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Definition of Try square
1. Noun. A square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece.
Definition of Try square
1. Noun. A tool used to measure if a piece of wood is at right angle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Try Square
Literary usage of Try square
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by New Haven (Conn.). Board of Education (1883)
"Round the ends of both pieces with firmer chisel, using try square to prove
correctness of work. 4. Put together and test with try square. RIPPING SAW. 5. ..."
2. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1917)
"Adjustable-Blade Try-Square Fig. 56. Removable-Blado Try-Square of the fixed-blade
type, P^ig. 54, are needed, as in many cases the blade must be short to ..."
3. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"Try-square. An instrument used by carpenters and joiners for laying off Fig. ...
6715 shows a try- square and bevel in which the pivoted blade is drawn in ..."
4. Manual Training Magazine (1913)
"Test with back of try- square, winding, sticks, and straight cage. Test with
try-square in at ... Test for flatness only, using the back of the try-square. ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The bottom blade is finally adjusted from the left-hand blade and to the try
square; on applying the try square to the bottom and right-hand blade, ..."
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