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Letter Q



Quad \Quad\, Quade \Quade\, a. [Akin to AS. cw[=ae]d, cwead, dung, evil, G. kot, dung, OHG. qu[=a]t.] Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] more...
Quadra \Quad"ra\, n.; pl. Quadr[ae]. [L., a square, the socle, a platband, a fillet.] (Arch.) (a) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. (b) A fillet, or listel. [1913 Webster]See also: Quadr[ae] more...
Quadrable \Quad"ra*ble\, a. [See Quadrate.] (Math.) 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. [1913 Webster]See also: Quadrate more...
Quadra \Quad"ra\, n.; pl. Quadr[ae]. [L., a square, the socle, a platband, a fillet.] (Arch.) (a) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. (b) A fillet, or listel. [1913 Webster]See also: Quadr[ae] more...
Quadragenarious \Quad`ra*ge*na"ri*ous\, a. [L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each.] Consisting of forty; forty years old. [1913 Webster] more...
Quadragene \Quad"ra*gene\, n. [LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each, akin to quadraginta forty.] (R. C. Ch.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance. [1913 Webster] more...
Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. [1913 Webster] Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter. [1913 Webster]See also: Four Quadragesima Sunday more...