foursquare, fowresquare

[Eng. four, and square.] 1. Lit.: Having four sides and angles equal; quadrangular; square. "The temple of Bel was invironed with a wall carried foursquare, of great height and beauty; and on each square certain brazen gates curiously engraven." Raleigh: History. 2. Fig .: Presenting an unyielding front to all opposition. "Foursquare to all the winds that blew." Tennyson: Ode on Wellington, 39.