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Try-square   Listen
noun
Try-square  n.  An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Try-square" Quotes from Famous Books



... provided with the following tools: One coach-maker's vise, one 26-inch No. 6 cross-cut saw, one 12-inch back saw, one set of planes, one set of chisels, one set of auger-bits, one set of gimlet-bits, one ratchet-brace, one coach-maker's drawing-knife, one spoke-shave, one thumb-gauge, one try-square, one bevel, one hammer, and one mallet. Other tools are kept in reserve by the instructor and are used only ...
— Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements • Various

... Various possible arrangements may be sketched upon the blackboard by the children. For example, see Fig. 15, a and b. When a plan is adopted, the doors and windows should be carefully drawn on the outside of each box, using the try-square to get ...
— Primary Handwork • Ella Victoria Dobbs



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