Squaring his nibs, giving a policeman, or any official, money for an immoral or unlawful purpose. The term [HIS NIBS] has no reference to any functionary, as the words mean simply “him,” and may be applied to any one.
Square rigged, well dressed.—Sea.
Square up, to settle, to pay a debt.
Squarum, a cobbler’s lapstone.
Squash, to crush; “to go SQUASH,” to collapse.
Squeak, an escape. Generally used with regard to the avoidance of casualties. Among thieves, too, a prisoner acquitted after a hard trial is said to have had “a narrow SQUEAK for it.”
Squeak on a person, to inform against, to peach.
Squeal, to inform, to peach. A North country variation of squeak; SQUEALER, an informer, also an illegitimate baby.
Squeeze, silk; also, by a very significant figure, a thief’s term for the neck.
Squib, a jeu d’esprit, which, like the firework of that denomination, sparkles, bounces, stinks, and vanishes.—Grose. Generally used in reference to political and electioneering attacks of a smart kind, which sting for a moment and are then forgotten.