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squarrare

squarrare [OF esquar(r)er, escarrer; cf. ME squaren], to make (timber or sim.) square or rectangular in cross-section, square. c1313 ad ij ligna quarand' 2 s. Fabr. Exon. 71; 1350 in ix arboribus prostratis in parco per ventum scapulandis et ~andis pro j grangia de novo construenda, xviij d. Surv. Durh. Hatf. app. 218; 1413 furatus fuit meremium squaratum Proc. J. P. 325; 1419 in expensis iiij carpentariorum ~ancium easdem quercus Fabr. York 38; c1430 in stipendio unius carpentarii unam peciam maremii quercini scapulantis et ~antis et eandem peciam in trabem formantis (DL MinAc) Arch. Soc. Derb XI 140; 1433 in iij quercubus scapulatis et ij quercubus squararatis pro balkes Fabr. York 52; 1444 de ‥ cxx carect' maeremii infra parcum de Chessendon non ~ati KR Ac 503/12 f. 1v; de ‥ lxx fenestris ~atis et rotundis de estrychbord factis Ib.; 1465 carpentario ‥ scapul[anti], ~anti, frammanti, et erigenti totum opus ligneum cujusdam pontis MinAc 1140/24.

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