SQUARE, a. [Gr.]

1. Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square room; a square figure.
2. Forming a right angle; as, an instrument for striking lines square. – Moxon.
3. Parallel; exactly suitable; true. She's a most triumphant lady, if report be square to her. [Unusual.] – Shak.
4. Having a straight front, or a frame formed with straight lines; not curving; as, a man of a square frame; a square built man.
5. That does equal justice; exact; fair; honest; as, square dealing.
6. Even; leaving no balance. Let us make or leave the accounts square. Three square, five square, having three or five equal sides, &c; an abusive use of square. Square root, in geometry and arithmetic. The square root of a quantity or number is that which, multiplied by itself, produces the square. Thus 7 is the square root of 49, for 7 x 7 = 49. In seamen's language, the yards are square, when they are arranged at right angles with the mast or the keel. The yards and sails are said also to be square, when they are of greater extent than usual. – Mar. Dict.

1. A figure having four equal sides and four right angles.
2. An area of four sides, with houses on each side. The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large square of the town. – Addison.
3. The content of the side of a figure squared.
4. A mathematical instrument, which consists essentially in having at least one straight edge at right angles to another. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, &c.
5. In geometry and arithmetic, a square or square number is the product of a number multiplied by itself. Thus 64 is the square of 8, for 8 x 8 = 64.
6. Rule; regularity; exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct. They of Galatia much more out of square. – Hooker. I have not kept my square. [Not in use.] – Shak.
7. A square body of troops; a squadron; as, the braver squares of war. [Not in use.] – Shak.
8. A quaternion; four. [Not is use.] – Shak.
9. Level; equality. We live not on the square with such as these. – Dryden.
10. In astrology, quartile; the position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other. [Obs.] – Milton.
11. Rule; conformity; accord. I shall break no squares with another for a trifle. Squares go. Let us see how the squares go, that is, how the game proceeds; a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chess board being formed with squares. – L'Estrange.

1. To suit; to fit; to quadrate; to accord or agree. His opinions do not square with the doctrines of philosophers.
2. To quarrel; to go to opposite sides. Are you such fools / To square for this? [Not in use.] – Shak.

1. To form with four equal sides and four right angles.
2. To reduce to a square; to form to right angles; as, to square mason's work.
3. To reduce to any given measure or standard. – Shak.
4. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others; to square our lives by the precepts of the Gospel.
5. To accommodate; to fit; as, square my trial to strength. – Milton.
6. To respect in quartile. – Crech.
7. To make even, so as to leave no difference or balance; as, to square accounts; a popular phrase.
8. In arithmetic, to multiply a number by itself; as, to square the number.
9. In seamen's language, to square the yards, is to place ism at right angles with the mast or keel.

1. The corner, or angle, of a figure.
   
   
   [Obs.] (b)
2. Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
3. To form with four sides and four right angles.
   
   
   Spenser.
4. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
   
   

   No works shall find acceptamce . . .
   That square not truly with the Scripture plan. Cowper.

5. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so
   
   
   ; as: (a)
6. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
7. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces] as, to square mason's work.
8. To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
   
   
   [Obs.]

   Are you such fools
   To square for this? Shak.

9. An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.
   
   

   The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large square of the town. Addison.

10. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
11. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
    
    
    Shak.
12. To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.
    
    
    [Colloq.] Dickens.
13. An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
14. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
    
    

    She's a most truimphant lady, if report be square to her. Shak.

15. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
    
    

    Square my trial
    To my proportioned strength. Milton.

16. Hence, a pattern or rule.
    
    
    [Obs.]
17. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
18. To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
19. The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself] thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 × 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a² + 2ab + b².
20. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
21. To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
22. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
    
    
    [Obs.]

    They of Galatia [were] much more out of square. Hooker.

    I have not kept my square. Shak.

23. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
    
    

    By Heaven, square eaters.
    More meat, I say. Beau. *** Fl.

24. To hold a quartile position respecting.
    
    

    The icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales. Creech.

25. A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.
    
    
    "The brave squares of war." Shak.
26. At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon] -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
    
    

    * Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or combination, as in square-built, square-cornered, square-cut, square-nosed, etc.

    Square foot, an area equal to that of a square the sides of which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches. - - Square knot, a knot in which the terminal and standing parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust. under Knot. -- Square measure, the measure of a superficies or surface which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly. The units of square measure are squares whose sides are the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet, square meters, etc. -- Square number. See square, n., 6. -- Square root of a number or quantity (Math.), that number or quantity which, multiplied by itself produces the given number or quantity. -- Square sail (Naut.), a four-sided sail extended upon a yard suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail boomed out. See Illust. of Sail. -- Square stern (Naut.), a stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern, which has no transom. -- Three-square, Five- square, etc., having three, five, etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file. -- To get square with, to get even with; to pay off. [Colloq.]

27. To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
    
    

    To square one's shoulders, to raise the shoulders so as to give them a square appearance, -- a movement expressing contempt or dislike. Sir W. Scott. -- To square the circle (Math.), to determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of this famous problem is now generally admitted to be impossible.

28. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
    
    

    We live not on the square with such as these. Dryden.

29. The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
    
    
    [Obs.]
30. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
    
    
    [R.]
31. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
    
    
    [Obs.] Shak.

    Geometrical square. See Quadrat, n., 2. -- Hollow square (Mil.), a formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle. -- Least square, Magic square, etc. See under Least, Magic, etc. -- On the square, or Upon the square, in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- On, or Upon, the square with, upon equality with; even with. Nares. -- To be all squares, to be all settled. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- To be at square, to be in a state of quarreling. [Obs.] Nares. -- To break no square, to give no offense; to make no difference. [Obs.] -- To break squares, to depart from an accustomed order. -- To see how the squares go, to see how the game proceeds; -- a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard being formed with squares. [Obs.] L'Estrange.