square-cutadj.
1. Cut to or into a square form. Also figurative.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > quadrilateral > square or rectangular > square > made square
squareda1382
quareda1400
quadrated1578
square-cut1622
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiii. 69 Mosses, Fleets, and Fells,..Whose Turfe, and square cut Peat, is fuell good ynough.
1820 J. Keats Cap & Bells xvii There's the square-cut chancellor, His son shall never touch that bishopric.
1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich i. 21 The grave man, nicknamed Adam,..with antique square-cut waistcoat.
1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 14 One good black silk, made with high, low, and square-cut bodices, you will certainly require.
2. absol. A coat with square skirts.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > other
russet coatc1425
syon1511
party coat1559
patch-coat?1608
undercoat1648
turncoat1726
wambais1761
straw coat1783
coatlet1795
Wellington coat1809
redingote1823
shad-belly1842
cutaway1849
reliever1850
blouse1861
shooter1870
square-cut1893
stroller1901
Redfern1909
sherwani1911
teddy bear1925
swagger coat1933
swing-coat1935
Crombie1951
tent coat1961
1893 Westm. Gaz. 21 Dec. 2/1 That one which you are looking at is a George I:..it is a true square-cut.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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square-cut
square-cut v. (transitive) to cut (a ball) thus.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke
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stop1744
nip1752
block1772
drive1773
cut1816
draw1816
tip1816
poke1836
spoon1836
mow1844
to put up1845
smother1845
sky1849
crump1850
to pick up1851
pull1851
skyrocket1851
swipe1851
to put down1860
to get away1868
smite1868
snick1871
lift1874
crack1882
smack1882
off-drive1888
snip1890
leg1892
push1893
hook1896
flick1897
on-drive1897
chop1898
glance1898
straight drive1898
cart1903
edge1904
tonk1910
sweep1920
mishook1934
middle1954
square-drive1954
tickle1963
square-cut1976
slash1977
splice1982
paddle1986
1976 E. R. Dexter & C. Makins Testkill 167 Hunt let the first ball go by, then square-cut the second with great majesty.
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