Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SQUARE, v.t. [Fr. equarrir and carrer.]

1. To form with four equal sides and four right angles.
2. To reduce to a square; to form to right angles; as, to square mason's work.
3. To reduce to any given measure or standard. – Shak.
4. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others; to square our lives by the precepts of the Gospel.
5. To accommodate; to fit; as, square my trial to strength. – Milton.
6. To respect in quartile. – Crech.
7. To make even, so as to leave no difference or balance; as, to square accounts; a popular phrase.
8. In arithmetic, to multiply a number by itself; as, to square the number.
9. In seamen's language, to square the yards, is to place ism at right angles with the mast or keel.