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
(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.
