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The Alpine or summer cottage, therefore, is a rude log hut, formed of unsquared pine trunks, notched into each other at the corners.

From The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character by Ruskin, John

Thus we find imitations of timber beams framed together and of overhanging low-pitched roofs, in some cases carried on unsquared rafters lying side by side, in several of these tombs.

From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

A few boats lay in the mouth of the river, a dissolute-looking brig with its yards unsquared was at anchor higher up, and a sharp eye could detect a figure or two about the beach.

From The Black Bar by M.L.P.

At the actual edge, there was a row of almost vertical piles, pine trees driven unsquared.

From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills