The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue dates from 1811 and this is probably the only full, uncensored and searchable version of this dictionary on the internet. All the original crudities have been restored and it offers an interesting perspective on Common English from the time of the Regency and Jane Austen.

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Entries releated to SQUARE

 

BACKED		Dead. He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carrying to the grave.
KIMBAW		To trick, cheat or cozen; also to beat or to bully. Let's kimbaw the cull; let's bully the fellow. To set one's arms a-kimbaw, vulgarly pronounced a-kimbo, is to rest one's hands on the hips, keeping the elbows square, and sticking out from the body; an insolent bullying attitude.
QUARREL-PICKER		A glazier: from the small squares in casements, called CARREUX, vulgarly quarrels.
SQUARE		Honest, not roguish. A square cove, i.e. a man who does not steal, or get his living by dishonest means.
SQUARE TOES		An old man: square toed shoes were anciently worn in common, and long retained by old men.
TRENCHER CAP		The square cap worn by the collegians. at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.