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+ The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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+--></p>
+
+<p><-- p. 1171 --></p>
+
+<p><centered><point26>Q.</point26></centered><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Q</hw> <pr>(k<umac/)</pr>, <def>the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of <xex>k</xex>), and is always followed by <xex>u</xex>, the two letters together being sounded like <xex>kw</xex>, except in some words in which the <xex>u</xex> is silent. See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/ 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, <xex>cw</xex> being used instead of <xex>qu</xex>; as in <xex>cwic</xex>, quick; <xex>cwen</xex>, queen. The name (k<umac/) is from the French <xex>ku</xex>, which is from the Latin name of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through a Greek alphabet, from the Ph<oe/nician, the ultimate origin being Egyptian.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p> Etymologically, <xex>q</xex> or <xex>qu</xex> is most nearly related to a (<xex>ch</xex>, <xex>tch</xex>), <xex>p</xex>, <xex>q</xex>, and <xex>wh</xex>; as in cud, <xex>quid</xex>, L. <xex>equ</xex>us, e<xex>c</xex>us, horse, Gr. <?/, whence E. <xex>equ</xex>ine, hi<xex>pp</xex>ic; L. <xex>qu</xex>od which, E. <xex>wh</xex>at; L. a<xex>qu</xex>ila, E. ea<xex>q</xex>le; E. ki<xex>tch</xex>en, OE. ki<xex>che</xex>ne, AS. cycene, L. co<xex>qu</xex>ina.<br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Q.C.</hw> <pr>(k<umac/`s<emac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality control.</def> <mark>[abbrev.]</mark> <br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>QCD</hw> <pr>(k<umac/"s<emac/*d<emac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Quantum chromodynamics.</def> <mark>[abbrev.]</mark> <br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>QED</hw> <pr>(k<umac/"<emac/*d<emac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quantum electrodynamics.</def> <mark>[abbrev.]</mark> <br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw><hw>Q.E.D</hw>, <hw>QED</hw></mhw> <pr>(k<umac/"<emac/*d<emac/")</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[From Latin, <ets>quod erat demonstrandum</ets>, i.e. <sig>which was demonstrated</sig>.]</ety> <def>Which was demonstrated; -- a phrase used after the conclusion of some line of reasoning, especially in mathematical or logical proofs.</def> <mark>[abbrev.]</mark><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Qua</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>conj.</pos> <ety>[L., abl. of <ets>qui</ets> who.]</ety> <def>In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>It is with Shelley's biographers <qex>qua</qex> biographers that we have to deal.</q> <rj><qau>London Spectator.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quab</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>kwab</ets> eelpout, Dan. <ets>quabbe</ets>, G. <ets>quabbe</ets>, <ets>quappe</ets>, LG. <ets>quabbe</ets> a fat lump of flesh, and L. <ets>capito</ets> a kind of fish with a large head, fr. <ets>caput</ets> the head, also E. <ets>squab</ets>.]</ety> <def>An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.</def> <rj><au>Ford.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quab</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See <er>Quob</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Qua"-bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The American night heron. See under <er>Night</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Qua"cha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The quagga.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quack</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Qvacked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Quacking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Of imitative origin; cf. D. <ets>kwaken</ets>, G. <ets>quacken</ets>, <ets>quaken</ets>, Icel. <ets>kvaka</ets> to twitter.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.</def> \'bd To <xex>quack</xex> of universal cures.\'b8 <rj><au>Hudibras.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To act the part of a quack, or pretender.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quack</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.</def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Cf. <er>Quacksalver</er>.]</ety> <def>A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q><qex>Quacks</qex> political; <qex>quacks</qex> scientific, academical.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quack</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; <as>as, a <ex>quack</ex> medicine; a <ex>quack</ex> doctor.</as></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quack"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Quackeries</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.</def> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quack" grass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Quitch grass</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quack"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.</def> <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quack"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quackery.</def> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quac"kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Quackled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Quackling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf.<er>Querken</er>.]</ety> <def>To suffocate; to choke.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quack"sal*ver</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>kwakzalver</ets>; cf. <ets>kwakzalven</ets> to quack or boast of one's salves. See <er>Quack</er>, <er>Salve</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Quad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Quade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Akin to AS. <ets>cw<aemac/d</ets>, <ets>cwead</ets>, dung, evil, G. <ets>kot</ets>, dung, OHG. <ets>qu\'bet</ets>.]</ety> <def>Evil; bad; baffling; <as>as, a <ex>quade</ex> wind</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Sooth play, <qex>quad</qex> play, as the Fleming saith.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A quadrat.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A quadrangle; hence, a prison.</def> <mark>[Cant or Slang]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Quad"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Quadr\'91</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a square, the socle, a platband, a fillet.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A fillet, or listel.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ra*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Quadrate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ra*ge*na"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadragenarius</ets>, fr. <ets>qyadrageni</ets> forty each.]</ety> <def>Consisting of forty; forty years old.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ra*gene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>quadragena</ets>, fr. L. <ets>quadrageni</ets> forty each, akin to <ets>quadraginta</ets> forty.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Quad`ra*ges"i*ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>quadragesimus</ets> the fortieth, fr. <ets>quadraginta</ets> forty; akin to <ets>quattuor</ets> four. See <er>Four</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Quadragesima Sunday</b></col>, <cd>the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ra*ges"i*mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>quadrag\'82simal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ra*ges"i*mals</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ran`gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>quadrangulum</ets>; <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>angulus</ets> an angle. See <er>Four</er>, and <er>Angle</er> a corner.