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  upon
  在…之上,迫近,緊接著

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n),
     ({Lien} (l[imac]"[e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.]
     [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen,
     licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth.
     ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. le`chos bed,
     le`xasqai to lie. Cf. {Lair}, {Law}, {Lay}, v. t., {Litter},
     {Low}, adj.]
     1. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to
        be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or
        nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often
        with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the
        book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies
        in his coffin.
  
              The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and
              closed his weary eyes.                --Dryden.
  
     2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland
        lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the
        ship lay in port.
  
     3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in
        a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie
        fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie
        under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves;
        the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
  
     4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding
        place; to consist; -- with in.
  
              Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though
              unequal in circumstances.             --Collier.
  
              He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard
              labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of
              huntsmen.                             --Locke.
  
     5. To lodge; to sleep.
  
              Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . .
              . where I lay one night only.         --Evelyn.
  
              Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens.
  
     6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  
              The wind is loud and will not lie.    --Shak.
  
     7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being
        maintained. ``An appeal lies in this case.'' --Parsons.
  
     Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers
           often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay
           and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its
           preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I
           laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its
           preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay
           down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the
           preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid
           down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid
           at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was
           laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to
           remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit
           of lay, and not of lie.
  
     {To lie along the shore} (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in
        sight.
  
     {To lie at the door of}, to be imputable to; as, the sin,
        blame, etc., lies at your door.
  
     {To lie at the heart}, to be an object of affection, desire,
        or anxiety. --Sir W. Temple.
  
     {To lie at the mercy of}, to be in the power of.
  
     {To lie by}.
        (a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the
            manuscript lying by him.
        (b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the
            heat of the day.
  
     {To lie hard} or {heavy}, to press or weigh; to bear hard.
  
     {To lie in}, to be in childbed; to bring forth young.
  
     {To lie in one}, to be in the power of; to belong to. ``As
        much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.''
        --Rom. xii. 18.
  
     {To lie in the way}, to be an obstacle or impediment.
  
     {To lie in wait}, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.
        
  
     {To lie on} or {upon}.
        (a) To depend on; as, his life lies on the result.
        (b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.
  
     {To lie low}, to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang]
        
  
     {To lie on hand},
  
     {To lie on one's hands}, to remain unsold or unused; as, the
        goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much
        time lying on their hands.
  
     {To lie on the head of}, to be imputed to.
  
              What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it
              lie on my head.                       --Shak.
  
     {To lie over}.
        (a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due,
            as a note in bank.
        (b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a
            resolution in a public deliberative body.
  
     {To lie to} (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as
        near the wind as possible as being the position of
        greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. {To
        bring to}, under {Bring}.
  
     {To lie under}, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed
        by.
  
     {To lie with}.
        (a) To lodge or sleep with.
        (b) To have sexual intercourse with.
        (c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Lot \Lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Lotting}.]
     To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]
  
     {To lot on} or {upon}, to count or reckon upon; to expect
        with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  
  
        Look that ye bind them fast.                --Shak.
  
        Look if it be my daughter.                  --Talfourd.
  
     6. To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a
        window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you.
        Sometimes used figuratively.
  
              My toes look through the overleather. --Shak.
  
     7. To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to
        anticipate.
  
              Looking each hour into death's mouth to fall.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     {To look about}, to look on all sides, or in different
        directions.
  
     {To look about one}, to be on the watch; to be vigilant; to
        be circumspect or guarded.
  
     {To look after}.
        (a) To attend to; to take care of; as, to look after
            children.
        (b) To expect; to be in a state of expectation.
  
                  Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for
                  looking after those things which are coming on
                  the earth.                        --Luke xxi.
                                                    26.
        (c) To seek; to search.
  
                  My subject does not oblige me to look after the
                  water, or point forth the place where to it is
                  now retreated.                    --Woodward.
  
     {To look at}, to direct the eyes toward so that one sees, or
        as if to see; as, to look at a star; hence, to observe,
        examine, consider; as, to look at a matter without
        prejudice.
  
     {To look black}, to frown; to scowl; to have a threatening
        appearance.
  
              The bishops thereat repined, and looked black.
                                                    --Holinshed.
        
  
     {To look down on} or {upon}, to treat with indifference or
        contempt; to regard as an inferior; to despise.
  
     {To look for}.
        (a) To expect; as, to look for news by the arrival of a
            ship. ``Look now for no enchanting voice.'' --Milton.
        (b) To seek for; to search for; as, to look for lost
            money, or lost cattle.
  
