square rod

American  

noun

1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.

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square rod

“There is not a square rod of admirable, hardly one of passable, gravel-walk in all of the Exposition Ground,” he wrote.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

I suppose she is dead and it's all foolish, this hope, but I'll never believe it until I have examined every square rod within a radius of fifty miles from your camp.

From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Cyrus Townsend Brady

To insure the proper action of whatever manures are used and to secure healthy crops, an application of slaked quicklime, at the rate of fourteen to twenty pounds per square rod, is strongly recommended.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

The amount of seed needed to the square rod varies with different seasons, soils, and seeds, but can be loosely a tablespoonful.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings

Indeed, some go even beyond this, forming points along the whole length of the conductors by notching the corners of a square rod with a chisel.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various