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† ˈfive-square, a. and n. Obs.
[f. five after the logically correct four-square; cf. three-square.]
A. adj. Having five (equal) sides; equilaterally pentagonal.
1552Huloet, Ffiue square, quinquangulus. 1560Bible (Genev.) 1 Kings vi. 31 The vpper poste & side postes were fiue square. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden lxiii, The seed-vessel, when it is ripe is formed five square.
B. n. A (regular) pentagon.
1587Golding De Mornay xv. 241 A fiuesquare conteineth both a Fowersquare, and a Triangle.
Hence ˈfive-squared ppl. a. = five-square A.
1535Coverdale 1 Kings vi. 31 He made two dores..with fyue squared postes. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 7 The twygges [of Broome] are roughe and fiuesquared. |