three-squareadj.

Etymology: < three adj. and n., after four-square; compare five-square, six-square.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-ˌsquare.

Now dialect or technical.

Having three equal sides; equilaterally triangular. Also figurative threefold, triple.

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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > triangular

three-corneredc1400

three-squaredc1400

three-squarec1450

triangle1474

triangled1486

triangular?1541

three-corner1548

trilater1570

trigonal1571

three-corned1584

three-sided1601

triangulated1610

triangulate1611

triform1621

triangulary1622

triquetrous1658

trilateral1660

triagonal1665

trigonic1788

cocked hat1846

heater-shaped1847

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 119 Þis wose of coueytise is thre sqware. Þe firste sqware is..desyre..to haue..wordly ryches.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. bij Ye must haue x or xii fyltes..beyng thresquare, a fote of length.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F5 Catching vp in hast his three square shield And shining helmet.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. iv. 10 I intend not to range over all his life as he stands threesquare in relation, Husband, Father, Master.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 103 For..Triangular Punches, I commonly reserve my worn out three square Files.

1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 63 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) A good sort of rush to bottom chairs with..much better than the..bullrush or the three-square ones.

1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. July 502/1 Take a triangular file, three-square file it is called.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	three-square
释义	three-squareadj. Etymology: < three adj. and n., after four-square; compare five-square, six-square.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-ˌsquare. Now dialect or technical. Having three equal sides; equilaterally triangular. Also figurative threefold, triple. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > triangular three-corneredc1400 three-squaredc1400 three-squarec1450 triangle1474 triangled1486 triangular?1541 three-corner1548 trilater1570 trigonal1571 three-corned1584 three-sided1601 triangulated1610 triangulate1611 triform1621 triangulary1622 triquetrous1658 trilateral1660 triagonal1665 trigonic1788 cocked hat1846 heater-shaped1847 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 119 Þis wose of coueytise is thre sqware. Þe firste sqware is..desyre..to haue..wordly ryches. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. bij Ye must haue x or xii fyltes..beyng thresquare, a fote of length. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F5 Catching vp in hast his three square shield And shining helmet. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. iv. 10 I intend not to range over all his life as he stands threesquare in relation, Husband, Father, Master. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 103 For..Triangular Punches, I commonly reserve my worn out three square Files. 1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 63 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) A good sort of rush to bottom chairs with..much better than the..bullrush or the three-square ones. 1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. July 502/1 Take a triangular file, three-square file it is called. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.c1450
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