Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 142
Square (n.) (Mil.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. "The brave squares of war." -- Shak.
Square (n.) Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
We live not on the square with such as these. -- Dryden.
Square (n.) (Astrol.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.]
Square (n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.]
Square (n.) The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Fair and square In a fair, straightforward, and honest manner; justly; as, he beat me fair and square.
Geometrical square. See Quadrat, n., 2.
Hollow square (Mil.), A formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle.
Least square, Magic square, etc. See under Least, Magic, etc.
On the square, or Upon the square, (a) In an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor;
justly. [Obs or Colloq.]
On
the square, or Upon
the square, (b) At right angles.
On the square with, or Upon the square with, Upon equality
with; even with. -- Nares.
To be all squares, To be all settled. [Colloq.] -- Dickens.
To be at square, To be in a state of quarreling. [Obs.] -- Nares.
To break no squares, To give no offense; to make no difference. [Obs.]
To break squares, To depart from an accustomed order. [Obs.]
To see how the squares go, To see how the game proceeds; -- a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard being formed with squares. [Obs.] -- L'Estrange.
Square (a.) (Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
Square (a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
Square (a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
Square (a.) Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
She's a most triumphant lady, if report be square to her. -- Shak.
Square (a.) Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
Square (a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
Square (a.) Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
By Heaven, square eaters.
More meat, I say. -- Beau. & Fl.
Square (a.) (Naut.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
Note: Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or combinations, as in square-built, square-cornered, square-cut, square-nosed, etc.
Square foot, An area equal to that of a square the sides of which are twelve inches; 144 square inches.
Square knot, A knot in which the terminal and standing parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust. under Knot.
Square measure, The measure of a superficies or surface which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly.
The units of square measure are squares whose sides are the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet, square meters, etc.
Square number. See Square, n., 6.
Square root of a number or Square root of a quantity (Math.), That number or quantity which, multiplied by itself, produces the given number or quantity.
Square sail (Naut.), A four-sided sail extended upon a yard suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail boomed out. See Illust. of Sail.
Square stern (Naut.), A stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern, which has no transom.
Three-square, Five-square, etc., having three, five, etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file.
To get square with, To get even with; to pay off. [Colloq.]
Squared (imp. & p. p.) of Square.
Squaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Square.
Square (v. t.) To form with four sides and four right angles. -- Spenser.
Square (v. t.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
Square (v. t.) To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard. -- Shak.
Square (v. t.) To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
Square my trial To my proportioned strength. -- Milton.
Square (v. t.) To make even, so
as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
Square (v. t.) (Math.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
Square (v. t.) (Astrol.) To hold a quartile position respecting.
The icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales. -- Creech.
Square (v. t.) (Naut.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
To square one's shoulders, To raise the shoulders so as to give them a square appearance, -- a movement expressing contempt or dislike. -- Sir W. Scott.
To square the circle (Math.), To determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of this famous problem is now generally admitted to be impossible.
Square (v. i.) To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
No works shall find acceptance . . . That square not truly with the Scripture plan. -- Cowper.
Square (v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel. [Obs.]
Are you such fools To square for this? -- Shak.
Square (v. i.) To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off. [Colloq.] -- Dickens.
Compare: Rhomb
Rhomb, (n.) (Geom.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite side parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square.
Rhomb, (n.) (Geom.) A rhombohedron.
Fresnel's rhomb (Opt.), A rhomb or oblique parallelopiped of crown or St. Gobain glass so cut that a ray of light entering one of its faces at right angles shall emerge at right angles at the opposite face, after undergoing within the rhomb, at other faces, two reflections. It is used to produce a ray circularly polarized from a plane-polarized ray, or the reverse. -- Nichol.
Square (adv.) In a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me" [syn: squarely, square].
Square (adv.) In a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square" [syn: squarely, square].
Square (adv.) Firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy" [syn: squarely, square].
Square (a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner" [ant: circular, round].
Square (a.) Characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" [syn: straight, square] [ant: corrupt, crooked].
Square (a.) Providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" [syn: hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial].
Square (a.) Leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square".
Square (a.) Without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: square(a), straightforward, straight].
Square (a.) Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: square, straight].