     {To look forth}.
        (a) To look out of something, as from a window.
        (b) To threaten to come out. --Jer. vi. 1. (Rev. Ver.).
  
     {To look into}, to inspect closely; to observe narrowly; to
        examine; as, to look into the works of nature; to look
        into one's conduct or affairs.
  
     {To look on}.
        (a) To regard; to esteem.
  
                  Her friends would look on her the worse.
                                                    --Prior.
        (b) To consider; to view; to conceive of; to think of.
  
                  I looked on Virgil as a succinct, majestic
                  writer.                           --Dryden.
        (c) To be a mere spectator.
  
                  I'll be a candleholder, and look on. --Shak.
  
     {To look out}, to be on the watch; to be careful; as, the
        seaman looks out for breakers.
  
     {To look through}.
        (a) To see through.
        (b) To search; to examine with the eyes.
  
     {To look to} or {unto}.
        (a) To watch; to take care of. ``Look well to thy herds.''
            --Prov. xxvii. 23.
        (b) To resort to with expectation of receiving something;
            to expect to receive from; as, the creditor may look
            to surety for payment. ``Look unto me, and be ye
            saved.'' --Is. xlv. 22.
  
     {To look up}, to search for or find out by looking; as, to
        look up the items of an account.
  
     {To look up to}, to respect; to regard with deference.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Venturing}.]
     1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption
        to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan.
  
     2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
        chances.
  
              Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
                                                    Dryden, Jr.
  
     {To venture at}, or {To venture on} or {upon}, to dare to
        engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success;
        as, it is rash to venture upon such a project. ``When I
        venture at the comic style.'' --Waller.

資料來源(6): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  
  
     {To wait on} or {upon}.
        (a) To attend, as a servant; to perform services for; as,
            to wait on a gentleman; to wait on the table.
            ``Authority and reason on her wait.'' --Milton. ``I
            must wait on myself, must I?'' --Shak.
        (b) To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for
            ceremony.
        (c) To follow, as a consequence; to await. ``That ruin
            that waits on such a supine temper.'' --Dr. H. More.
        (d) To look watchfully at; to follow with the eye; to
            watch. [R.] ``It is a point of cunning to wait upon
            him with whom you speak with your eye.'' --Bacon.
        (e) To attend to; to perform. ``Aaron and his sons . . .
            shall wait on their priest's office.'' --Num. iii. 10.
        (f) (Falconry) To fly above its master, waiting till game
            is sprung; -- said of a hawk. --Encyc. Brit.

資料來源(7): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Win \Win\, v. i.
     To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to
     prevail.
  
           Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of
           truth hath won, should win in arms.      --Milton.
  
     {To win of}, to be conqueror over. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     {To win on} or {upon}.
     (a) To gain favor or influence with. ``You have a softness
         and beneficence winning on the hearts of others.''
         --Dryden.
     (b) To gain ground on. ``The rabble . . . will in time win
         upon power.'' --Shak.

資料來源(8): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  
  
        Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners, For we be come
        unto a quiet rode [road].                   --Spenser.
  
     {On}, or {Upon}, {the road}, traveling or passing over a
        road; coming or going; on the way.
  
              My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the
              road.                                 --Cowper.
  
     {Road agent}, a highwayman, especially on the stage routes of
        the unsettled western parts of the United States; -- a
        humorous euphemism. [Western U.S.]
  
              The highway robber -- road agent he is quaintly
              called.                               --The century.
  
     {Road book}, a quidebook in respect to roads and distances.
        
  
     {Road metal}, the broken, stone used in macadamizing roads.
        
  
     {Road roller}, a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers,
        for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and
        compact. -- often driven by steam.
  
     {Road runner} (Zo["o]l.), the chaparral cock.
  
     {Road steamer}, a locomotive engine adapted to running on
        common roads.
  
     {To go on the road}, to engage in the business of a
        commercial traveler. [Colloq.]
  
     {To take the road}, to begin or engage in traveling.
  
     {To take to the road}, to engage in robbery upon the
        highways.
  
     Syn: Way; highway; street; lane; pathway; route; passage;
          course. See {Way}.

資料來源(9): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  
  
     2. To take possession of by force.
  
              At last they seize The scepter, and regard not
              David's sons.                         --Milton.
  
     3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon
        suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
  
              Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul. --Pope.
  
