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<p><-- p. 1171 --></p>
<p><centered><point26>Q.</point26></centered><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><ent>Q</ent><br/
<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><ent>Q.C.</ent><br/
<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><ent>QCD</ent><br/
<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><ent>QED.</ent><br/
<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><ent>QED</ent><br/
<ent>Q.E.D</ent><br/
<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><ent>Qua</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quab</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quab</ent><br/
<hw>Quab</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See <er>Quob</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><ent>Qua-bird</ent><br/
<hw>Qua"-bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The American night heron. See under <er>Night</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><ent>Quacha</ent><br/
<hw>Qua"cha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The quagga.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><ent>Quack</ent><br/
<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> <ldquo/ To <xex>quack</xex> of universal cures.<rdquo/ <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><ent>Quack</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quack</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quackery</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quack grass</ent><br/
<hw>Quack" grass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Quitch grass</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><ent>Quackish</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quackism</ent><br/
<hw>Quack"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quackery.</def> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><ent>Quackle</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quacksalver</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quade</ent><br/
<ent>Quad</ent><br/
<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<amac/t</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><ent>Quad</ent><br/
<hw>Quad</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A quadrat.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><ent>Quad</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quadra</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Quad"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Quadr<ae/</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><ent>Quadrable</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quadragenarious</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quadragene</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quadragesima</ent><br/
\'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><ent>Quadragesimal</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ra*ges"i*mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>quadrag<eacute/simal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><ent>Quadragesimals</ent><br/
<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><ent>Quadrangle</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrangular</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrans</ent><br/
\'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/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See <er>Cur</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrant</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anal. (Geom.)</fld> <def>One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate 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/
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<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrantal</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrantal</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A cube.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrat</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrate</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><q>Figures, some round, some triangle, some <qex>quadrate</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Foxe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Quadrate</xex> and cubical numbers.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <ldquo/ A <xex>quadrate</xex>, solid, wise man.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Squared; suited; correspondent.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <ldquo/ A generical description <xex>quadrate</xex> to both.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrate</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<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/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The quadrate bone.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrate</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrate</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadratic</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*rat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>quadratique</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Tetragonal.</def><br/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadratics</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadratojugal</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadratrix</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrature</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A quadrate; a square.</def> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<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/
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<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrel</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A square brick, tile, or the like.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrennial</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrennially</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*ren"ni*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Once in four years.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrennium</ent><br/
\'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/
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<p><ent>Quadri-</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadribasic</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrible</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ri*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Quadrable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Quadric</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the second degree.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadric</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadricapsular</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadriceps</ent><br/
\'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/
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<p><ent>Quadricipital</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*cip"i*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadricorn</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ri*corn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Quadricornous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any quadricornous animal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadricornous</ent><br/
<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>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having four horns, or hornlike organs; <as>as, a <ex>quadricornous</ex> beetle</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadricostate</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadridentate</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadriennial</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*en"ni*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Quadrennial</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrifarious</ent><br/
<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<eacute/</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/
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<p><ent>Quadrifid</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrifoliate</ent><br/
<ent>Quadrifoil</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrifurcated</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadriga</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Quad*ri"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Quadrig<ae/</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/
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<p><ent>Quadrigeminous</ent><br/
