Word Meanings - SUBQUADRATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Nearly or approximately square; almost square.

Related words: (words related to SUBQUADRATE)

• SQUARE-TOED
  Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.
• SQUARELY
  In a square form or manner.
• SQUARE-RIGGED
  Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
• NEARLY
  In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.
• SQUARE
  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. (more
• ALMOST
  Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. Almost never, scarcely ever. -- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.
• SQUARER
  1. One who, or that which, squares. 2. One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow. Shak.
• SQUARE-TOES
  A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly. Thackeray.
• SQUARENESS
  The quality of being square; as, an instrument to try the squareness of work.
• APPROXIMATELY
  With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.
• THREE-SQUARE
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• T SQUARE
  See T
• CAPSQUARE
  A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place.
• FOURSQUARE
  Having four sides and four equal angles. Sir W. Raleigh.
• CURVILINEARLY
  In a curvilinear manner.
• TRY-SQUARE
  An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.
• LINEARLY
  In a linear manner; with lines.