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*ran"gu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>quadrangulaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Quad*ran"gu*lar*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Quad"rans</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Quadrantes</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See <er>Cur</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"rant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, a fourth part, a fourth of a whole, fr. <ets>quattuor</ets> four: cf. F. <ets>quadrant</ets>, <ets>cadran</ets>. See <er>Four</er>, and cf. <er>Cadrans</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The fourth part; the quarter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90<deg/, or one subtending a right angle at the center.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anal. (Geom.)</fld> <def>One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the co\'94rdinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the <xex>first quadrant</xex>; the upper left-hand part the <xex>second</xex>; the lower left-hand part the <xex>third</xex>; and the lower right-hand part the <xex>fourth quadrant</xex>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90<deg/, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Gunner's quadrant</b></col>, <cd>an instrument consisting of a graduated limb, with a plumb line or spirit level, and an arm by which it is applied to a cannon or mortar in adjusting it to the elevation required for attaining the desired range.</cd> -- <col><b>Gunter's quadrant</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Gunter's quadrant</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Hadley's quadrant</b></col>, <cd>a hand instrument used chiefly at sea to measure the altitude of the sun or other celestial body in ascertaining the vessel's position. It consists of a frame in the form of an octant having a graduated scale upon its arc, and an index arm, or alidade pivoted at its apex. Mirrors, called the index glass and the horizon glass, are fixed one upon the index arm and the other upon one side of the frame, respectively. When the instrument is held upright, the index arm may be swung so that the index glass will reflect an image of the sun upon the horizon glass, and when the reflected image of the sun coincides, to the observer's eye, with the horizon as seen directly through an opening at the side of the horizon glass, the index shows the sun's altitude upon the scale; -- more properly, but less commonly, called an <xex>octant</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Quadrant of altitude</b></col>, <cd>an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip of brass of the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of the globe, and graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being movable round to all points of the horizon, serves as a scale in measuring altitudes, azimuths, etc.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*ran"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrantalis</ets> containing the fourth fourth part of a measure.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; <as>as, <ex>quadrantal</ex> space</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Quadrantal triangle</b></col>, <cd>a spherical triangle having one side equal to a quadrant or arc of 90<deg/.</cd> -- <col><b>Quadrantal versor</b></col>, <cd>a versor that expresses rotation through one right angle.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*ran"tal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A cube.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"rat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>quadrat</ets>, <ets>cadrat</ets>. See <er>Quadrate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.</def> [Abbrev. <abbr>quad.</abbr>]<br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also <altname>geometrical square</altname>, and <altname>line of shadows</altname>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadratus</ets> squared, p. p. of <ets>quadrare</ets> to make four-cornered, to make square, to square, to fit, suit, from <ets>quadrus</ets> square, <ets>quattuor</ets> four. See <er>Quadrant</er>, and cf. <er>Quadrat</er>, <er>Quarry</er> an arrow, <er>Square</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Figures, some round, some triangle, some <qex>quadrate</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Foxe.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.</def> \'bd <xex>Quadrate</xex> and cubical numbers.\'b8 <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> \'bd A <xex>quadrate</xex>, solid, wise man.\'b8 <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Squared; suited; correspondent.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> \'bd A generical description <xex>quadrate</xex> to both.\'b8 <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Quadrate bone</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals. In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is represented by the malleus or incus.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadratum</ets>. See <er>Quadrate</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>At which command, the powers militant<br/
+That stood for heaven, in mighty <qex>quadrate</qex> joined.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90<deg/, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the <er>Note</er> under <er>Aspect</er>, 6.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The quadrate bone.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Quadrated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Quadrating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Quadrate</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by <xex>with</xex>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The objections of these speculatists of its forms do not <qex>quadrate</qex> with their theories.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"rate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*rat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>quadratique</ets>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Tetragonal.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to terms of the second degree; <as>as, a <ex>quadratic</ex> equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*rat"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*ra`to*ju"gal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The quadratojugal bone.</def></def2><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Quadratojugal bone</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a bone at the base of the lower jaw in many animals.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*ra"trix</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>-trixes</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, <it>or</it> <plw>-trices</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; <as>as the <ex>quadratrix</ex>, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ra*ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadratura</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadrature</ets>. See <er>Quadrate</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; <as>as, the <ex>quadrature</ex> of a circle</as>; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A quadrate; a square.</def> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Integral Calculus)</fld> <def>The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90<deg/, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Quadrature of the moon</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the position of the moon when one half of the disk is illuminated.</cd> -- <col><b>Quadrature of an orbit</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>a point in an orbit which is at either extremity of the latus rectum drawn through the empty focus of the orbit.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"rel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>quadrello</ets>, LL. <ets>quadrellus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>quadrus</ets> square. See <er>Quadrate</er>, and cf. <er>Quarrel</er> an arrow.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A square piece of turf or peat.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A square brick, tile, or the like.