Square

1. The corner, or angle, of a figure.
2. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
3. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
4. To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
5. To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.
6. 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.
7. A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
8. A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
9. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
10. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so
11. Hence, a pattern or rule.
12. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
13. To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
14. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
15. To hold a quartile position respecting.
16. 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.
17. A pane of glass.
18. To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
19. Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
20. A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.
21. A square piece or fragment.
22. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
23. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
24. 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.
25. To form with four sides and four right angles.
26. To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
27. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
28. One hundred superficial feet.
29. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
30. The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
31. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
32. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
33. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
34. 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.
35. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
36. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.