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单词 a-square
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a-squareadv.

/əˈskwɛː/
Etymology: perhaps a prep.1 + square n.
On the square; aloof, at a safe distance.
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the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > kept or placed at a distance apart
a-squarec1460
ysowndir1513
aloof1544
loof1558
aloof off?a1560
clear1600
large1670
abeighc1707
overhand1816
aloofly1891
remotely1897
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 643 The warrok..held him a square, by þat othir syde.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 596 That herd þe Pardonere wele, & held hym bettir a square.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 586 Hym had been better to have goon more a-sware.
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