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rows ; proceeding from all the 

 sides of the branch. 



quadrifid, a., kwod'ri-fid (L. 

 quadrifidus, four - cleft from 

 quatuor, four ; findo, I cleave), 

 in lot., four-cleft; cut down 

 into four parts to about the 

 middle. 



quadrifurcate, a., kwtidlrf'ferKdt 

 (L. quadrans, a fourth part ; 

 furca, a two-pronged fork), in 

 bot., doubly forked ; divided 

 into two pairs: quadrijugate, a., 

 kwod-ridf-ug-dt (L. jugum, a 

 yoke), in bot., a compound leaf 

 with four pairs of leaflets. 



quadrigeminous, a., JnoOd^ri'fSm^ 

 m-us, also quadrigeminal, a., 

 -jem'-in-al (L. quadrans, a fourth 

 part; gemini, twins), four-fold ; 

 having four similar parts : quad- 

 rifoliate, a., kutid'-rt-fdl'-t-at (L. 

 folium, a leaf), in bot., having 

 four leaflets diverging from the 

 same point : quadrigeminal 

 bodies, four neighbouring emin- 

 ences on the upper surface of the 

 ' pons varolii ' in the brain. 



quadrilocular, a., kw8d'ri'ldk'ul' 

 dr (L. quadrans, a fourth part ; 

 loculus, a little space), in bot., 

 having four cells or chambers : 

 quadripartite, a., Icwod-rip'-drt-it 

 or kw8d'ri'pdrt'it (L. partltus, 

 divided), deeply divided into 

 four parts. 



Quadrumana, n. plu., kwdd-rdm' 

 dn'd (L. quadrans, a fourth 

 part ; manus, the hand), the 

 Order of Mammals which have 

 four hand-like extremities, as in 

 the monkey tribe : quadrum'an- 

 ous, a., -an-us, having four 

 hands. 



qualitative, a., Icwol'it-at-w (L. 

 qudlUas, a quality or property 

 from qudlis, of what sort or kind), 

 in chem. analysis, intended 

 merely to determine the nature 

 or quality of component parts of 

 any compound. 



quantitive, a., Icw&n&U-iv (L. 

 quantltas, greatness from quant- 



us, how great), relating to quan- 

 tity ; in chem. , having regard to 

 the quantity of the ingredients in 

 any given compound. 



quaquaversal, a. , kwd'kwa-vers'-dl 

 (L. quaqua, on every side ; vers- 

 us, turned), dipping on all sides ; 

 directed every way. 



quarantine, n., kwor'-an-ten (It. 

 quarantina, quarantine; L. quad- 

 raginta, forty), the time during 

 which a ship arriving from an in- 

 fected port, home or foreign, must 

 refrain from communicating with 

 the shore, except under medical 

 control, and at a fixed place ; 

 originally extending over forty 

 days, but now much more re- 

 stricted. 



quartan, a., Icwdwrt'-an (It. and 

 L. quartana, the quartan ague ; 

 L. quartus, fourth), occurring 

 every fourth day, applied to a 

 form of ague. 



quartine, a. , kwdwrt'-m (L. quart- 

 us, the fourth), in bot. , the fourth 

 coat of the ovule, which is often 

 changed into albumen. 



Quassia, n., kwdsh'-t-ti (after a 

 negro, Quassy, who first dis- 

 covered its qualities), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Simarubacese : 

 Quassia aniara, dm-dr f -d (L. 

 amdrus, bitter), a tall shrub of 

 Guiana, etc., which originally 

 yielded Quassia wood; the Quassia 

 of the shops is obtained from 

 Picraena excelsa, a large forest 

 tree of W. Indian islands ; used 

 in medicine in infusion and tinc- 

 ture as a tonic and anthelmintic, 

 frequently mixed in beer for 

 hops, against the law : quassin, 

 n., kwfo'in, the bitter crystalline 

 principle of Quassia. 



quaternate, a., kwtft-ern''&6 (L. 

 quaterni, four each from quat- 

 uor, four), arranged in fours ; in 

 bot., having leaves growing in 

 fours from one point. 



queasy, a., kwez'i (Icel. quasa, to 

 pant ; queisa, colic), sickish at 

 stomach ; squeamish : queasi- 



