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Quadrisulcata 
A group of hoofed quadrupeds having four toes ; quadroon 
the quadrisulcate ungulate mammals. 
quadrisulcate (kwod-ri-sul'kat), a. [< NL. 
qitadrisiilcatus, < L. quattuor (quadri-), = E. 
four, + xulcug, a furrow: see suleus, silicate.] 
Having four grooves, furrows, or sulci ; spe- 
cifically, in mammal., having a four-parted 
hoof; four-toed; quadridigitate. quadr - quadro - quartic (kwod"ro-kwod"ro- 
quadrisyllabic (k\vod"ri-si-lab'ik), a. [< quad- kwar'tik), re. [< quadric + quadric + qitarttc.] 
rixi/llali(Ic) + -ii:] Consisting of four syllables; A non-plane curve formed by the intersection 
pertaining to or consisting of quadrisyllables, of two quadric surfaces. 
quadrisyllabical (kwod"ri-si-lab'i-kal), a. quadroxid, quadroxide (kwod-rok'sid, -sid or 
quadruplicity 
(kwod-ro'n'), [An alteration quadruple (kwod'ro-pl), a. and n. 
(simulating words in qiiinlri-, quadru-) of quar- 
teroon, < Sp. cuarteron, a quadroon, one who is 
one fourth black; also, a fourth part; < eunrlo. n 
fourth: see quart 1 , quarter 1 .] The offspring of 
a mulatto and a white person ; a person having 
one fourth African blood. 
[< F. quad- 
= Pg. It. quadriipl-o, < L. 
fourfold, quadrupluni, a fourfold 
quantity, < quattuor (quadru-), = E. four, + 
-t>tx, -fold: see -fold.] I. a. Fourfold; four 
times told. 
A law that to bridle theft doth punish thieves with a 
quadruple restitution hath an end which will continue as 
IOIIB as the world itself continueth. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, ill. 10. 
A quadruple Jacquard, or four separate Jacquards fixed 
in one frame. A. Barlow, Weaving, p. 276. 
[< quadrisyllable + -al.] 
labic. 
quadrisyllable (kwod-ri-sil'a-bl), n. [< L. 
qiinttuor (quadri-), = E./or, + syllaba, sylla- 
ble : see syllable.] A word consisting of four 
syllables. 
A distinction without a difference could not sustain it- 
self ; and both alike disguised their emptiness under this 
pompous quadrisyllable. 
De Quincey, Eoman Meals. (Davies.) 
quadritactic (kwod-ri-tak'tik), a. [< L. quat- 
tuor (quadri-), = E. four, + Gr. nwrotfo per- 
taining to arrangement: see tactic.] Of the 
nature of a point on a surface or skew curve 
where four consecutive points are in one 
, See tri 
quadritubercular (kwod'ri-tu-ber'ku-iar), a. 
Same as quadrituberculate. 
By the suppression of one of the primitive cusps we ar- 
rive at the quadrttubercular tooth. Nature, XLI. 467. 
quadrituberculate (kwod'ri-tu-ber'ku-lat), a. 
[< L. quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + tubercu- 
lum, tubercle : see tubercle, tuberculate.] Hav- 
ing four tubercles: as, a quadrituberculate mo- 
lar. 
quadrivalent (kwod-riv'a-lent), a. [< L. quat- 
Quadruple counterpoint, in music, counterpoint in 
which four melodies are so contrived as to be mutually usa- 
; above or below one another by transposition. Twenty- 
Same as quadrisyl- -sid), n. [< L. quattuor (quadri-, quadr-), = 1 
four, + oxid, oxide.] In chem., a compound of _ 
(kwod-ri-sil'a-bl), n. [< L. four equivalents of oxygen and one of another four different dispositions of such melodies are posi :ble. 
element, or a simple oxid containing four atoms Compare double and triple counte ;wmci J e j!,.";_ei 
of oxygen. 
quadrum (kwod'rum), n. [L., square, any- 
thing square in form, neut. of (LL.) quadrus, 
four-cornered, square : see quadra 1 , quadrate.] 
