Quo-tā'tion, n.

noun

n. [From quote.]

The act of quoting or citing.
That which is quoted or cited; the part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. Locke.
(Com.) The naming of the current price of commodities; or, the current price specified.
Quota; share. [Obs.]
(Print.) A piece of hollow type-metal, lower than type, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, and the like.

Quotations are not cast to match the various fonts of type, like quadrats, but are of uniform size, being four pica ems in length and three in breadth.