<ent>Quadrigeminal</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrigenarious</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrijugate</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*rij"u*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Quadrijugous</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrijugous</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrilateral</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*lat"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrilaterus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadrilat<egrave/re</ets>, <ets>quadrilat<eacute/ral</ets>. See <er>Quadri-</er> and <er>Lateral</er>.]</ety> <def>Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrilateral</ent><br/
<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/
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<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/
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<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>
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<p><ent>Quadrilateralness</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*lat"er*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The property of being quadrilateral.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadriliteral</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrille</ent><br/
<hw>Qua`dril`l<eacute/"</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<eacute/</ex> paper, or plotting paper</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrille</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The appropriate music for a quadrille.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrille</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrillion</ent><br/
<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/
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<p><ent>Quadrilobed</ent><br/
<ent>Quadrilobate</ent><br/
<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<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having four lobes; <as>as, a <ex>quadrilobate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrilocular</ent><br/
<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; <as>as, a <ex>quadrilocular</ex> heart</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrin</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF., fr. L. <ets>quadrini</ets> four each, fr. <ets>quattuor</ets> four.]</ety> <def>A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrinodal</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*nod"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>nodal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Possessing four nodes; <as>as, <ex>quadrinodal</ex> curves</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrinomial</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*no"mi*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>nomial</ets>, as in <ets>binomial</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadrin<ocir/me</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrinomical</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*nom"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Quadrinomial.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrinominal</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*nom"i*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>nominal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>Quadrinomial.</def> <rj><au>Sir W. R. Hamilton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quadripartite</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*rip"ar*tite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadripartitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>quadripartire</ets> to divide into four parts; <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>partire</ets> to divide: cf. F. <ets>quadripartite</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divided into four parts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadripartitely</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*rip"ar*tite*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In four parts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadripartition</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*par*ti"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadripartitio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadripartition</ets>.]</ety> <def>A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadripennate</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*pen"nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>pennate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having four wings; -- said of insects.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadriphyllous</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*riph"yl*lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri</ets> + Gr. <?/ leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrireme</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ri*reme</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadriremis</ets>; <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>remus</ets> an oar: cf. F. <ets>quadrir<egrave/me</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrisection</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*sec"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>section</ets>.]</ety> <def>A subdivision into four parts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrisulcate</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*sul"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri</ets> + <ets>sulcate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having four hoofs; <as>as, a <ex>quadrisulcate</ex> foot; a <ex>quadrisulcate</ex> animal.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadri-syllabical</ent><br/
<ent>Quadrisyllabic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Quad`ri*syl*lab"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Quad`ri-syl*lab"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw><def>Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; <as>as, a <ex>quadrisyllabic</ex> word</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrisyllable</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*syl"la*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>syllable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadrisyllabe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A word consisting of four syllables.</def> <rj><au>De Quincey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrivalence</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*riv"a*lence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrivalent</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*riv"a*lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + L. <ets>valens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Valence</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; <as>thus, carbon and silicon are <ex>quadrivalent</ex> elements</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrivalve</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ri*valve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>valve</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadrivalve</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; <as>as, a <ex>quadrivalve</ex> pericarp</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrivalve</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ri*valve</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrivalvular</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ri*val"vu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having four valves; quadrivalve.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrivial</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*riv"i*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrivium</ets> a place where four ways meet; <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>via</ets> way.]</ety> <def>Having four ways meeting in a point.</def> <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrivial</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*riv"i*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the four <ldquo/liberal arts<rdquo/ making up the quadrivium.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrivium</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Quad*riv"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>The four <ldquo/liberal arts,<rdquo/ arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See <er>Trivium</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadroon</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*roon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>quarteron</ets>, or Sp. <ets>cuarteron</ets>. See <er>Quarter</er> a fourth part, and cf. <er>Quarteron</er>.]