Of a person) honest, straightforward, upright; (of an action) just, fair, honourable. (Earlier in SQUARELY 2.) L16.
c. Out of touch with the ideas and conventions of a current trend; conventional, old-fashioned; conservative; unsophisticated. slang. M20.
J. Lennon They'd never seen us before, or heardVienna is a pretty square place.
a. Precise, exact. L16.
b. Solidly or firmly constituted; free from flaw or defect. Only in 17.
c. Straight, direct, uncompromising. E19.
d. On a proper footing, with things properly arranged. E19.
e. Of a meal: full, solid, substantial, satisfying. M19.
Phrases: all square: see sense 6b above. a square peg in a round hole, a round peg in a square hole: see PEG noun1. fair and square: see FAIR adjective. get square with pay or compound with (a creditor).
b. adverb.
So as to be squared (by multiplication). Only in M16.
Steadily, copiously. Only in tipple square, drink square. arch. L16.
a. Fairly, honestly; in a straightforward manner. Now colloq. L16.
O. Henry Paisley..told me I'd acted square and on the level with him.
b. Completely, exactly, directly. Chiefly N. Amer. colloq. M19.
Daily Telegraph Hubby gets his favourite sugared doughnut square in the kisser.
So as to be square; in a rectangular form or position; directly in line or in front. M17.
At right angles; Cricket at right angles to the line of the delivery. (Foll. by to, with, etc.) L17.
T. H. Huxley Shadows of objects are distorted when..light does not fall square upon their surfaces.
Phrases: square on Cricket (of a bowler) with the body square to the batsman; fig. directly, honestly.
Special collocations & comb.: square bracket: of the form [ or ]. square-built adjective of comparatively broad shape. square cap = MORTARBOARD 1. square cut Cricket a cut hit square on the offside. square-cut adjective cut to or into a square form. square-cut verb trans. (Cricket) hit (the ball) with a square cut. square Dance (a) a Dance in which four couples face inwards from four sides; (b) any country Dance. square deal a fair bargain, fair treatment. square dinkum: see DINKUM adjective & adverb. square drive Cricket a drive hit square on the offside. square-drive verb trans. (Cricket) hit (the ball) with a square drive. square engine an internal-combustion engine in which the length of the stroke is approximately equal to the bore of the cylinders. square-eyed adjective (joc.) affected by or given to excessive watching of Television. square eyes joc. eyes supposedly affected by excessive watching of Television. square flipper = BEARDED seal. squarehead slang (a) an honest person; (b) offensive a foreigner of Germanic extraction, esp. a German or Scandinavian. square-headed adjective (a) having the head or top in a square or rectangular shape; (b) level-headed, sensible; (c) slang (derog.) of Germanic extraction. square go Scot. a brawl, a fight without weapons. square Hebrew the standard Hebrew script which displaced the Aramaic form towards the end of the biblical period, and has been adopted for use in printed texts. square hit Cricket a hit at right angles to the wicket, esp. to square leg. square John N. Amer. slang an upright respectable person; spec. a person who is not a drug user. square law Physics a law relating two variables one of which varies (directly or inversely) as the square of the Other (inverse square law: see INVERSE adjective). square leg: see LEG noun. square-lipped RHINOCEROS. square measure a unit of area consisting of a square of specified size; a system of measurement based on such units. square piano, square pianoforte an early type of piano of a rectangular form, superseded by the upright piano. square pin on an electrical plug, a pin with a rectangular rather than a circular cross-section. square pole: see POLE noun1 2b. square-rigged adjective (of a vessel) having square sails placed at right angles to the length of the ship; opp. fore-and-aft rigged s.v. FORE AND AFT. square-rigger (a sailor on) a square-rigged vessel. square root a number which produces a specified quantity when multiplied by itself. square-rooter a device which produces the square root of an input variable. square sail a four-sided sail supported by a horizontal yard slung to a mast by the middle. square serif Typography a style of type distinguished by serifs that are square-ended and generally as thick as the Other parts of the letters. square-shooter slang (chiefly US) an honest dependable person. square-shooting adjective (slang, chiefly US) honest, respectable. square-shouldered adjective having broad shoulders that do not slope. square-tail (a) an oceanic fish, Tetragonurus cuvieri, of tropical and warm seas; (b) = brook TROUT. square thread Mechanics a screw thread which in cross-section is castellated in form, with the width and height of the thread equal to the width of the valley between threads. square-toed adjective (a) (of shoes or boots) having square toes; (of a person) wearing such shoes or boots; (b) old-fashioned, formal, prim. square-toes arch. an old-fashioned, formal, or prim person, or one who has strict ideas of conduct; chiefly as Old Square-toes. square wave Electronics (a voltage represented by) a periodic wave that varies abruptly in amplitude between two fixed values, spending equal times at each.
squareness noun LME.
squarewise adverb (a) at right angles, rectangularly; (b) in the form of a square; squarely: M16.
squarish adjective somewhat or approximately square M18.
squary adjective square, squarish E17.

magnetize (iou)

magnetize verb. Also magnetise. L18.
[from MAGNET + -IZE.]
verb trans. Influence by animal magnetism; mesmerize. arch. L18.
E. B. Browning Her own maid magnetizes her twice a day..the learned say..she will recover.
verb trans. Make magnetic; induce magnetism in. E19.
Discovery A natural ore which exists in a magnetized state.
verb trans. Attract as a magnet does (lit. & fig.). M19.
E. Bowen Bligh, as though magnetized, could not help glancing back..again at the cottage.
magnetizable adjective able to be magnetized L18.
magnetiza'bility noun ability to be magnetized L19.
magnetizer noun L18.

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