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† six-square, a. and n. Obs.
[f. six, after three-, four-, five-square.]
A. adj.
1. Having six (linear) sides; hexagonal.
c1530in Gutch Coll. Cur. II. 305 A Challes withe a patten gilte, the foote of vj square. 1577Googe Heresb. Husb. iv. (1586) 175 Their Celles, or lodgings, made every one sixe square. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 456 He beareth Gules, a six Square Tower. 1699Maundrell Journ. Jerus. 7 Below the Castle Hill..stands a noble old Monument. It is six square. 1713J. Warder True Amazons 59 Cells..which are Mathematically Six Square.
2. Having six superficial sides; of the form of a cube; cubical.
1594Blundevil Exerc. iii. i. (1636) 273 Made like a six⁓square Dy. 1598Bp. Hall Sat. iv. iii, Upon a six-square piece of ivory.
B. n. A hexagon.
1680Lond. Gaz. No. 1499/4 The hours engraven in a six⁓square. |