Square (n.) (Geometry) A plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides" [syn: square, foursquare].
Square (n.) The product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance" [syn: square, second power].
Square (n.) An open area at the meeting of two or more streets [syn: public square, square].
Square (n.) Something approximating the shape of a square.
Square (n.) Someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn: square, lame].
Square (n.): A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views [syn: square, square toes].
Square (n.) Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares".
Square (n.) A hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square".
Square (v.) Make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file" [syn: square, square up].
Square (v.) Raise to the second power.
Square (v.) Cause to match, as of ideas or acts.
Square (v.) Position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders".
Square (v.) Be compatible with; "one idea squares with another".
Square (v.) Pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him".
Square (v.) Turn the paddle; in canoeing [syn: feather, square].
Square (v.) Turn the oar, while rowing [syn: feather, square].
Square, () A query language, a precursor to SQL.
["Specifying Queries as Relational Expressions: The SQUARE Data Sublanguage", R.E. Boyce et al, CACM 18(11):621-628 (Nov 1975)]. (1995-05-02)
Squarely (adv.) In a square form or manner.
Squarely (adv.) Directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point" [syn: squarely, forthrightly, forthright].
Squarely (adv.) In a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me" [syn: squarely, square].
Squarely (adv.) Firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy" [syn: squarely, square].
Squarely (adv.) In a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square" [syn: squarely, square].
Squarely (adv.) With firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration" -- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues" [syn: squarely, foursquare, straightforwardly].
Squareness (n.) The quality of being square; as, an instrument to try the squareness of work.
Squareness (n.) The property of being shaped like a square.
Squarer (n.) One who, or that which, squares.
Squarer (n.) One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Square-rigged (a.) (Naut.) Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
Square-rigged (a.) Rigged with square sails as the principal ones.
Square-toed (n.) Having the toe square.
Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. -- V. Knox.
Square-toed (a.) Exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian].
Square-toed (a.) Having a square toe; "square-toed shoes" [syn: square-toed, squared-toe].
Square-toes (n.) A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly. -- Thackeray.
Squarish (a.) Nearly square. -- BPennant.
Squarish (a.) Somewhat square in appearance or form.
Squarrose (a.) Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged.
Squarrose (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem.
Squarrose (a.) (Bot.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
Squarrose (a.) (Zool.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell.
Squarrose-slashed (Bot.), Doubly slashed, with the smaller divisions at right angles to the others, as a leaf. -- Lindley.
Squarroso-dentate (a.) (Bot.) Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.
Squarrous
(a.)
Squarrose.
Squarrulose (a.) (Bot.) Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose. -- Gray.
Squash (n.) (Zool.) An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] -- Goldsmith.
Squash (n.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, Cucurbita moschata, and the great winter squash, Cucurbita maxima, but the distinctions are not clear.
Squash beetle (Zool.), A small American beetle ({Diabrotica vittata, syn. Galeruca vittata) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc.
It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species.
Squash bug (Zool.), A large black American hemipterous insect ({Coreus tristis syn. Anasa tristis) injurious to squash vines.
Squashed (imp. & p. p.) of Squash.
Squashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squash.
Squash (v. t.) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
Squash (n.) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.
Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. -- Shak.
Squash (n.) Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. "This squash, this gentleman." -- Shak.
Squash (n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. -- Arbuthnot.
My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. -- Swift.
Squash (n.) A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets; -- called also squash rackets.
Squash (n.) Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits [syn: squash, squash vine].
Squash (n.) Edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable.
Squash (n.) A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn: squash, squash racquets, squash rackets].
Squash (v.) To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze].
Squasher (n.) One who, or that which, squashes.
Squashiness (n.) The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.
Squashy (a.) Easily squashed; soft.
Squashy (a.) Like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness [syn: pulpy, squashy].
Squashy (a.) (Of soil) Soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" [syn: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged].
Squashy (a.) Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread" [syn: spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike].
Squat (v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]
Squat (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. -- Milton.
Compare: Crouch
Crouch (v.) [No object] (v. i.) 蹲伏；彎腰；蜷伏 [（+down）]；卑躬屈膝，諂媚奉承 [（+to）] (v. t.) 低（頭），屈（膝）Adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself.
