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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Quăd'ri-ble, a. p. 1069Capable of being squared. Derham.Quăd'rie, n. p. 1069See QUANTIC.Quad'ri-căp'su-lar, a. p. 1069(Bot.) Having four capsules.Quad'ri-côr'nōus, a. p. 1069Having four horns.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.Quad'ri dent'ate, a. p. 1070(Bot.) Having four teeth on the edge. Martyn.Quad'ri-en'ni-al, a. p. 1070The same as QUADRENNIAL.Quad'ri-fā'ri-oūs, a. p. 1070Arranged in four rows or ranks. London.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…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.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.Quad'ri-fur'cā-ted, a. p. 1070Having four forks, or branches.Quăd'ri'gō, n. p. 1070(Rom. Antiq.) A car drawn by four horses abreast, as represented on ancient medals.Quăd'ri-ge-nā'ri-oūs, a. p. 1070Consisting of four hundred.Quad′ri-jū′gate or Quad′ri′jū-gate, a. p. 1070The same as QUADRIJUGOUS, q. v.Quad'ri-jū'gous or Quad'ri-jū-gous, a. p. 1070(Bot.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.Quăd'ri-lāt'er-al, a. p. 1070Having four sides, and consequently four angles.Quăd'ri-lăt'er-al, n. p. 1070A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure.Quăd'ri-lāt'er-al-ness, n. p. 1070The property of being quadrilateral.Quăd'ri lit'er-al, a. p. 1070Consisting of four letters.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…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…Quad'ri-lō'bate or Quad'ri-lōbed, a. p. 1070(Bot.) Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobed leaf.Quād'ri-lŏc'ū-lar, a. p. 1070(Bot.) Having four cells; four celled; as, a quadrilocular pericarp.Quăd'ri-mēm'bral, a. p. 1070Having four members or parts.Quăd'rin, n. p. 1070A small piece of money, in value about a farthing; a mite. (Obs.) Bailey.Quad'ri-nō'mi-al, a. p. 1070(Alg.) Consisting of four terms.Quad'ri-nō'mi-al, n. p. 1070(Alg.) An expression consisting of four terms.Quăd'ri-nōm'ĭ-e-al, a. p. 1070Consisting of four denominations, or terms.Quād'ri-nōm'i-nal, a. p. 1070Having four terms; quadrinomial. Wm. R. Hamilton.Quad-rip'ar-tite, a. p. 1070Divided into four parts. 2. (Bot.) Divided to the base into four parts.Quad-rĭp'ar-tite-ly, adv. p. 1070In four divisions; in a quadripartite distribution.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.Quadri-phyl'lous or Quadri-phyl'los, a. p. 1070(Bot.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.Quad'ri-rēme, n. p. 1070(Rom. Antiq.) A galley with four benches of oars or rowers. Mitford.Quad'ri-séc'tion, n. p. 1070A subdivision into four parts.Quad'ri-sul'cate, n. p. 1070(Zoöl.) An unguiculate quadruped having the hoof divided into four parts, corresponding to the four digits. Brande.Quad'ri-syl-lā'ble or Quad'ri-syl-lā'ble-al, a. p. 1070Having four syllables; of, pertaining to, or consisting of, quadrisyllables.Quad'ri-syl'la-ble, n. p. 1070A word consisting of four syllables.Quad'ri-vālve, a. p. 1070(Bot.) Having four valves; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp. Martyn.Quad'ri-välve, n. p. 1070One of a set of four folds or leaves serving for a door.Quad'ri-válv'ū-lar, a. p. 1070Having four valves; quad-rivalve.Quad-riv'i-al, a. p. 1070Having four ways meeting in a point.Quad-riv'-i-al, n. p. 1070One of the four lesser arts making up the quadrivium.Quad-rīv'ĭ-ŭm, n. p. 1070The four lesser arts, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; — so called in the language of the schools. Brande.Quad-rōon', n. p. 1070The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.]Quad-róxide, n. p. 1070(Chem.) An oxide in which four equivalents of oxygen are combined with one equivalent of some other element.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.]Quad-ru'ma-nous, a. p. 1070Having four hands.Quag'ryne, n. p. 1070A gritstone with a calcareous cement.Quad'ru-ped, a. p. 1070Having four feet.Quad'ru-ped, n. p. 1070(Zoöl.) An animal having four feet, as the mammals and most reptiles; — often restricted to the mammals.Quad-ri'pe-dal, a. p. 1070Having four feet; going on four feet.Quad'ru-ple, a. p. 1070Fourfold; four times told; as, to make quadruple restitution for trespass or theft.Quad'ru-ple, n. p. 1070Four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive quadruple the amount in damages or profits.Quad'ru·ple, v. t. p. 1070To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to make four times as much, or as many.Quad'ru·ple, v. i. p. 1070To be multiplied by four; to become four times as much or many.Quad-ru'pli-cate, a. p. 1070Fourfold; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio or proportion. 2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [Rare.]Quad-ru'pli-cate, v. t. p. 1070To make fourfold; to double twice over; to quadruple.Quad'ru-pli-cā'tion, n. p. 1070The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.