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.
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.]
Square, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Squaring.]
[Cf. OF. escarrer, esquarrer. See Square, n.] 1. To form with four
sides and four right angles. Spenser.
2. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as,
to square mason's work.