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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Quad-rā'trix, n.p. 1069(Geom.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as, the quadratrix of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.
  2. Quad'ra-tūre, n.p. 1069The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as a given curvilinear figure, as a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part…
  3. Quăd'rel, n.p. 1069(Arch.) A kind of artificial stone made of chalky earth and dried in the shade for two years; — so called from being square. Gwilt. 2. A piece of turf or peat cut in a four-square figure. [Stafford.]…
  4. Quad-rĕn'ni-al, a.p. 1069Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period. 2. Occurring once in four years; as, quadrennial games.
  5. Quăd-rēn'ni-al-ly, adv.p. 1069Once in four years.
  6. Quad'ri-bā'sie, a.p. 1069(Chem.) Having four parts of base to one of acid.
  7. Quăd'ri-ble, a.p. 1069Capable of being squared. Derham.
  8. Quăd'rie, n.p. 1069See QUANTIC.
  9. Quad'ri-căp'su-lar, a.p. 1069(Bot.) Having four capsules.
  10. Quad'ri-côr'nōus, a.p. 1069Having four horns.
  11. Quad'ri-dĕç'i-mal, a.p. 1069(Crystallog.) Having four faces on the prism, or the middle part, and two summits, containing together ten faces;— said of certain crystals.
  12. Quad'ri dent'ate, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four teeth on the edge. Martyn.
  13. Quad'ri-en'ni-al, a.p. 1070The same as QUADRENNIAL.
  14. Quad'ri-fā'ri-oūs, a.p. 1070Arranged in four rows or ranks. London.
  15. Quad'ri-fid, a.p. 1070Divided or deeply cleft into four parts. 2. (Bot.) Divided half way from the margin to the base into four clefts; as, a quadrifid perianth; cut about half way into four segments, with linear sinuses…
  16. Quad'ri-fol or Quad'ri-fō'li-ate, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four leaflets growing from the extremity of the petiole; four-leaved.
  17. Quăd'ri-fōre, n.p. 1070(Zoöl.) One of a family of sessile cirripeds, comprehending those in which the opercular covering of the tube is composed of four valves or calcareous pieces. Brande.
  18. Quad'ri-fur'cā-ted, a.p. 1070Having four forks, or branches.
  19. Quăd'ri'gō, n.p. 1070(Rom. Antiq.) A car drawn by four horses abreast, as represented on ancient medals.
  20. Quăd'ri-ge-nā'ri-oūs, a.p. 1070Consisting of four hundred.
  21. Quad′ri-jū′gate or Quad′ri′jū-gate, a.p. 1070The same as QUADRIJUGOUS, q. v.
  22. Quad'ri-jū'gous or Quad'ri-jū-gous, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
  23. Quăd'ri-lāt'er-al, a.p. 1070Having four sides, and consequently four angles.
  24. Quăd'ri-lăt'er-al, n.p. 1070A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure.
  25. Quăd'ri-lāt'er-al-ness, n.p. 1070The property of being quadrilateral.
  26. Quăd'ri lit'er-al, a.p. 1070Consisting of four letters.
  27. Qua-drille', n.p. 1070A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of the pack after the four tens, nines, and eights are discarded. Hoyle. 2. A kind of dance made up of sets of dances, in common…
  28. Quad-ril'ion, n.p. 1070According to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed; according to the French…
  29. Quad'ri-lō'bate or Quad'ri-lōbed, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobed leaf.
  30. Quād'ri-lŏc'ū-lar, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four cells; four celled; as, a quadrilocular pericarp.
  31. Quăd'ri-mēm'bral, a.p. 1070Having four members or parts.
  32. Quăd'rin, n.p. 1070A small piece of money, in value about a farthing; a mite. (Obs.) Bailey.
  33. Quad'ri-nō'mi-al, a.p. 1070(Alg.) Consisting of four terms.
  34. Quad'ri-nō'mi-al, n.p. 1070(Alg.) An expression consisting of four terms.
  35. Quăd'ri-nōm'ĭ-e-al, a.p. 1070Consisting of four denominations, or terms.
  36. Quād'ri-nōm'i-nal, a.p. 1070Having four terms; quadrinomial. Wm. R. Hamilton.
  37. Quad-rip'ar-tite, a.p. 1070Divided into four parts. 2. (Bot.) Divided to the base into four parts.
  38. Quad-rĭp'ar-tite-ly, adv.p. 1070In four divisions; in a quadripartite distribution.
  39. Quad'ri-pär-ti'tion, n.p. 1070A division by four, or into four equal parts; or the taking the fourth part of any quantity or number. Hutton.
  40. Quadri-phyl'lous or Quadri-phyl'los, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.
  41. Quad'ri-rēme, n.p. 1070(Rom. Antiq.) A galley with four benches of oars or rowers. Mitford.
  42. Quad'ri-séc'tion, n.p. 1070A subdivision into four parts.
  43. Quad'ri-sul'cate, n.p. 1070(Zoöl.) An unguiculate quadruped having the hoof divided into four parts, corresponding to the four digits. Brande.
  44. Quad'ri-syl-lā'ble or Quad'ri-syl-lā'ble-al, a.p. 1070Having four syllables; of, pertaining to, or consisting of, quadrisyllables.
  45. Quad'ri-syl'la-ble, n.p. 1070A word consisting of four syllables.
  46. Quad'ri-vālve, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four valves; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp. Martyn.
  47. Quad'ri-välve, n.p. 1070One of a set of four folds or leaves serving for a door.
  48. Quad'ri-válv'ū-lar, a.p. 1070Having four valves; quad-rivalve.
  49. Quad-riv'i-al, a.p. 1070Having four ways meeting in a point.
  50. Quad-riv'-i-al, n.p. 1070One of the four lesser arts making up the quadrivium.
  51. Quad-rīv'ĭ-ŭm, n.p. 1070The four lesser arts, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; — so called in the language of the schools. Brande.
  52. Quad-rōon', n.p. 1070The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.]
  53. Quad-róxide, n.p. 1070(Chem.) An oxide in which four equivalents of oxygen are combined with one equivalent of some other element.
  54. Quad'ru-māne, n.p. 1070(Zoöl.) An animal having four feet that correspond to the hands of a man, as a monkey. See MONKEY. [Written also quadruman.]
  55. Quad-ru'ma-nous, a.p. 1070Having four hands.
  56. Quag'ryne, n.p. 1070A gritstone with a calcareous cement.
  57. Quad'ru-ped, a.p. 1070Having four feet.
  58. Quad'ru-ped, n.p. 1070(Zoöl.) An animal having four feet, as the mammals and most reptiles; — often restricted to the mammals.
  59. Quad-ri'pe-dal, a.p. 1070Having four feet; going on four feet.
  60. Quad'ru-ple, a.p. 1070Fourfold; four times told; as, to make quadruple restitution for trespass or theft.