Meanings
nounfour-square (plural four-squares)
plural four-squares
- alternativeAlternative spelling of foursquare.
adjectivefour-square (comparative more four-square, superlative most four-square)
comparative more four-square · superlative most four-square
- alternativeAlternative spelling of foursquare.
The reaſon why the Chineſes gave their Kingdom theſe Names, may be ſupposſed to be this ; in regard that formerly they did verily believe that the Heaven was round, the Earth four-ſquare, and in the middle point thereof lay their Kingdom.
1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 5
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