     4. (law) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or
        other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's
        goods.
  
     5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
  
              As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the
              carcass of some beast too weak.       --Spenser.
  
     6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly;
        as, to seize an idea.
  
     7. (Naut.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small
        stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
  
     Note: This word, by writers on law, is commonly written
           seise, in the phrase to be seised of (an estate), as
           also, in composition, disseise, disseisin.
  
     {To be seized of}, to have possession, or right of
        possession; as, A B was seized and possessed of the manor
        of Dale. ``Whom age might see seized of what youth made
        prize.'' --Chapman.
  
     {To seize on} or {upon}, to fall on and grasp; to take hold
        on; to take possession of suddenly and forcibly.
  
     Syn: To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest;
          take; capture.

資料來源(10): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Set \Set\ (s[e^]t), v. i.
     1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink
        out of sight; to come to an end.
  
              Ere the weary sun set in the west.    --Shak.
  
              Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the
              next is likely to arise with more mourning.
                                                    --Fuller.
  
     2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. ``To
        sow dry, and set wet.'' --Old Proverb.
  
     4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to
        germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has
        set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
  
     5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
  
              A gathering and serring of the spirits together to
              resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against
              another.                              --Bacon.
  
     6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
  
              That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.
                                                    --Boyle.
  
     7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move
        on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide
        sets to the windward.
  
     8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now
        followed by out.
  
              The king is set from London.          --Shak.
  
     9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as,
        the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a
        setter.
  
     10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now
         followed by out.
  
               If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform
               the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of
               doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
                                                    --Hammond.
  
     11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
  
     Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]
  
     Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as,
           the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen,
           etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes
           tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.
  
     {To set about}, to commence; to begin.
  
     {To set forward}, to move or march; to begin to march; to
        advance.
  
     {To set forth}, to begin a journey.
  
     {To set in}.
         (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as,
             winter set in early.
         (b) To settle one's self; to become established. ``When
             the weather was set in to be very bad.'' --Addison.
         (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide.
  
     {To set off}.
         (a) To enter upon a journey; to start.
         (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of
             the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another
             sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time
             to dry.
  
     {To set on} or {upon}.
         (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.
  
                   He that would seriously set upon the search of
                   truth.                           --Locke.
         (b) To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon.
  
                   Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     {To set out}, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out
        for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set
        out in life or the world.
  
     {To set to}, to apply one's self to.
  
     {To set up}.
         (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up
             in trade; to set up for one's self.
         (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.
  
                   Those men who set up for mortality without
                   regard to religion, are generally but virtuous
                   in part.                         --Swift.

資料來源(11): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Settle \Set"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Settled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Settling}.] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See
     {Settle}, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE.
     sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation,
     sacon to contend, dispute. Cf. {Sake}.]
     1. To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm,
        steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to
        establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the
        like.
  
              And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him,
              until he was ashamed.                 --2 Kings
                                                    viii. 11.
                                                    (Rev. Ver.)
  
              The father thought the time drew on Of setting in
              the world his only son.               --Dryden.
  
     2. To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install
        as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as,
        to settle a minister. [U. S.]
  
     3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to
        render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
  
              God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
                                                    --Chapman.
  
              Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. --Bunyan.
  
     4. To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink;
        to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to
        settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
  
     5. To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable
        condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like;
        as, clear weather settles the roads.
  
     6. To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to
        render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a
        barrel or bag by shaking it.
  
     7. To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or
        question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make
        sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to
        quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle
        questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to
        settle an allowance.
  
              It will settle the wavering, and confirm the
              doubtful.                             --Swift.
  
     8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to
        compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
  
     9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to
        settle an account.
  
     10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] --Abbott.
  
     11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as,
         the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New
         England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
  
     {To settle on} or {upon}, to confer upon by permanent grant;
        to assure to. ``I . . . have settled upon him a good
        annuity.'' --Addison.
  
     {To settle the land} (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear
        lower, by receding from it.
  
     Syn: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust;
          determine; decide.

資料來源(12): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Spring \Spring\, v. i. [imp. {Sprang}or {Sprung}; p. p.
     {Sprung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Springing}.] [AS. springan; akin
     to D. & G. springen, OS. & OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw.
     springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr. ? to hasten. Cf. {Springe},
     {Sprinkle}.]
     1. To leap; to bound; to jump.
  
              The mountain stag that springs From height to
              height, and bounds along the plains.  --Philips.
  
