quadrille 
quadrille (kwod-ril' or ka-dril'), n. and a. [< 
F. quadrille, m., a game at cards, a square 
dance, music for such a dance, < Sp. cuadrillo, 
m., a small square (cf. F. quadrille, f., a troop 
of horsemen, < Sp. cuadrilla, a troop of horse- 
men, a meeting of four persons, < It. quadriijliu 
= Pg. quadrillta, a troop of horsemen), dim. of 
ciuulro, m., cuadra, f., < L. quadrant, n., quadra, 
f., a square: see quadrum, quadra*. Cf. quar- 
rel 2 ."] I, n. 1. A game played by four persons 
with forty cards, which are the remainder of 
the pack after the tens, nines, and eights are 
discarded. 
They taught him with address and skill 
To shine at ombre and quadrille. 
Cawlhorn, Birth and Education of Genius. 
Quadrille, a modern game, bears great analogy to ombre, 
with the addition of a fourth player, which Is certainly a 
great improvement. sinttt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 436. 
2. A square dance for four couples, consisting 
regularly of five parts or movements, each com- 
plete in itself namely, le pantalon, I'ete, la 
poule, la trenise (or la pastourelle), and la fi- 
nale. These parts are adaptations of popular society 
dances. They were combined in their present order about 
1800, and were soon adopted in France, England, and Ger- 
many, giving rise to a quadrille mania similar to the later 
polka mania. 
3. Any single set of dancers or maskers ar- 
ranged in four sets or groups. [Bare.] 
At length the four quadrilles of maskers, ranging their 
torch bearers behind them, drew up in their several ranks 
on the two opposite sides of the hall. 
Scott, Kenilworth, xxxvil. 
4. Any square dance resembling the quadrille. 
5. Music for such square dances. For the move- 
limits of the quadrille proper the rhythm is either sextuple 
or duple, and each section is usually 82 measures long. 
Quadrille music is usually adapted or arranged, uot spe- 
cially written for the purpose. 
II. a. Same as qmidrilU. 
quadrille (kwod-rir or ka-dril'), v. i.; pret. and 
pp. quadrilled,ppr. quadrilling. [< quadrille, n.] 
1. To play at quadrille. Imp. Diet. 2. To 
dance quadrilles. 
While thus, like motes that dance away 
Existence in a summer ray, 
These gay things, born but to quadrille, 
The circle of their doom fulfil. 
Moore, Summer Fete. 
quadril!6 (ka-dre-lya'), a. [F., < 'quadrille, a 
small square, < Sp. cuadrillo, a small square : see 
quadrille.'] Divided or marked off into squares ; 
having a pattern composed of small squares: 
said of textile fabrics, writing-papers ruled with 
lines crossing at right angles, and the like. 
quadrillion (kwod-ril'yon), n. [< F. quadril- 
lion, < L. quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + F. 
(m)illion, > E. million^.] The fourth power of 
a million according to the system of numera- 
tion called English; but the fifth power of a 
thousand according to the French system, com- 
monly used in the United States. 
quadrilobate (kwod-ri-16'bat), a. [< L. quattuor 
(quadri-), = E.four, + NL. lobus, lobe.] In bot. 
and zool., having four lobes or lobules. 
quadrilobed (kwod'ri-lobd), a. [< L. quattuor 
(quadri-), = E.four, + NL. lobus, lobe, + -ed^.] 
Same as quadrilobate. 
quadrilocular (kwod-ri-lok'u-lar), a. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), =E. four, '+ I'oculus, a cell.] 
1. In bot., having four cells or compartments; 
four-celled: as, a quadrilocular pericarp. 2. 
In anat. and zool., having four cavities or com- 
partments: chiefly an epithet of the heart of 
mammals and birds. 
quadriloculate (kwod-ri-lok'u-lat), a. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + loculus, cell: 
see loculits, loeulate.] Same as quadrilocular. 
quadriloge (kwod'ri-loj), . [ OF. quadri- 
logue, < L. quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + Or. 
Myof, a saying, speaking, discourse : see Logos.'] 
1. A book written in four parts, as "Childe 
Harold's Pilgrimage." 2. Any narrative de- 
pending on the testimony of four witnesses, as 
the four Gospels. 3. Any work compiled from 
four authors, as the "Life of Thomas a Beck- 
et." Brewer. [Rare in all senses.] 
The very authonrs of the qitadriloge itself e . . . doe all, 
with one pen and mouth, acknowledge the same. 
Lambarde, Perambulation (1698), p. 616. (Halliwell.) 
