GLOSSARY. 



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Qui'nary (Lat. qui'ni, five by five). 



Composed of five parts ; arranged 



in fives. 

 Quin'cunx (Lat. quin'que, five). An 



arrangement of five objects in a 



square, one at each corner, and 



one in the middle. 

 Quindec'agon(Lat. quin'decim, fifteen ; 



Gr. ycovia, gonia, an angle). A 



plane figure with fifteen sides and 



fifteen angles. 

 Quinquan'gular (Lat. quinq'ue, five ; 



an'gulus, an angle). Having five 



angles. 

 Quin'que (Lat. five). A prefix in 



compound words, signifying five. 

 Quin'quefid (Lat. quin'que, five; 



firido, I cleave). Five-cleft. 

 Quinquelo'bate (Lat. quin'que, five ; 



lo'bus, a lobe). Having five lobes. 

 Quinqueloc'ular (Lat. quin'que, five ; 



loc'ulus, a little space). Having 



five cells or chambers. 



Quinquepar'tite (Lat. quin'que, five ; 

 par'tio, 1 divide). Divided deeply 

 into five parts. 



Quin'sy (Corrupted from Cynanche ; 

 Gr. KVUV, JcuiJn, a dog ; a7X aj > 

 ancho, I strangle). Acute inflamma- 

 tion of the tonsils; inflammatory 

 sore throat. 



Quin'tile (Lat. quin'tus, fifth). The 

 position of the planets when they 

 are distant 72 degrees, or the fifth 

 part of a circle from each other. 



Quin'tine (Lat quin'tus, fifth). In 

 botany, the fifth coat of the ovule. 



Quintuple (Lat. quin'tus, the fifth ; 

 pit co, I fold). Five- fold. 



Quotidian (Lat. quo'tus, how many ; 

 dies, a day). Occurring every day ; 

 applied especially to a form of 

 ague. 



Quo'tient (Lat. quo' ties, how often). 

 The number showing how often one 

 number is contained in another. 



Rab'ies (Lat. fury). The disease 

 known as hydrophobia. 



Eac'eme (Lat. race'mus, a cluster of 

 grapes). In botany, a form of in- 

 florescence, consisting of a common 

 peduncle or stem, with short equal 

 lateral pedicels, as in the hyacinth. 



Eace'mose (Race' me). Bearing flow- 

 ers in racemes. 



Eachis (Gr. faxis, rha'chis, the 

 spine). In botany, a term applied 

 to the stems of ferns, and the axis or 

 stem of an inflorescence. 



Rachit'ic Gr. /5ax, rha'chis, the 

 spine). Pertaining to the back ; 

 rickety. 



EacM'tis (Gr. faxis, rha'chis, the 

 spine ; itis, denoting inflammation). 

 Literally, inflammation of the spine ; 

 but applied to the diseased state of 

 the bones, called rickets. 



Ea'dial (Lat. ra'dius, a ray ; or one 

 of the bones of the arm). Having 

 the quality or appearance of a ray ; 

 in anatomy, belonging or attached 

 to the radius, or outer bone of the 



forearm ; in astronomy, applied, 

 in the theory of variable orbits, to 

 that component part of the dis- 

 turbing force which acts in the 

 direction of the radius vector. 



Ea'diant (Lat. ra'dius, a ray). Send- 

 ing out rays, as from a centre. 



Eadia'ta (Lat. ra'dius, a ray). A sub- 

 division of invertebrate animals, 

 characterised by having the parts of 

 the body regularly disposed round 

 a common centre ; as the star- fish. 



Ea'diated (Lat. ra'dius, a ray). Hav- 

 ing rays or lines proceeding from a 

 centre. 



Ea'diation (Lat. ra'dius, a ray). The 

 shooting of anything, as light, from 

 a centre ; the emission of light and 

 heat, or sound, in all directions, 

 like rays, from a body. 



Ead'ical (Lat. ra'dix, a root). Be- 

 longing to or arising from the root ; 

 in philology, a primitive or original 

 word ; in chemistry, a compound 

 body which enters into combination 

 after the manner of a simple body ; 



