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QUA 



e*rx;i, and dried in the shade for two or 

 uvjre years: used in some parts for build- 

 lag, and so named because it is square. 



QUAORICAP'SULAR, from quadra and 

 capsula : having four capsules to a 

 flower. 



QVADRIDEN'TATE, from quadra and 

 dentatus, toothed : four-toothed. A bo- 

 tanical term. 



QUAD'RIFID. from quadra and fidus, 

 cut: four-cleft. A botanical term. 



QCADRI'GA, from quatuor, four, and 

 juyum, yoke. An ancient chariot drawn 

 by four horses abreast. 



QUADRILAT'ERAL, from quatuor, four, 

 and latus, a side : four-sided. 



QUADRILL'E (French). 1. A game played 

 by four persons, with 40 cards, being the 

 remainder of the pack after the four tens, 



nines and eights are thrown out. 2. 



A dance, in which eight persons usually 

 join. 



QtrADRiLo'BATE, from quatuor and loba- 

 *i,lobed: four-lobed. 



QUADRILO'CULAR, from quatuor and lo- 

 cularis, celled : four-celled. 



QUADRIMA'NI. A tribe of Carabici, so 

 named from the arrangement of the 

 joints of the tarsi, and the quadrate 

 shape of the thorax : quadra and mantis, 

 a hand. There are many genera, as Aci- 

 nopus, Daptus, Harpalus, &c., all pre- 

 ferring sandy and hot localities. 



QUADRIPHYL'LOUS, from quatuor and 

 fnXAc*, a leaf: four-leaved. A botanical 

 term. 



QDADRIP'LICATE, from quatuor and plica, 

 a fold : having four folds or plaits. A term 

 in conchology. 



QUADRIRE'ME, from quatuor and remus, 

 an oar. An ancient ship of war, furnished 

 with four rows of oars. 



QUADBISUL'CATA, from quatuor and sul- 

 CM, a furrow. Applied to ungulate 

 quadrupeds, whose hoofs are divided 

 into four digits. 



QUADHIVAL'VDLAR, from quatuor and 

 talva, a valve: having four valves. A 

 term in botany. 



QUADRIV'IUM (Lat.). The four lesser 

 arts arithmetic, music, geometry, and 

 astronomy. 



QUADRO'ON, from quadra ; quatuor, 

 four. A name in Mexico, &c. for the off- 

 spring of a Mulatto woman by a white 

 man : a person quarter-blooded. 



QUA'DRUM. In music, the same as 

 natural. 



QcAimu'MANA, from quadra and manus, 

 a hand. The name of the second order 

 of mammalia, in Cuvier's arrangement, 

 including all the monkey tribes, which 

 are very numerous. 



QUADRUPE'DIA, quatuor, and pes, foot. 

 All vertebrate animals, fitted with four 

 extremities for progression, were for- 



merly so termed ; but the term is no 

 longer used as indicative of a particular 

 group of animals. 



QU^ES'TOR. An officer among the Ro 

 mans, who had the manappjuent of tht 

 public treasury. 



QUAIL. A migratory bird, somewhat 

 smaller 'than the partridge. It is the 

 least of all the gallinaceous birds. See 



COTURMX. 



QCA'KERS. A Christian sect, otherwise 

 called Friends, which sprung up in Eng- 

 land during the protectorate of Crom- 

 well. They have few articles of faith, 

 insist chiefly on moral virtue, mutual 

 charity, the love of God, and a deep 

 attention to the feelings and emotions of 

 the mind, which they regard as the secret 

 workings of the Holy Spirit. Their wor- 

 ship is devoid of ceremonies, and they 

 uniformly profess great probity and up- 

 rightness in their dealings, and affect the 

 utmost frugality in their manner of liv- 

 ing, and singular plainness and simplicity 

 in their dress. 



QUALITATIVE. Regarding the qualities 

 or properties of a body, without reference 

 to quantity. 



QUAL'ITY, Lat. qualitas, from qualis, 

 such. Property. Qualities are natural and 

 accidental. Whiteness is a natural quality 

 of snow ; figure and dimension are natural 

 qualities of solids ; but blue is an acci- 

 dental or adventitious quality of cloth ; and 

 all determinate figures, as cube, square, 

 sphere, &c. are accidental qualities of solids. 

 Essential qualities are such as are necessary 

 to constitute a thing what it is : sensible 

 qualities are such as are cognisable by the 

 senses, as colour, smell, taste, &c. 



QUANTITATIVE. Regarding quantities ; 

 as a quantitative analysis of any chemical 

 compound. 



QDAN'TITY, Lat. quantitas, from quan- 

 tus, how much. Inphysics, that property 

 of anything which may be increased or 

 diminished. In mathematics, any portion, 

 definite or indefinite, known or unknown, 

 of any magnitude whatever, which can 

 be expressed by units. In algebra, quan- 

 tities are called positive, when they have 

 the sign + prefixed, and negative when 

 the sign is prefixed. All positive quan- 

 tities are greater than, and all negative 

 quantities are less than, 0. Quantities 

 are said to be given when they are known, 

 and unknown when they are not given. 

 Given or known quantities are denoted 

 by a, 6, c, &c. ; and unknown quantities 

 by z, y, x, &c. In grammar, quantity de- 

 notes the measure and magnitude of syl- 

 lables, or that which determines them to 

 be called long or short ; or it is the mea- 

 sure of time in pronouncing a syllable. 



QUAN'TUM (Latin). The quantity. In 

 law, quantum meruit, an action on the 

 case, grounded on the necessity to pay c 



