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try square

noun

a device for testing the squareness of carpentry work or the like, or for laying out right angles, consisting of a pair of straightedges fixed at right angles to one another.

try square

a device for testing or laying out right angles, usually consisting of a metal blade fixed at right angles to a wooden handle

First recorded in 1875–80

The ends of the belt should be cut off square with a try square, and a small punch used for making holes.

The wood is placed upon the bench, and the joint marked out by using a marking knife or penknife blade and the try square.

Set out the stiles with a marking knife or penknife and a try square, as shown at Fig. 178.

Even the ends with the try-square and then carry the measurements just made across all of them, using the try-square.

To do this, lay them side by side on a flat surface with the ends square and mark them with a try-square.

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