</ety> <def>The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>quarteron</asp>, <asp>quarteroon</asp>, and <asp>quateron</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Quadroxide</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*rox"ide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quadri-</ets> + <ets>oxide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A tetroxide.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrumana</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Quad*ru"ma*na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Quadrumane</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the <xex>Quadrumana</xex> were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrumane</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*mane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>manus</ets> a hand: cf. F. <ets>quadrumane</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the Quadrumana.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrumanous</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*ru"ma*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruped</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*ped</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadrupes</ets>, <ets>-pedis</ets>; <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, a foot: cf. F. <ets>quadrup<egrave/de</ets>. See <er>Quadrate</er>, and <er>Foot</er>.]</ety> <def>Having four feet.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruped</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*ped</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadrupedal</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*ru"pe*dal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruplane</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*plane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadru-</ets> in comp. + E. <ets>plane</ets>.]</ety> <def>An airplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces. Contrasted with <contr>triplane</contr> <contr>biplane</contr> and <contr>monoplane</contr>. They are now used only for hobbyist or historical activities.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruple</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*ple</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadruplus</ets>, from <ets>quattuor</ets> four: cf. F. <ets>quadruple</ets>. See <er>Quadrate</er>, and cf. <er>Double</er>.]</ety> <def>Fourfold; <as>as, to make <ex>quadruple</ex> restitution; a <ex>quadruple</ex> alliance.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Quadruple time</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruple</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*ple</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>quadruple</ets>, L. <ets>quadruplum</ets>.]</ety> <def>four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; <as>as, to receive to <ex>quadruple</ex> of the amount in damages</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruple</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*ple</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Quadrupled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Quadrupling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>quadruplare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadrupler</ets>.]</ety> <def>To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.</def> <rj><au>A. Smith.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruple</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*ple</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruplet</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*plet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Quadruple</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A collection or combination of four of a kind.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl</pluf>. <def>Four children born in the same labor.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A cycle for carrying four riders, so arranged that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruplex</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*plex</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L., from <ets>quattuor</ets> four + <ets>plicare</ets> to fold.]</ety> <def>Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Quadruplex system</b></col> <fld>(Electric Telegraph)</fld>, <cd>a system by which four messages, two in each direction, may be sent simultaneously over the wire.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruplicate</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*ru"pli*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Quadruplicated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Quadruplicating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>quadruplicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>quadruplicare</ets>, fr. <ets>quadruple</ets><?/ fourfold. See <er>Quadruplex</er>.]</ety> <def>To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruplicate</ent><br/
<hw>Quad*ru"pli*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadruplicatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; <as>as, a <ex>quadruplicate</ex> ratio, or a <ex>quadruplicate</ex> proportion</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Raised to the fourth power.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruplication</ent><br/
<hw>Quad`ru*pli*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>quadruplicatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>quadruplication</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quadruply</ent><br/
<hw>Quad"ru*ply</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; <as>as, to be <ex>quadruply</ex> recompensed</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quaere</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Qu<ae/"re</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. imperative.</pos> <ety>[L., imperative of <ets>quaerere</ets> to seek.]</ety> <def>Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quaestor</ent><br/
\'d8<hw>Qu<ae/s"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Questor</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quaff</ent><br/
<hw>Quaff</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Quaffed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Quaffing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[For <ets>quach</ets>, fr. Gael. & Ir. <ets>cuach</ets> a drinking cup; cf. L. <ets>caucus</ets> a drinking vessel. Cf. <er>Quaigh</er>.]</ety> <def>To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Quaffed</xex> off the muscadel.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet<br/
<qex>Quaff</qex> immortality and joy.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quaff</ent><br/
<hw>Quaff</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To drink largely or luxuriously.</def><br/
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<p><q>Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep,<br/
And <qex>quaff</qex> with blameless Ethiops in the deep.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quaffer</ent><br/
<hw>Quaff"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who quaffs, or drinks largely.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quag</ent><br/
<hw>Quag</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A quagmire.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <ldquo/Crooked or straight, through <xex>quags</xex> or thorny dells.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quagga</ent><br/
<hw>Quag"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hottentot.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A South African wild ass (<spn>Equus quagga</spn> syn. <spn>Hippotigris quagga</spn>). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body. The species became extinct in the late 1800's, largely due to excessive hunting.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quaggy</ent><br/
<hw>Quag"gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Quag</er>, <er>Quagmire</er>.]</ety> <def>Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.</def> <ldquo/O'er the watery strath, or <xex>quaggy</xex> moss.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Collins.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quagmire</ent><br/
<hw>Quag"mire`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Quake</ets> + <ets>mire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.</def> <ldquo/A spot surrounded by <xex>quagmires</xex>, which rendered it difficult of access.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Palfrey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Quahaug</ent><br/
