Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Cut off at right angles above, as an opening or a figure with upright parallel sides; especially, noting a window or a door so formed, as distinguished from one that is round-headed or arched, or otherwise formed.

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Examples

  • Her mother – her square-headed mother – paused from her breakfast duties and looked over her shoulder.

    Squares « A Fly in Amber 2008

  • Then a large, square-headed man flailed his arms and fell into a chair, shaking, then rose with lust-filled eyes to flirt with me.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • Then a large, square-headed man flailed his arms and fell into a chair, shaking, then rose with lust-filled eyes to flirt with me.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  •  Sharp as a tack but looks like a dolt, square-headed, blue-black skin.

    The Nielsens (part one) 2010

  • Then a large, square-headed man flailed his arms and fell into a chair, shaking, then rose with lust-filled eyes to flirt with me.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • Next in today's episode: animated square-headed beings from the beautiful genius minds behind Peppermelon. tv.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • He saw a man his own age, square-headed with a neat crop of short gray hair, steady-eyed, stocky where Bob was lanky.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • He saw a man his own age, square-headed with a neat crop of short gray hair, steady-eyed, stocky where Bob was lanky.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • You can tell that, say, people buried in that place at that time often not much better than half a century either way wore square-headed brooches to the grave, but it's a bit of a leap to extrapolate the language they spoke or the king they followed.

    The Kingmaking, by Helen Hollick. Book review Carla 2009

  • He saw a man his own age, square-headed with a neat crop of short gray hair, steady-eyed, stocky where Bob was lanky.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

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