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  Square \Square\ (skw[^a]r), a.
     1. (Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as,
        a square figure.
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     2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
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     3. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and
        angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a
        square frame.
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     4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
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              She's a most triumphant lady, if report be square to
              her.                                  --Shak.
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     5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest; as, square
        dealing.
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     6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the
        accounts square.
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     7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
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              By Heaven, square eaters.
              More meat, I say.                     --Beau. & Fl.
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     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.
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     Note: Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or
           combinations, as in square-built, square-cornered,
           square-cut, square-nosed, etc.
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     Square foot, an area equal to that of a square the sides of
        which are twelve 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 Square root of a 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.]
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  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.
  
     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.
  
     Note: 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.]