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Intensity :: Intensity (n.) The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch..

Square :: Square (n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep..

Capsquare :: Capsquare (n.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place..

Scow :: Scow (n.) A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends..

Romeite :: Romeite (n.) A mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium..

Pew :: Pew (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow..

Try-square :: Try-square (n.) An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square..

Quincunx :: Quincunx (n.) An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions..

Underhew :: Underhew (v. t.) To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain..

Pole :: Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch..

Tetragon :: Tetragon (n.) A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc..

Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..

Foursquare :: Foursquare (a.) Having four sides and four equal angles.

Flatboat :: Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters..

Lugsail :: Lugsail (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.

Bimedial :: Bimedial (a.) Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

Square :: Square (a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame..

Snow :: Snow (n.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted..

Square :: Square (n.) To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others..

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