In music, same as natural, 7. 
quadruman, quadrumane (kwod'rij-man, 
-man), n. [< F. quadrumane, < NL. quadru- 
manus, four-handed: see quadrumanous.] A 
four-handed quadruped ; an animal capable of 
using all four feet as hands; specifically, a 
member of the Quadrumana. 
plane Quadritactic point. See tritactic point, un- Quadrumana (kwod-ro'ma-na), n. pi. [NL., 
dergomti. neu t. pi. of quadrumanus, four-handed: see quadruple of a given sum. 
quadrumanous.] An order of Mammalia named quadruple (kwod'rp-pl), v. ; pret. and pp. quad- 
by Blumenbach in 1791, including all kinds of rupled, ppr. quadrupling. F. quadrupler, < 
apes, monkeys, and lemurs ; the quadvumanous 
mammals : so called because their hind as well 
as fore feet can be used as hands. The term is 
scarcely used now, being superseded by Primates; but 
Primates includes both the Bimana (man alone) and the 
Quadrumana of the earlier systems. When the name 
was in vogue the Quadrumana were usually divided into 
Catarrhini, Old World apes and monkeys; Platyrrhini, 
^ __ New World monkeys ; and Strepsirrhini, lemurs. 
Tuor (quadri-)^ = E. four, -f valen(t-)s, ppr. of quadrumanous (kwod-ro'ma-nus), a. [< NL. ^ _,__ - 
valere, be strong.] In chem., noting an atom quadrumanus, four-handed, < L. quattuor (quad- 01 . as man y ; repeat itself four times. 
the equivalence of which is four, or an element -),= E. four, + manus, hand: see main*.] quadruplet (kwod'r^-plet), n. [< quadruple + 
one atom of which is equivalent, in combining Four-handed ; having all four feet fitted for _ et j f ^ny combination of four objects or 
use as hands: said of mammals, as opossums, parts grouped, united, or act ing together: as, a 
etc.; specifically, of or pertaining to the Quad- quadruplet of springs, consisting of four ellip- 
rumana. Also quadrimanous. tj e springs coupled together and acting as one 
The strongly convex upper lip frequently seen among spring. Also called quartet. 2. One of four 
the lower classes of the Irish is a modified quadnimanoui b t s j ng i e birth. 
character. E. D. Cope, Origin of thelittest, p. 291. ^^j^ f kwo d'ro-pleks), a. and . [< L. 
quadruped (kwod'rij-ped), a. and re. [= F. q,, tt( Jruplcx, fourfold, < quattuor (qtwdru-), = E. 
q^ladrupede=Pr.quadrupedi=Sp.cuaa'rupede, f nli r t + plicare, fold: see plicate.] I. a. Four- 
paper, 80 x 40 inches. [Eng. ] Quadruple demy, a size 
of printing-paper, 35 x 45 inches. [Eng.] Quadruple 
foolscap, a size of printing-paper, 27 x 34 inches. [Eng.] 
Quadruple medium, a size of printing-paper, 38 x 48 
inches. [Eng.] Quadruple post, a size of printing-pa- 
per, 32 x 40 inches. [Eng.] Quadruple pot, a size of 
printing-paper, 26 x 32 inches. [Eng. ] - Quadruple qua- 
ver, in musical notation, same as hemidemisemiquaver. 
Quadruple ratio. See ratio. Quadruple rhythm or 
time, in music, rhythm or time characterized by four beats 
or pulses to the measure. See rhythm. Quadruple roy- 
al, a size of printing-paper, 40 x 50 inches. [Eng.] 
II. ?(. A number, sum, etc., four times as great 
as that taken as the standard : as, to receive the 
LL. quadruplare, make fourfold, < L. quadru- 
plus, fourfold: see quadruple, a.] I. trans. To 
make four times as much or as many ; multiply 
by four; repeat four times; make, do, or cause 
to happen four times over. 
The trade of Scotland has been more than quadrupled 
since the first erection of the two publick banks. 
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, ii. 2. 
H. intrans. To become four times as much 
power, to four atoms of hydrogen ; tetradic ; 
tetratomic. 
quadrivalve (kwod'ri-valv), a. and n. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + valva, a door : 
see valve.] I. a. Same as quadrivalvular. 
II. n. One of a set of four folds or leaves form- 
ing a door. 
quadrivalvular (kwod-ri-val'vu-liir), a. [< L. 
quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, '+ 'NL. valvula, 
dim. of L. valva, valve : see valve.] In zool. 
and hot., having four valves or valvular parts. 
quadrivia, . Plural of quadrivium. 
cuadrupedo = Pg. quadrupede = It. quadrupeds, J ],j .' applied to a system of telegraphy in which 
:, quadripes (-ped-), f our messages may be transmitted simultane- 
quadrupedo, < L. quadrupes, 
having four feet, a four-footed creature, (quat- 
tuor (quadru-), = E. four, + pes (ped-) = E. 
ously over one wire. 
