SQUARE ROOT. See ARITHMETICK, p. 420.
Hollow SQUARE, in the military art, is a body of foot drawn up with an empty space in the middle for the colours, drums, and baggage; faced and covered by the pikes every way, to keep off horse.
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SQUARE ROOT. See ARITHMETICK, p. 420.
Hollow SQUARE, in the military art, is a body of foot drawn up with an empty space in the middle for the colours, drums, and baggage; faced and covered by the pikes every way, to keep off horse.