     2. To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity;
        to dart; to shoot.
  
              And sudden light Sprung through the vaulted roof.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     3. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
  
              Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.
                                                    --Otway.
  
     4. To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its
        elastic power.
  
     5. To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to
        become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank,
        sometimes springs in seasoning.
  
     6. To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin
        to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams
        from their source, and the like; -often followed by up,
        forth, or out.
  
              Till well nigh the day began to spring. --Chaucer.
  
              To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to
              cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth.
                                                    --Job xxxviii.
                                                    27.
  
              Do not blast my springing hopes.      --Rowe.
  
              O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     7. To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to
        result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
  
              [They found] new hope to spring Out of despair, joy,
              but with fear yet linked.             --Milton.
  
     8. To grow; to prosper.
  
              What makes all this, but Jupiter the king, At whose
              command we perish, and we spring?     --Dryden.
  
     {To spring at}, to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a
        leap.
  
     {To spring forth}, to leap out; to rush out.
  
     {To spring in}, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste.
        
  
     {To spring on} or {upon}, to leap on; to rush on with haste
        or violence; to assault.

資料來源(13): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Spit \Spit\, v. i.
     1. To throw out saliva from the mouth.
  
     2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
  
              It had been spitting with rain.       --Dickens.
  
     {To spit on} or {upon}, to insult grossly; to treat with
        contempt. ``Spitting upon all antiquity.'' --South.

資料來源(14): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Spot \Spot\, n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott
     spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See {Spit} to
     eject from the mouth, and cf. {Spatter}.]
     1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
        blot; a place discolored.
  
              Out, damned spot! Out, I say!         --Shak.
  
     2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
        purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
  
              Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.
  
     3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
        from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
        leopard; the spots on a playing card.
  
     4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
        ``Fixed to one spot.'' --Otway.
  
              That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.
  
              ``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old! But
              something ails it now: the spot is cursed.''
                                                    --Wordsworth.
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so
        called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
  
     6. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A sci[ae]noid food fish ({Liostomus xanthurus}) of the
            Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black
            spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
            bars on the sides. Called also {goody}, {Lafayette},
            {masooka}, and {old wife}.
        (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
            on each side at the base of the tail. See {Redfish}.
  
     7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
        immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]
  
     {Crescent spot} (Zo["o]l.), any butterfly of the family
        {Melit[ae]id[ae]} having crescent-shaped white spots along
        the margins of the red or brown wings.
  
     {Spot lens} (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
        light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
        small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
        ilumination; -- called also {spotted lens}.
  
     {Spot rump} (Zo["o]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa
        h[ae]mastica}).
  
     {Spots on the sun}. (Astron.) See {Sun spot}, ander {Sun}.
  
     {On}, or {Upon}, {the spot}, immediately; before moving;
        without changing place.
  
              It was determined upon the spot.      --Swift.
  
     Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
          blemish; place; site; locality.

資料來源(15): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Square \Square\, n. [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F. ['e]querre a
     carpenter's square (cf. It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL.
     exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr.
     quattuor four. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadrant}, {Squad},
     {Squer} a square.]
     1. (Geom.)
        (a) The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.]
        (b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right
            angles.
  
     2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so; as:
        (a) A square piece or fragment.
  
                  He bolted his food down his capacious throat in
                  squares of three inches.          --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        (b) A pane of glass.
        (c) (Print.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion
            of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in
            reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
        (d) (Carp.) One hundred superficial feet.
  
     3. An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side;
        sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or
        area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of
        two or more streets.
  
              The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large
              square of the town.                   --Addison.
  
     4. (Mech. & Joinery) An instrument having at least one right
        angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or
        test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square,
        the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
  
     5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.]
  
     6. (Arith. & Alg.) The product of a number or quantity
        multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8
        [times] 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a^{2} + 2ab +
        b^{2}.
  
     7. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct;
        regularity; rule. [Obs.]
  
              They of Galatia [were] much more out of square.
                                                    --Hooker.
  
              I have not kept my square.            --Shak.
  
     8. (Mil.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one
        formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. ``The
        brave squares of war.'' --Shak.
  
     9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement;
        equality; level.
  
              We live not on the square with such as these.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     10. (Astrol.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees
         from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.]
  
     11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.]
  
     12. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually
         worked or embroidered. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     {Geometrical square}. See {Quadrat}, n., 2.
  
     {Hollow square} (Mil.), a formation