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unˈsquared, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] Not made square; not reduced to a square form or section.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Cor. viii. 23 b, An idole..hathe no more Godhead in it, than an other vnsquared piece of tymber. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus, Germanie ii. (1622) 262 They..vse to all buildings vnsquared and vnwrought timber. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 5 An unsquared stone..must not be put into the building of Christ. 1664Evelyn Sylva xxix. 90 Such Trees as one would leave round, and unsquar'd. 1798Hutton Course Math. II. 95 To find the Solidity of Round or Unsquared Timber. 1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. iv. xix, The log-house was made of unsquared trunks of pine. fig.1592Kyd Sp. Trag. iii. xi. 23 The more he growes in stature.., The more vnsquard, vnbeuelled he appeares. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. iii. 159 With tearmes vnsquar'd, Which from the tongue of roaring Typhon dropt, Would seeme Hyperboles. 1607Marston What you will Induct., Were I to passe Through publick verdit, I should feare my forme, Least ought I offerd were unsquard or warp'd. |