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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. 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.
  2. Quad'ri-fur'cā-ted, a.p. 1070Having four forks, or branches.
  3. Quăd'ri'gō, n.p. 1070(Rom. Antiq.) A car drawn by four horses abreast, as represented on ancient medals.
  4. Quăd'ri-ge-nā'ri-oūs, a.p. 1070Consisting of four hundred.
  5. Quad′ri-jū′gate or Quad′ri′jū-gate, a.p. 1070The same as QUADRIJUGOUS, q. v.
  6. Quad'ri-jū'gous or Quad'ri-jū-gous, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
  7. Quăd'ri-lāt'er-al, a.p. 1070Having four sides, and consequently four angles.
  8. Quăd'ri-lăt'er-al, n.p. 1070A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure.
  9. Quăd'ri-lāt'er-al-ness, n.p. 1070The property of being quadrilateral.
  10. Quăd'ri lit'er-al, a.p. 1070Consisting of four letters.
  11. 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…
  12. 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…
  13. Quad'ri-lō'bate or Quad'ri-lōbed, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobed leaf.
  14. Quād'ri-lŏc'ū-lar, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four cells; four celled; as, a quadrilocular pericarp.
  15. Quăd'ri-mēm'bral, a.p. 1070Having four members or parts.
  16. Quăd'rin, n.p. 1070A small piece of money, in value about a farthing; a mite. (Obs.) Bailey.
  17. Quad'ri-nō'mi-al, a.p. 1070(Alg.) Consisting of four terms.
  18. Quad'ri-nō'mi-al, n.p. 1070(Alg.) An expression consisting of four terms.
  19. Quăd'ri-nōm'ĭ-e-al, a.p. 1070Consisting of four denominations, or terms.
  20. Quād'ri-nōm'i-nal, a.p. 1070Having four terms; quadrinomial. Wm. R. Hamilton.
  21. Quad-rip'ar-tite, a.p. 1070Divided into four parts. 2. (Bot.) Divided to the base into four parts.
  22. Quad-rĭp'ar-tite-ly, adv.p. 1070In four divisions; in a quadripartite distribution.
  23. 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.
  24. Quadri-phyl'lous or Quadri-phyl'los, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.
  25. Quad'ri-rēme, n.p. 1070(Rom. Antiq.) A galley with four benches of oars or rowers. Mitford.
  26. Quad'ri-séc'tion, n.p. 1070A subdivision into four parts.
  27. Quad'ri-sul'cate, n.p. 1070(Zoöl.) An unguiculate quadruped having the hoof divided into four parts, corresponding to the four digits. Brande.
  28. Quad'ri-syl-lā'ble or Quad'ri-syl-lā'ble-al, a.p. 1070Having four syllables; of, pertaining to, or consisting of, quadrisyllables.
  29. Quad'ri-syl'la-ble, n.p. 1070A word consisting of four syllables.
  30. Quad'ri-vālve, a.p. 1070(Bot.) Having four valves; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp. Martyn.
  31. Quad'ri-välve, n.p. 1070One of a set of four folds or leaves serving for a door.
  32. Quad'ri-válv'ū-lar, a.p. 1070Having four valves; quad-rivalve.
  33. Quad-riv'i-al, a.p. 1070Having four ways meeting in a point.
  34. Quad-riv'-i-al, n.p. 1070One of the four lesser arts making up the quadrivium.
  35. Quad-rīv'ĭ-ŭm, n.p. 1070The four lesser arts, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; — so called in the language of the schools. Brande.
  36. Quad-rōon', n.p. 1070The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.]
  37. Quad-róxide, n.p. 1070(Chem.) An oxide in which four equivalents of oxygen are combined with one equivalent of some other element.
  38. 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.]
  39. Quad-ru'ma-nous, a.p. 1070Having four hands.
  40. Quag'ryne, n.p. 1070A gritstone with a calcareous cement.
  41. Quad'ru-ped, a.p. 1070Having four feet.
  42. Quad'ru-ped, n.p. 1070(Zoöl.) An animal having four feet, as the mammals and most reptiles; — often restricted to the mammals.
  43. Quad-ri'pe-dal, a.p. 1070Having four feet; going on four feet.
  44. Quad'ru-ple, a.p. 1070Fourfold; four times told; as, to make quadruple restitution for trespass or theft.
  45. Quad'ru-ple, n.p. 1070Four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive quadruple the amount in damages or profits.
  46. Quad'ru·ple, v. t.p. 1070To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to make four times as much, or as many.
  47. Quad'ru·ple, v. i.p. 1070To be multiplied by four; to become four times as much or many.
  48. Quad-ru'pli-cate, a.p. 1070Fourfold; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio or proportion. 2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [Rare.]
  49. Quad-ru'pli-cate, v. t.p. 1070To make fourfold; to double twice over; to quadruple.
  50. Quad'ru-pli-cā'tion, n.p. 1070The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
  51. Quad'ru-ply, adv.p. 1070To a fourfold quantity; four-fold; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.
  52. Quære, v. t.p. 1070Inquire; question; see; — used only in the imperative mode as a prefix or memorandum signifying doubt or the desirableness of an investigation.
  53. Quæs'tor, n.p. 1070The same as QUESTOR.
  54. Quaff (kwăf), v. t.p. 1070To drink down; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts. He quaffs the muscadel. Shak. They, in communion sweet, Quaff immortality and joy. Milton.
  55. Quáff, v. i.p. 1070To drink largely or luxuriously. Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And quaff with blameless Ethiopia in the deep. Dryden.
  56. Quáff'er, n.p. 1070One who quaffs or drinks largely.
  57. Quāg, n.p. 1070A quagmire. [Rare.] See QUAGMIRE.
  58. Quāg'gá, n.p. 1070(Zoöl.) A hoofed mammal (Asinus [or equus] quagga) resembling the ass in form, and the zebra in color. It inhabits Southern Africa.
  59. Quāg'gy, a.p. 1070Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding to the feet, or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth.
  60. Quāg'mīre, n.p. 1070Soft, wet land, which has a surface firm enough to bear a person, but which shakes or yields under the feet. “A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access.” Palfrey.