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ˈsquarish, a.
Occas. square-ish.
[f. square a.]
Somewhat, more or less, or approximately, square.
1742De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 3) I. 313 Rugemont⁓castle..is of a squarish Figure, not very large. 1763Phil. Trans. LIII. 170 The mouth is a foot in width, and of a squarish form. 1784J. Barry Lect. Art iii. (1848) 141 The dry, lean, and (if such a term be allowable) squarish character and outline. 1815Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1816) I. 464 The habitation of a third larva..is composed of squarish pieces of the leaves of grass. 1843Florist's Jrnl. (1846) IV. 200 The leaves narrow, ovate, with a squarish base, and serrated at the margin. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 2 The rhachis is squarish, and tapers to a point. 1921S. Colvin Memories & Notes viii. 130 In spite of her squareish build she was supple and elastic in all her movements. 1950M. Peake Gormenghast lxxvii. 417 A largish, square-ish room. 1981Times 21 Apr. 14/5 Later, the mausoleum was superseded by a small squarish chapel. |