<ent>Quahog</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Qua"hog</hw>, <hw>Qua"haug</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. Narragansett Indian <ets>poqua<ucir/hock</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An American market clam (<spn>Venus mercenaria</spn>). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also <altname>round clam</altname>, and <altname>hard clam</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The name is also applied to other allied species, as <spn>Venus Mortoni</spn> of the Gulf of Mexico.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Quaich</ent><br/
<ent>Quaigh</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Quaigh</hw>, <hw>Quaich</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gael. <ets>cuach</ets>. Cf. <er>Quaff</er>.]</ety> <def>A small shallow cup or drinking vessel.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>quegh</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Quail</ent><br/
<hw>Quail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Qualled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Qualling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>cwelan</ets> to die, perish; akin to <ets>cwalu</ets> violent death, D. <ets>kwaal</ets> pain, G. <ets>qual</ets> torment, OHG. <ets>quelan</ets> to suffer torment, Lith. <ets>gelti</ets> to hurt, <ets>gela</ets> pain. Cf. <er>Quell</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.</def><br/
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<p><q>The atheist power shall <qex>quail</qex>, and confess his fears. <qex>I</qex>. <qex>Taylor</qex>.<br/
Stouter hearts than a woman's have <qex>quailed</qex> in this terrible winter.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- to cower; flinch; shrink; quake; tremble; blench; succumb; yield.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Quail</ent><br/
<hw>Quail</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Quell</er>.]</ety> <def>To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quail</ent><br/
<hw>Quail</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>coaillier</ets>, F. <ets>cailler</ets>, from L. <ets>coagulare</ets>. See <er>Coagulate</er>.]</ety> <def>To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quail</ent><br/
<hw>Quail</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>quaille</ets>, F. <ets>caille</ets>, LL. <ets>quaquila</ets>, <ets>qualia</ets>, <ets>qualea</ets>, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. <ets>kwakkel</ets>, <ets>kwartel</ets>, OHG. <ets>wahtala</ets>, G. <ets>wachtel</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any gallinaceous bird belonging to <gen>Coturnix</gen> and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (<spn>Coturnix communis</spn>), the rain quail (<spn>Coturnix Coromandelica</spn>) of India, the stubble quail (<spn>Coturnix pectoralis</spn>), and the Australian swamp quail (<spn>Synoicus australis</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several American partridges belonging to <gen>Colinus</gen>, <gen>Callipepla</gen>, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called <stype>Virginia quail</stype>, and <stype>Maryland quail</stype>), and the California quail (<spn>Calipepla Californica</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (<spn>Turnix varius</spn>). See <er>Turnix</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Bustard quail</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus <gen>Turnix</gen>, as <spn>Turnix taigoor</spn>, a black-breasted species, and the hill <ex>bustard quail</ex> (<spn>Turnix ocellatus</spn>). See <er>Turnix</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Button quail</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as <spn>Turnix Sykesii</spn>, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India.</cd> -- <col><b>Mountain quail</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Mountain</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Quail call</b></col>, <cd>a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range.</cd> -- <col><b>Quail dove</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to <gen>Geotrygon</gen> and allied genera.</cd> -- <col><b>Quail hawk</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the New Zealand sparrow hawk (<spn>Hieracidea Nov<ae/-Hollandi<ae/</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Quail pipe</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Quail call</cref>, above.</cd> -- <col><b>Quail snipe</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also <altname>robin snipe</altname>, and <altname>brown snipe</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea quail</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the turnstone.</cd> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Quaily</ent><br/
<hw>Quail"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Quail</er> the bird.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The upland plover.</def> <mark>[Canadian]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Quaint</ent><br/
<hw>Quaint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>queint</ets>, <ets>queynte</ets>, <ets>coint</ets>, prudent, wise, cunning, pretty, odd, OF. <ets>cointe</ets> cultivated, amiable, agreeable, neat, fr. L. <ets>cognitus</ets> known, p. p. of <ets>cognoscere</ets> to know; <ets>con + noscere</ets> (for <ets>gnoscere</ets>) to know. See <er>Know</er>, and cf. <er>Acquaint</er>, <er>Cognition</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Clerks be full subtle and full <qex>quaint</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <ldquo/ The <xex>queynte</xex> ring.<rdquo/ <ldquo/ His <xex>queynte</xex> spear.<rdquo/ <au>Chaucer.</au> <ldquo/ A shepherd young <xex>quaint</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Every look was coy and wondrous <qex>quaint</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>To show bow <qex>quaint</qex> an orator you are.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; <as>as, <ex>quaint</ex> architecture; a <ex>quaint</ex> expression.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Some stroke of <qex>quaint</qex> yet simple pleasantry.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>An old, long-faced, long-bodied servant in <qex>quaint</qex> livery.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Quaint</er>, <er>Odd</er>, <er>Antique</er>.</syn> <usage> <xex>Antique</xex> is applied to that which has come down from the ancients, or which is made to imitate some ancient work of art. <xex>Odd</xex> implies disharmony, incongruity, or unevenness. An <xex>odd</xex> thing or person is an exception to general rules of calculation and procedure, or expectation and common experience. In the current use of <xex>quaint</xex>, the two ideas of <xex>odd</xex> and <xex>antique</xex> are combined, and the word is commonly applied to that which is pleasing by reason of both these qualities. Thus, we speak of the <xex>quaint</xex> architecture of many old buildings in London; or a <xex>quaint</xex> expression, uniting at once the antique and the fanciful.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Quaintise</ent><br/
<hw>Quain"tise</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>cointise</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Craft; subtlety; cunning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer. R. of Glouces.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Elegance; beauty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quaintly</ent><br/
<hw>Quaint"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a quaint manner.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quaintness</ent><br/
<hw>Quaint"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being quaint.</def> <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quair</ent><br/
<hw>Quair</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 3d <er>Quire</er>.]</ety> <def>A quire; a book.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/The king's <xex>quhair</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>James I. (of Scotland).</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quake</ent><br/
<hw>Quake</hw> <pr>(kw<amac/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Quaked</conjf> <pr>(kw<amac/kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Quaking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>cwacian</ets>; cf. G. <ets>quackeln</ets>. Cf. <er>Quagmire</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Quaking</xex> for dread.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>She stood <qex>quaking</qex> like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; <as>as, the earth <ex>quakes</ex>; the mountains <ex>quake</ex>.</as></def> <ldquo/ Over <xex>quaking</xex> bogs.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quake</ent><br/