‘We crouched down in the trench.’
‘Leo was crouched before the fire.’
Crouch (n.) A crouching stance or posture.
‘He dropped into a defensive crouch.’
Squat (a.) Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. "The round, squat turret." -- R. Browning.
The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat. -- Grew.
Squat (n.) (Zool.) The angel fish ({Squatina angelus}).
Squatted (imp. & p. p.) of Squat.
Squatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squat.
Squat (v. i.) (v. i.)蹲，蹲踞，蹲下 [（+down/ on）]；蹲伏，蜷伏；【美】擅自佔地 (v. t.) 使蹲坐 To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.
Squat (v. i.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
Squat (v. i.) To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
Squat (n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
Squat (n.) A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] -- Herbert.
Squat (n.) (Mining) A small vein of ore.
Squat (n.) (Mining) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. -- Halliwell. -- Woodward.
{Squat snipe} (Zool.), the jacksnipe; -- called also {squatter}. [Local, U.S.]
Squat (a.) Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: {chunky}, {dumpy}, {low-set}, {squat}, {squatty}, {stumpy}].
Squat (a.) Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn: {squat}, {underslung}].
Squat (n.) Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: {knee bend}, {squat}, {squatting}].
Squat (n.) A small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: {jack}, {doodly-squat}, {diddly-squat}, {diddlysquat}, {diddly-shit}, {diddlyshit}, {diddly}, {diddley}, {squat}, {shit}].
Squat (n.) The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels [syn: {squat}, {squatting}].
Squat (v.) Sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: {squat}, {crouch}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up}, {hunker}, {hunker down}].
Squat (v.) Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low".
Squat (v.) Occupy (a dwelling) illegally.
Squat (v.) (Sit) [ I ] 蹲，蹲坐 To position yourself close to the ground balancing on the front part of your feet with your legs bent under your body.
// She squatted on the ground and warmed her hands by the fire.
// He squatted down and examined the front wheel of his bike.
Squat (v.) (Live) [ I or T ] 擅自佔用（空房或空地）；偷住 To live in an empty building or area of land without the permission of the owner.
// They squatted (in) an old house in King's Cross when their money ran out.
Squat (a.) (Squatter, squattest) 低矮的；矮墩墩的，矮胖的 Short and wide, usually in a way that is not attractive.
// A row of ugly, squat houses.
// A heavily built, squat man.
Squat (n.) (Sitting) [ C ] 蹲坐；蹲伏 A squatting position.
Squat (n.) (Place to live) [C] 擅自占用的地方；偷住的房子 The place that you live in when you are squatting.
// They're living in a damp squat with no electricity.
Squat (n.) (Anything) [ U ] [US] [S lang] 任何東西 A nything.
// She shouldn't talk - she doesn't know squat about it. His opinion isn't worth squat.
Squaterole (n.) (Zool.) The black-bellied plover.
Squatter (n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.
In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. -- Macaulay.
Squatter (n.) See Squat snipe, under Squat.
Squatter sovereignty, the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] -- Bartlett.
Squatter (n.) Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it [syn: squatter, homesteader, nester].
Squatter (n.) Someone who settles on land without right or title.
Squatty (a.) 矮胖的，粗短的 Squat; dumpy. -- J. Burroughs.
Squatty (a.) Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy].
Squaw (n.) A female; a woman, especially a married woman; a wife; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup. [Considered offensive by some American indians.].
Old squaw. (Zool.) See under Old.
Squaw (n.) An American Indian woman.
Squawberry (n.) (Bot.) A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry. [U. S.]
Squawked (imp. & p. p.) of Squawk.
Squawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squawk.
Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.
Squawking thrush (Zool.), The missel turush; -- so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]
Squawk (n.) Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.
Squawk (n.) (Zool.) The American night heron. See under Night.
Squawk duck (Zool.), The bimaculate duck ({Anas glocitans). It has patches of reddish brown behind, and in front of, each eye. [Prov. Eng.]
Squawk (n.) The noise of squawking; "she awoke to the squawk of chickens"; "the squawk of car horns".
Squawk (n.) Informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" [syn: gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk].
Squawk (v.) Utter a harsh abrupt scream [syn: squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh, screech].
