SQUARE

Definitions for the word, square

(a.) 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.

(a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.

(a.) Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.

(a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.

(a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.

(a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.

(a.) Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.

(a.) Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.

(n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.

(n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

(n.) A pane of glass.

(n.) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.

(n.) A square piece or fragment.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

(n.) Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

(n.) Hence, a pattern or rule.

(n.) Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so

(n.) One hundred superficial feet.

(n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.

(n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure.

(n.) The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.

(n.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

(n.) 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.

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

(n.) To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

(n.) To form with four sides and four right angles.

(n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.

(n.) To hold a quartile position respecting.

(n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.

(n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.

(n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.

(v. i.) To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.

(v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

(v. i.) To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.