square vb. (3 common Eliz.)
1.
to adjust or
shape (as to some pattern or model), regulate, rule
Meas. V. i. 483,
All'sW. II. i. 153
“ our guess by
shows,”
Wint. III. iii. 40,
“I will be s-'d by this,”
V. i. 52,
Tit. III. ii. 31
“square my talk.”
2.
to take the measure
of, estimate
Troil. V. ii. 129
“to square the general
sex By Cressid's rule.”