Quadrimani (kwod-rim'a-ni), n. pi. [NL., pi. 
of quadrimanus : see quadrimanous.] In La- 
treille's system of classification, a group of cara- 
boid beetles, typified by the genus Harpalus, 
having the four anterior tarsi dilated in the 
males: distinguished from Sin>licimani and 
Patellimani. See Harpalime. 
quadrimanous (kwod-rim'a-nus), a. [< NL. 
quadrimanus, four-handed, < L. quattuor (quad- 
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r'-), = E.four, + manus, hand. Cf. qtiadru- 
maiious.] ' Same as quadrumanous. 
At this malicious game they display the whole of their 
quadrimanous activity. 
Burke, Eev. in France, Works, III. 199. 
quadrimembral (kwod-ri-mem'bral), a. [< LL. 
quiidrimfiiibris, four-limbed, four-footed, < L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + membrum, a 
limb, a member.] Having four members (or 
parts) as limbs: as, most vertebrates are quad- 
rimembral. 
quadrint, quadrinet (kwod'rin), . [< ML. 
quadrinus (f); cf. L. qnadran(t-)s, the fourth 
part of an as: see quadrans, quadrant.] A 
mite; a small piece of money, in value about 
a farthing. 
One of her paramours sent her a purse full of qundriiitg 
(which are little pieces of copper money) instead of silver. 
North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 722. 
quadrinomial (kwod-ri-no'rai-al), a. and n. [< 
L. quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + nom(en), 
name (see name 3 ), + -al. Cf. binomial, etc.] 
I. a. In alg., consisting of four terms. 
II. n. In alg., an expression consisting of 
four terms. 
quadrinomical (kwod-ri-nom'i-kal), a. [As 
qnadrinom(ial) + -ic-al.] Quadrinomial. 
quadrinominal (kwod-ri-nom'i-nal), a. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E.four, + noiiien (nomin-), 
name: see nomen, nominal.] Having four 
terms; quadrinomial. 
quadrinucleate (kwod-ri-nu'kle-at), a. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + nucleus, a nu- 
cleus: see nucleate.] In bot., having four nu- 
clei, as the spores of some fungi. 
quadrinvariant (kwod-rin-va'ri-ant), n. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, +"E. invariant.] 
An invariant of the second order in the coeffi- 
cients. 
quadripara (kwod-rip'a-rS), n. [NL., < L. quat- 
tuor (quadri-), = E. four, '4- parei-e, bring forth, 
bear.] A woman who is bearing a child for the 
fourth time. 
Quadriparae (kwod-rip'a-re), n. pi. [NL., fern, 
pi.' of quadriparus : see quadriparous.] A group 
of birds proposed by E. Newman in 1875, being 
those which lay four eggs, and only four, and 
place them with the small ends together in the 
middle of the nest: it includes snipes, sand- 
pipers, plovers, etc., and is practically equiva- 
lent to Limicolie, 1. 
quadriparous (kwod-rip'a-rus), a. [< NL. 
quadnparus,<. L. quattuor '(quadri-), = E.four, 
+ parere, bring forth, bear.] In ornith., lay- 
ing four eggs, and only four; being of the 
Quadriparee : as, quadriparous birds. Newman. 
tire, divide into four), < quattuor (quadri-), = 
E. four, + partitus, pp. of partire, divide, sepa- 
rate, distribute : see part, v., partite, etc.] I. 
a. Divided into four parts ; specifically, in bot. 
and zoitl., parted into four; divided to the base 
or entirely into four parts; in arch., divided, as 
Quadripartite Vault. Nave of Amiens Cathedral, France. 
a vault, by the system of construction em- 
ployed, into four compartments. Such a vault is 
the cardinal type of medieval Pointed vaulting. 
Squire Headlong . . . was quadripartite in his locality : 
that is to say, he was superintending the operations in 
four scenes of action namely, the cellar, the library, 
the picture-gallery, and the dining-room. 
Peacock, Headlong Hall, ii. 
II. n. A book or treatise divided into four 
parts or treatises ; a tetrabiblion : as, the last 
Quadrisulcata 
twobooksof Ptolemy's Quadripartite; the quad- 
ripartite (four Gospels) of the New Testament. 
quadripartitely (kwod-ri-par'tit-li), adv. In 
four divisions ; in a quadripartite distribu- 
tion. 
quadripartition (kwod'ri-par-tisb'on), n. [< 
L. qiiadfipai'titio(n-), a division into four, < 
quadripartitus. divided into four: see quail ri- 
partitc.] A division by four or into foiir parts. 