<hw>Quake</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>cweccan</ets> to move, shake. See <er>Quake</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To cause to quake.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quake</ent><br/
<hw>Quake</hw> <pr>(kw<amac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An earthquake.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> earthquake; tremor; temblor.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Quaker</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who quakes.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One of a religious sect founded by George <er>Fox</er>, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves <xex>Friends</xex>. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See <er>Friend</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def><br/
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<p><q>Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of repentance . . . The trembling among the listening crowd caused or confirmed the name of <qex>Quakers</qex> given to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and lay struggling as if for life.</q> <rj><qau>Encyc. Brit.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The nankeen bird.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The sooty albatross.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Any grasshopper or locust of the genus <gen>Edipoda</gen>; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Quaker buttons</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Nux vomica</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Quaker gun</b></col>, <cd>a dummy cannon made of wood or other material; -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold to the doctrine, of nonresistance.</cd> -- <col><b>Quaker ladies</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low American biennial plant (<spn>Houstonia c<ae/rulea</spn>), with pretty four-lobed corollas which are pale blue with a yellowish center; -- also called <altname>bluets</altname>, and <altname>little innocents</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Quakeress</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"er*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quakerish</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"er*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quakerism</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"er*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quakerlike</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"er*like</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a Quaker.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quakerly</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"er*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.</def> <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quakery</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quakerism.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Hallywell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quaketail</ent><br/
<hw>Quake"tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A wagtail.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quakiness</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being quaky; liability to quake.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Quaking</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. & n.</pos> from <er>Quake</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Quaking aspen</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an American species of poplar (<spn>Populus tremuloides</spn>), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See <er>Aspen</er>.</cd><-- #err in original written "Quaking asp"! --> -- <col><b>Quaking bog</b></col>, <cd>a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon.</cd> -- <col><b>Quaking grass</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>One of several grasses of the genus <gen>Briza</gen>, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. <spn>Briza maxima</spn> is the large quaking grass; <spn>Briza media</spn> and <spn>Briza minor</spn> are the smaller kinds.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Rattlesnake grass (<spn>Glyceria Canadensis</spn>).</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Quakingly</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"ing*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a quaking manner; fearfully.</def> <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Quaky</ent><br/
<hw>Quak"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Qualifiable</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fi`a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable.</def> <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Qualification</ent><br/
<hw>Qual`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>qualification</ets>. See <er>Qualify</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.</def><br/
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<p><q>There is no <qex>qualification</qex> for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; <as>as, to use words without any <ex>qualification</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Qualificative</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fi*ca*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.</def><br/
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<p><q>How many <qex>qualificatives</qex>, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this relation.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Qualificator</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fi*ca`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Qualified</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fied</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Modified; limited; <as>as, a <ex>qualified</ex> statement</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Qualified fee</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, <xex>tenants of the manor of Dale</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Qualified indorsement</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an indorsement which modifies the liability of the indorser that would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument.</cd> <au>Story.</au> -- <col><b>Qualified negative</b></col> <fld>(Legislation)</fld>, <cd>a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive.</cd> -- <col><b>Qualified property</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Competent; fit; adapted.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Qualified</er>, <er>Competent</er>. <xex>Competent</xex> is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; <xex>qualified</xex> with respect to specific acquirements and training.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Qualifiedly</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fied`ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Qualifiedness</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fied`ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being qualified.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Qualifier</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fi`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Qualify</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Qualified</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Qualifying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>qualifier</ets>, LL. <ets>qualificare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>qualis</ets> how constituted, as + <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>Quality</er>, and <er>-Fy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.</def><br/
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<p><q>He had <qex>qualified</qex> himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.</def><br/
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<p><q>It hath no larynx . . . to <qex>qualify</qex> the sound. </q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; <as>as, to <ex>qualify</ex> a statement, claim, or proposition</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.</def><br/
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<p><q>I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,<br/
But <qex>qualify</qex> the fire's extreme rage.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>In short space he has them <qex>qualified</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Qualify</ent><br/
<hw>Qual"i*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.</def><br/
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