[f. SQUARE v.]
† 1. Given to contention or wrangling. Obs.
1515. Barclay, Egloges, iii. (1570), C ij b/1. If thou be busy or squaring of language Thou mayst peradventure walke in the same passage.
1583. Melbancke, Philotimus, S j b. Nay holla squaring Dick, I am no but for euerie boult.
1598. Florio, Dissentioso,… contentious, squaring, quarrelsome.
2. Squaring band, piece (see quots.).
c. 1860. H. Stuart, Seaman’s Catech., 74. The topmasts have squaring pieces at the heel, to fit the mast hole.
1879. Cassell’s Techn. Educ., IV. 399/1. Upon the under side of the carriage there are wheels placed in a horizontal position, round which the ‘squaring bands’ are passed.
