SQUARE

Thus, when the yards are so balanced by. their lifts, as to hang at right angles with the mast, they are said to be square by the lifts: when they hang perpendicular to the ship's length, they are called square by the braces: but when they lie in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the keel, they are square by the lifts and braces; or, in other words, they hang directly across the ship, and parallel to the horizon.

The yards are said to be very square, when they are of extraordinary length; and the same epithet is then applied to their sails, which by consequence acquire an additional breadth.

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