Square (?), n. [OF. esquarre,
esquierre, F. équerre a carpenter's square (cf.
It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL. exquadrare to make
square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr. quattuor four. See
Four, and cf. Quadrant, Squad, Squer a
square.] 1. (Geom.) (a)
The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.]
(b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and
four right angles.
2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly
so; as: (a) A square piece or
fragment.
He bolted his food down his capacious throat in
squares of three inches.
Sir W. Scott.
(b) A pane of glass. (c)
(Print.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a
column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of
advertisements in newspapers. (d) (Carp.)
One hundred superficial feet.
3. 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.
4. (Mech. & Joinery) 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.
5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.]
6. (Arith. & Alg.) 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.
7. 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.
8. (Mil.) 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.
9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact
agreement; equality; level.
We live not on the square with such as
these.
Dryden.
10. (Astrol.) The position of planets
distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.]
11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a
quarrel. [R.]
12. 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.
Square (?), a. 1.
(Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as,
a square figure.
2. Forming a right angle; as, a square
corner.
3. Having a shape broad for the height, with
rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a
square frame.
4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true;
just.
She's a most truimphant lady, if report be
square to her.
Shak.
5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair;
honest, as square dealing.
6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or
leave the accounts square.
7. Leaving nothing; hearty;
vigorous.
By Heaven, square eaters.
More meat, I say.
Beau. & Fl.
8. (Naut.) 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.
&fist; 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.]
Square, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Squared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Squaring.] [Cf. OF. escarrer, esquarrer. See
Square, n.] 1. To form
with four sides and four right angles. Spenser.
2. To form with right angles and straight
lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
3. To compare with, or reduce to, any given
measure or standard. Shak.
4. 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.
5. To make even, so as leave no remainder of
difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
6. (Math.) To multiply by itself; as,
to square a number or a quantity.
7. (Astrol.) To hold a quartile
position respecting.
The icy Goat and Crab that square the
Scales.
Creech.
8. (Naut.) 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.
Square, v. i. 1. 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.
2. 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.
3. To take a boxing attitude; -- often with
up, sometimes with off. [Colloq.]
Dickens.
Square (?), n. [OF. esquarre,
esquierre, F. équerre a carpenter's square (cf.
It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL. exquadrare to make
square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr. quattuor four. See
Four, and cf. Quadrant, Squad, Squer a
square.] 1. (Geom.) (a)
The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.]
(b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and
four right angles.
2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly
so; as: (a) A square piece or
fragment.
He bolted his food down his capacious throat in
squares of three inches.
Sir W. Scott.
(b) A pane of glass. (c)
(Print.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a
column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of
advertisements in newspapers. (d) (Carp.)
One hundred superficial feet.
3. 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.
4. (Mech. & Joinery) 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.
5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.]
6. (Arith. & Alg.) 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.
7. 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.
8. (Mil.) 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.
9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact
agreement; equality; level.
We live not on the square with such as
these.
Dryden.
10. (Astrol.) The position of planets
distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.]
11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a
quarrel. [R.]
12. 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.
Square (?), a. 1.
(Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as,
a square figure.
2. Forming a right angle; as, a square
corner.
3. Having a shape broad for the height, with
rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a
square frame.
4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true;
just.
She's a most truimphant lady, if report be
square to her.
Shak.
5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair;
honest, as square dealing.
6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or
leave the accounts square.
7. Leaving nothing; hearty;
vigorous.
By Heaven, square eaters.
More meat, I say.
Beau. & Fl.
8. (Naut.) 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.
&fist; 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.]
Square, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Squared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Squaring.] [Cf. OF. escarrer, esquarrer. See
Square, n.] 1. To form
with four sides and four right angles. Spenser.
2. To form with right angles and straight
lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
3. To compare with, or reduce to, any given
measure or standard. Shak.
4. 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.
5. To make even, so as leave no remainder of
difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
6. (Math.) To multiply by itself; as,
to square a number or a quantity.
7. (Astrol.) To hold a quartile
position respecting.
The icy Goat and Crab that square the
Scales.
Creech.
8. (Naut.) 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.
Square, v. i. 1. 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.
2. 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.
3. To take a boxing attitude; -- often with
up, sometimes with off. [Colloq.]
Dickens.