Nor would it, perhaps, be possible to entirely deny the 
position of one who should argue that this convenient 
quadri-partition of the month was first in order of time. 
Contemporary Rev., L. 628. 
quadripennate (kwod-ri-peu'at), a. and . 
[< L. quattuor (quadri-), = E.four, + pemta, 
wing: see penna, peiniate."] I. a. In ciitinu.. 
having four wings that is, four functional 
wings, an anterior pair being not converted 
into elytra or wing-cases. 
II. ii. A four-winged or quadripennate in- 
sect, 
quadriphyllous (kwod-ri-fil'us), a. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + Gr. ft/Man = 
LI. folium, leaf.] In bot., having four leaves; 
quadrifoliate. 
quadriplanar (kwod-ri-pla'nS,r), a. [< L. quat- 
tuor (quadri-), = E.four, + NL'. planum, a plane : 
see ptane\ planar.] Formed by four planes. 
Quadriplanar coordinates. See coordinate. 
quadriplicate (kwod-rip'li-kat), o. and . Same 
as qitadrnjilicate. 
quadriplicated (kwod-rip'li-ka-ted), a. Same 
as quadruplicate. 
quadripulmonary (kwod-ri-purmo-na-ri), a. 
[< L. quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, +' L. pul- 
mo(n-), lung: see pulmonary.'] In Aracltnidn, 
having two pairs of pulmonary sacs; tetra- 
pueumonous: opposed to bipiilmonary. 
quadriquadric (kwod-ri-kwod'rik), a. and n. [< 
quadri(c) + quadric.] I. a. Of the second de- 
gree in each of two variables or sets of variables. 
II. H. A skew quartic curve, the intersection 
of two quadric surfaces. There are other quar- 
tics not of this description. 
quadriradiate (kwod-ri-ra'di-at), a. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + radius, ray (> 
radiatus, radiate): see radiate.'] Having four 
rays, as a fish's fin; tetractinal, as a sponge- 
spicule; in bot., having four radii or prolonga- 
tions: as, a quadriradiate mass of chlorophyl. 
quadrireme (kwod'ri-rem), n. [< L. quadri- 
remis (LL. also quatriremis), a vessel fitted 
with four banks of oars,< quattuor (quadri-), = 
E. four, + remus, oar: see oar 1 .] A galley 
with four banks of oars or rowers, mentioned 
as in use occasionally among the ancient Greeks 
and Romans. 
quadrisacramentalist (kwod-ri-sak-ra-men'- 
tal-ist), H. [< L. quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, 
f sacramentum, sacrament, + -<il + -int.'] Same 
as quadrisacramentarian. 
quadrisacranientarian (kwod-ri-sak*'ra-men- 
ta'ri-an), n. [< L. quattuor (quadri-), = E. 
four, + sacramentum, sacrament, + -arian.~\ 
One of a small body of German Protestants in 
the middle of the sixteenth century, who held 
that the four sacraments of baptism, the eu- 
charist, holy orders, and absolution are requi- 
site for salvation. 
quadrisection (kwod-ri-sek'shon), n. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four," + sectio(n-), a 
cutting : see section."] A section into four equal 
parts. 
quadriseptate (kwod-ri-sep'tat), a. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E.four, + septum, a parti- 
tion : see septum, septate.'] Having four septa 
or partitions. 
quadriserial (kwod-ri-se'ri-al), a. [< L. quat- 
tuor (quadri-), = E. four, -f- series, a row : see 
serial. ] Set or arranged in four rows or series ; 
four-rowed; quadrifarious; tetrastichous. 
The production of the ambulacral element in some star- 
fishes is much more rapid than general growth, thus pro- 
ducing a crushing together of the plates in the direction 
of the length, in some cases carried to such an extent that 
the tube-feet in each furrow become quadriserial. 
Amer. Nat., Feb., 1890, p. 161. 
quadrisetose (kwod-ri-se'tos), a. [< L. quat- 
tuor (quadri-), = 'E.four, + seeta, seta, a bristle : 
see seta, setose.] In entom., bearing four setse 
or bristles. 
quadrispiral (kwod-ri-spi'ral), . [< L. quat- 
tuor (quadri-), =E.four, + spira, a coil, a spire : 
see spire, spiral.] In lot., having four spirals. 
Elaters [of Fimbriaria] rather short, uni-quadrispiral. 
Underwood, Hepaticte of N. A., p. 39. 
Quadrisulcata (kwod'-ri-sul-ka'tji), n./il. [NL., 
neut. pi. of quadrisulcatm : see qiiadrisulcate.] 
