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ˈthree-ˌsquare, a. Now dial. or techn.
[f. three, after four-square; cf. five-square, six-square.]
Having three equal sides; equilaterally triangular. Also fig. threefold, triple.
c1440Jacob's Well 119 Þis wose of coueytise is thre sqware. Þe firste sqware is..desyre..to haue..wordly ryches. 1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters b ij, Ye must haue x or xii fyltes..beyng thresquare, a fote of length. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 41 Catching up in hast his three-square shield And shining helmet. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. i. iv. 10, I intend not to range over all his life as he stands threesquare in relation, Husband, Father, Master. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xiii. ⁋2 For..Triangular Punches, I commonly reserve my worn out three square Files. 1766J. Bartram Jrnl. 9 Feb. in W. Stork Acc. E. Florida 63 A good sort of rush to bottom chairs with, much better than the..bull-rush or the three⁓square ones. 1873Routledge's Yng. Gentl. Mag. July 502/1 Take a triangular file, three-square file it is called. |