Squawk (v.) Complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler].
Squawl (v. i.) See Squall.
Squawroot (n.) (Bot.) A scaly parasitic plant ({Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.
Squawroot (n.) Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally [syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides].
Squawweed (n.) (Bot.) The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort.
Squaked (imp.& p. p.) of Squeak.
Squeaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squeak.
Squeak (n.) ["Squeak: A Language for Communicating with Mice", L. Cardelli et al, Comp Graphics 19(3):199-204, July 1985].
See Newsqueak.
Squeak (n.) A Smalltalk implementation and a media authoring tool by members of the original Xerox PARC team which created Smalltalk (Alan Kay, Dan Ingalls, et al). Squeak is an open-source implementation, with a highly portable {virtual machine} implemented in a subset of Smalltalk (translated into C and compiled by a C compiler of the target platform). {Squeak Home (http://squeak.org/)}. {SqueakCentral (http://squeakland.org/)}. (2002-11-03)
Squeak (v. i.) (v. i.) 吱吱叫；嘎吱嘎吱響；【口】勉強通過；僥倖成功；險勝 [（+by/ through）]；【口】告密；背叛 (v. t.) 使發吱吱聲；以短促尖聲發出（或說出）[（+out）] To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.
Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch? -- Addison.
Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the "squeaking pigs" of Homer. -- Pope.
Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Syn: squeal.
If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him.
Squeak (n.) 吱吱聲 A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly uttered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.
Squeak (n.) A short high-pitched noise; "the squeak of shoes on powdery snow"
Squeak (n.) Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn: {close call}, {close shave}, {squeak}, {squeaker}, {narrow escape}].
Squeak (v.) Make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" [syn: {whine}, {squeak}, {screech}, {creak}, {screak}, {skreak}].
Squeaker (n.) 雛鳥（尤指雛鴿）；【英】小豬；告密者 One who, or that which, squeaks.
Squeaker (n.) (Zool.) The Australian gray crow shrike ({Strepera anaphonesis}); -- so called from its note.
Squeaker (n.) A contest won by a small margin.
Squeaker (n.) A narrow escape from harm. [Colloq.]
Squeaker (n.) Any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; "those sneakers are squeakers"; "which hinge is the squeaker?"
Squeaker (n.) Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn: {close call}, {close shave}, {squeak}, {squeaker}, {narrow escape}].
Squeakingly (adv.) In a squeaking manner.
Squeaky (a.) 吱吱響的；發短促尖聲的 Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge [syn: screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing].
Squealed (imp. & p. p.) of Squeal.
Squealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squeal.
Squeal (n.) A shrill, sharp, somewhat prolonged cry.
Squeal (v. i.) (v. i.) 發出長而尖的叫聲；【俚】告密；洩密 [（+on）] (v. t.) 用長而尖的聲音說；用長而尖的聲音發出 To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.
Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret. [Slang]
Squeal (n.) A high-pitched howl.
Squeal (v.) Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs [syn: {squeal}, {oink}].
Squeal (v.) Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure [syn: {confess}, {squeal}, {fink}].
Squealer (n.) 尖叫的人； 尖叫的動物；告密者 One who, or that which, squeals.
Squealer (n.) (Zool.) The European swift.
Squealer (n.) (Zool.) The harlequin duck.
Squealer (n.) (Zool.) The American golden plover.
Squealer (n.) One who reveals confidential information in return for money [syn: {informer}, {betrayer}, {rat}, {squealer}, {blabber}].
Squealer (n.) Domestic swine [syn: {hog}, {pig}, {grunter}, {squealer}, {Sus scrofa}].
Squeamish (a.) 易嘔吐的；易生氣的；過分審慎的 Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties.
Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for a blemish. -- Hudibras.
His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish taste to entertain. -- Southern.
So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. -- M. Arnold.
Syn: Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See {Fastidious}. -- {Squeam"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Squeam"ish*ness}, n.
Squeamish (a.) Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: {dainty}, {nice}, {overnice}, {prissy}, {squeamish}].
Squeamous (a.) Squeamish. [Obs.]
Squeasiness (n.) Queasiness. [Obs.]
Squeasy (a.) Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous. [Obs.] -- Bp. Earle.