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Vat :: Vat (n.) A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry..

Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas..

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast..

Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.

Tabular :: Tabular (a.) Set in squares.

Tessellate :: Tessellate (v. t.) To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.

Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..

Timber :: Timber (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding..

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

Mean :: Mean (n.) A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities..

Square :: Square (v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel..

Potential :: Potential (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the cente

Shawl :: Shawl (n.) A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders..

Resaw :: Resaw (v. t.) To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc..

Hatchway :: Hatchway (n.) A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar..

Checkered :: Checkered (a.) Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

Tatouay :: Tatouay (n.) An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo..

Sterner :: Sterned (a.) Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition; as, square-sterned..

Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.

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