'To be all squares' definitions:
Definition of 'To be all squares'
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- Square \Square\ (skw[^a]r), n. [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F. ['e]querre 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, Squire a square.]
- 1. (Geom.) (a) The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.] (b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so; as: (a) A square piece or fragment. [1913 Webster]
- He bolted his food down his capacious throat in squares of three inches. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large square of the town. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Arith. & Alg.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 [times] 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a^2 + 2ab + b^2. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They of Galatia [were] much more out of square. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- I have not kept my square. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level. [1913 Webster]
- We live not on the square with such as these. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Astrol.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 12. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- fair and square in a fair, straightforward, and honest manner; justly; as, he beat me fair and square.
- 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, (a) in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor; justly. [Obs or Colloq.] (b) at right angles.
- On the square with, 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 squares, to give no offense; to make no difference. [Obs.]
- To break squares, to depart from an accustomed order. [Obs.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To be all squares'
- On the square,
- On the square with,
- Square,
- Squared,
- Squarely,
- Squareness,
- Squaring,
- T square,
- To be at square,
- square off,
- square up,
- Beacon Square,
- Caliper square,
- Central Square,
- Face of a square,
- Fair and square,
- Frankfort Square,
- Franklin Square,
- Geometric square,
- Geometrical square,
- Hollow square,
- Inner square,
- Kennett Square,
- Least square,
- Least squares,
- Magic square,
- Miter square,
- New Square,
- Quarter square,
- Rich Square,
- Solid square,
- Square foot,
- Square knot,
- Square measure,
- Square number,
- Square piano,
- Square sail,
- Square stern,
- To break no squares,
- To break squares,
- To get square with,
- To reduce a square,
- To square the circle,
- Upon the square,
- Upon the square with,
- Word square,
- bevel square,
- carpenter's square,
- latin square,
- market square,
- public square,
- set square,
- square and rabbet,
- square away,
- square block,
- square bracket,
- square dance,
- square dancer,
- square dancing,
- square deal,
- square dealing,
- square inch,
- square matrix,
- square meal,
- square meter,
- square metre,
- square mile,
- square nut,
- square one,
- square root,
- square sails,
- square shooter,
- square toes,
- square yard,
- t-square,
- times square,
- trafalgar square,
- try square,
- Beacon Square, FL,
- Central Square, NY,
- Error of the mean square,
- Five-square,
- Frankfort Square, IL,
- Franklin Square, NY,
- Kennett Square, PA,
- New Square, NY,
- Rich Square, NC,
- Square root of a number,
- Square root of a quantity,
- Square-rigged,
- Square-toed,
- Square-toes,
- Three-square,
- To see how the squares go,
- To square one's shoulders,
- Try-square,
- eigenvalue of a square matrix,
- fair-and-square,
- knight of the square flag,
- mean square deviation,
- method of least squares,
- square-bashing,
- square-built,
- square-jawed,
- square-rigger,
- square-shaped,
- square-shouldered,
- square-tailed,
- squared-toe,
- squareflipper square flipper,
- Mean-square error,
- Mercerville-Hamilton Square,
- characteristic root of a square matrix,
- pounds per square inch,
- square-dance music,
- Mercerville-Hamilton Square, NJ