square(2) (iou) and Rigas Rajons (tourism)

square(2) (iou)

square noun. Also squire. ME.
[Aphet. from Old French esquire, esquar(r)e (mod. equerre) from Proto-Romance noun from verb whence also SQUARE verb.]
I.
An L-shaped or T-shaped implement for measuring or setting out right angles. Freq. without article in by square below. ME.
Rectangular or square shape or form. Usu. without article in preposition phrs., as in square, to square. LME-M17.
A side of a rectilinear figure or a polygon; a face of a cube. LME-M18.
A plane figure with four right angles and four equal straight sides. Formerly also (usu. with specifying word, esp. long or oblong), a rectangle with unequal sides. LME.
a. A square or four-sided space, esp. any of several marked out on paper, a board, etc., for playing a game or for purposes of measurement; a square or rectangular piece of ground; Military slang a parade ground. LME.
b. An open, usu. four-sided, space enclosed by buildings in a town or city, esp. one containing a Garden or laid out with trees; an open space resembling this, esp. one at the meeting of streets; the buildings surrounding an area of this kind. L17.
C. M. Yonge Sleeping every night in Bryanston Square.
c. A rectangular building or block of buildings; US a block of buildings bounded by streets. L17.
d. A closer-cut area at the centre of a cricket ground, any strip of which may be prepared as a wicket. L19.
Math. The product obtained by multiplying a number by itself; the second power of a quantity. M16.
A. Koestler The intensity of light diminishes with the square of distance.
fig. A canon, a criterion, a standard; a rule, a guiding principle; a pattern, an example. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
R. Whitlock Let thy Actions be justified by the Square of Religion.
Military. A body of troops drawn up in a square or rectangular formation. L16.
An object of a square or approximately square form; a square or rectangular piece, block, etc.; a square piece of material, esp. one used as a scarf or cravat, or (formerly) the breast of a dress; a rectangular pane of glass. L16.
D. Simpson The square of carpet on the floor. T. Tryon He took out his pocket square and pressed his lips.
b. A surveying instrument made in the form of a square. rare. L16-E18.
c. A piece of wood or metal in the shape of a right-angled triangle used to transmit the motion of wires or rods through a right angle. L17.
d. Bookbinding. In pl. The portion of the cover of a bound book which projects beyond the leaves. L17.
e. US History. A square space in a newspaper column, considered as a unit of measurement for advertisements. L17.
f. A square arrangement of letters, figures, etc. M19.
g. (A group of bracts surrounding) the flower of a cotton plant. L19.
h. = MORTARBOARD 1. E20.
An area of a hundred square feet as a unit of flooring, roofing, etc. M17.
Astrology. A quartile aspect. M17.
ellipt. A square meal (chiefly N. Amer.); a square piano; a square Dance. L19.
A person considered to hold conventional or old-fashioned views or who is ignorant of or opposed to current trends. slang. M20.
A cigarette containing tobacco rather than marijuana. US slang. L20.
II.
A quarrel, a dispute; discord, quarrelling. M16-E17.
Phrases: at square in a state of disagreement, at variance. back to square one colloq. back to the starting-point, with no progress made. by square (a) using a square for measuring or setting out right angles; (b) with extreme accuracy, precisely. hollow square: see HOLLOW adjective & adverb. how squares go, how the squares go how matters are. inverse square: see INVERSE adjective. Latin square: see LATIN adjective. Magic square: see Magic adjective. mean square: see MEAN adjective2. method of least squares, principle of least squares the technique of estimating a quantity, fitting a graph to a set of experimental values, etc., so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the differences between the observed data and their estimated true values. on the square [from ellipt. use of SQUARE adjective] (a) (now rare) face to face; openly; (b) colloq. fair(ly), straightforward(ly), honest(ly); (c) at right angles; in a solid form; (d) having membership of the Freemasons. optical square: see OPTICAL adjective. out of square out of the true or normal state; into irregularity or confusion. principle of least squares: see method of least squares above. queening square: see QUEEN verb 2a. set square: see SET adjective. short square: see SHORT adjective. T-square: see T, T 2.
Comb.: square-bashing Military slang drill on a barrack-square; square-free adjective (Math.) (of an integer) not divisible by a perfect square; square-pushing arch. slang the action or practice of going out with a woman; courting.

Rigas Rajons (tourism)

Rigas Rajons is a county of Latvia.

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