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*ren"ni*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadriennium</ets> a space of four years; <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>annus</ets> year; cf. L. <ets>quadriennis</ets>. See <er>Quadrate</er>, and <er>Annual</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Comprising four years; <as>as, a <ex>quadrennial</ex> period</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; <as>as, <ex>quadrennial</ex> games</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*ren"ni*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Once in four years.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Quad*ren"ni*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Quadrennial</er>.]</ety> <def>A space or period of four years.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ri-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L., from <ets>quattuor</ets> four. See <er>Four</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form meaning <xex>four</xex>, <xex>four times</xex>, <xex>fourfold</xex>; <as>as, <ex>quadri</ex>capsular, having <xex>four</xex> capsules</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*ba"sic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>basic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tetrabasic</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ri*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Quadrable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the second degree.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ric</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>A quantic of the second degree. See <er>Quantic</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*cap"su*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>capsular</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having four capsules.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Quad"ri*ceps</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>qyattuor</ets> four + <ets>caput</ets> head.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*cip"i*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ri*corn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Quadricornous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any quadricornous animal.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*cor"nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + L. <ets>cornu</ets> horn: cf. F. <ets>quadricorne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having four horns, or hornlike organs; <as>as, a <ex>quadricornous</ex> beetle</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*cos"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>costate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having four ribs.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><-- p. 1172 --></p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*den"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>dentate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having four teeth; <as>as, a <ex>quadridentate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*en"ni*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Quadrennial</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*fa"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrifarius</ets> fourfold, fr. <ets>quattuor</ets> four: cf. F. <ets>quadrifari\'82</ets>. Cf. <er>Multifarious</er>.]</ety> <def>Arranged in four rows or ranks; <as>as, <ex>quadrifarious</ex> leaves</as>.</def> <rj><au>Loudon.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad"ri*fid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrifidus</ets>; <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>findere</ets> to cleave: cf. F. <ets>quadrifide</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; <as>as, a <ex>quadrifid</ex> perianth; a <ex>quadrifid</ex> leaf.</as></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Quad"ri*foil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Quad`ri*fo"li*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + L. <ets>folium</ets> leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*fur"ca*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>furcated</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having four forks, or branches.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Quad*ri"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Quadrig\'91</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Quadrijugous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Quad`ri*gem"i*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Quad`ri*gem"i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + L. <ets>gemini</ets> twins.]</ety> <def>Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Quadrigeminal bodies</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the <xex>nates</xex>, and the posterior the <xex>testes</xex>.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*ge*na"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrigeni</ets>, <ets>quadringeni</ets>, four hundred each.]</ety> <def>Consisting of four hundred.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*rij"u*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Quadrijugous</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*rij"u*gous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrijugus</ets> of a team of four; <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>jugum</ets> yoke.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; <as>as, a <ex>quadrijugous</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*lat"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrilaterus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadrilat\'8are</ets>, <ets>quadrilat\'82ral</ets>. See <er>Quadri-</er> and <er>Lateral</er>.]</ety> <def>Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*lat"er*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; <as>as, the Venetian <ex>quadrilateral</ex>, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Complete quadrilateral</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the figure made up of the six straight lines that can be drawn through four points, <it>A</it>, <it>B</it>, <it>C</it>, <it>I</it>, the lines being supposed to be produced indefinitely.</cd></cs>
+<-- reference is to a figure of a complete quadrilateral. --><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*lat"er*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The property of being quadrilateral.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*lit"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>literal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of four letters.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Qua`dril`l\'82"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; <as>as, <ex>quadrill\'82</ex> paper, or plotting paper</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Qua*drille"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>quadrille</ets>, n. fem., fr. Sp. <ets>cuadrilla</ets> meeting of four or more persons or It. <ets>quadriglia</ets> a band of soldiers, a sort of dance; dim. fr. L. <ets>quadra</ets> a square, fr. <ets>quattuor</ets> four. See <er>Quadrate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The appropriate music for a quadrille.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Qua*drille"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>quadrille</ets>, n. masc., cf. It. <ets>quadriglio</ets>; or perhaps from the Spanish. See <er>Quadrille</er> a dance.]</ety> <def>A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.</def> <rj><au>Hoyle.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad*ril"lion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>quater</ets> four times, akin to <ets>quattuor</ets> four, E. <ets>four</ets>; -- formed like <ets>million</ets>. See <er>Four</er>, <er>Million</er>.]</ety> <def>According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according 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. See the Note under <er>Numeration</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Quad`ri*lo"bate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Quad`ri*lobed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>lobe</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadrilob\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having four lobes; <as>as, a <ex>quadrilobate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Quad`ri*loc"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>locular</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadriloculaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having four cells, or cavities; < |