3. (Naut.)
Defn: A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron. Totten. Flying squadron, a squadron of observation or practice, that cruises rapidly about from place to place. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
SQUADRONED
Squad"roned, a.
Defn: Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] Milton.
SQUAIL
Squail, v. i.
Defn: To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly. [Prov. Eng.] Southey.
SQUAIMOUS
Squai"mous, a.
Defn: Squeamish. [Obs.]
SQUALI
Squa"li, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. squalus a kind of sea fish.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.