II. n. An instrument by means of which four 
quaanvia, . iriurai or quaartvmm. mur \nuurm-j, = ^. jvui, , j, VJ /i-/ ^. iA< Wi An instrument, oy means oi win 
quadrivial(kwod-riv'i-al),a.and. [<L. quad- foot.] I. a. Four-footed; having four limbs messages may be transmitted simultaneously 
rivius, having four ways, + -al. Cf. trivial.] fitted for sustaining the body and for progres- ovel . one w i re . 
I. a. 1. Having four ways meeting in a point ; sion; habitually going on all fours : opposed to Sometimes abbreviated quad. 
leading in four directions. 
A forum, with quadrivial streets. 
B. Jonson, Expostulation with Inigo Jones. 
2. Belonging to the quadrivium: thus, quad- 
rivial astrology is astrology in the sense in 
which astrology is a branch of the quadrivium 
that is, astronomy. 
aliped and biped: correlated with quadruma- quadruples (kwod'rij-pleks), v. t. [< quadni- 
nous&n&pedimanous: chiefly said of mammals, pi eX; n.] To make quadruplex; arrange for 
but also of four-footed reptiles, as lizards and f our f o id transmission. 
Liiau la, itLiuiiuuiy. _ -j_i 
II. re. One of the four arts constituting the quadrupedal 
tortoises. Compare quadrumanous. 
II. n. A four-footed or quadruped animal: 
especially, 
guished fr 
If the line is already duplexed, the phonophore will quad- 
ruplex it. Elect. Rev. (Amer.), XIV. 6. 
quadrivium. 
Thequadrivials Imeane arythmetike, musike, geome- 
tric, and astronomic & with them all skill in the per- 
spectiues, are now smallie regarded in either of them [the 
universities], Holimhed, Descrip. of England, ii. 3. 
OF, 
rupei.-.., 
ped or four-footed; especially, going on all 
fours, or adapted or restricted to that mode of 
progression : as, the quadrupedal shape ; quad- 
rupedal locomotion. 
Il.t " A quadruped. [Rare.] 
quadrivioUS (kwod-riv'i-us), a. [< L. quadri- 
vius, of the cross-roads, lit. having four ways, 
< quattuor (quadri-), = E. four, + via = E. way.] 
Going in four directions. 
When the cheese was so rotten with them [vermin] that quadrupedated (kwod'rg-pe-da-ted), a. 
The coldest of any quadrupedal. 
Uowett, Parly of Beasts, p. 11. 
only the twigs and string kept it from tumbling to pieces 
and walking off quadrimom, it came to table. 
C. lieade, Cloister and Hearth, xxiv. 
quadrivium (kwod-riv'i-um), n. 
(-ii). [< ' 
branches 
L. quad 
pi. quadrivia 
quadruped + -ate 1 + -d 2 .] Made or become 
four-footed or like a beast ; turned into a quad- 
ruped. [Bare.] 
Deformed and luxate with the prosecution of vanities ; 
make fourfold ; double twice. 
quadruplicate (kwod-ro'pli-kat), a. and n. 
[Also quadriplicatc ; < L. quadruplicatus, make 
fourfold: see the verb.] I. a. Fourfold; four 
times repeated : as, a quadruplicate ratio or pro- 
portion. Also quadriplicated. 
II. re. One of four things corresponding in 
all respects to one another, or to a common 
original. 
quadruplication (kwod-ro-pli-ka'shon), n. [= 
F. quadruplication = Sp. cuadrvplicacion = Pg. 
quadruplica^ao = It. quadrvplicazione, < LL. 
number in itself), music (treating of applied 8 idered an obstacle to a certain tind of "canonisation. foldeS twice so as to make four layers : corre- 
number), geometry (treating of stationary Southey, The Doctor, cxcix. (Dames.) i ated with ^p^a^^ .. agt the gi-eat omentum 
empire. 
quadrivoltine (kwod-ri-vol'tin), H. [< L. quat- 
tuor (quadri-), = E./or, + It. volta, turn, time, 
+ -ine 2 .] A silkworm which yields four crops 
of cocoons a year. 
rilateral having its op- 
posite or alternate sides 
equal and one pair of 
these crossing each 
other. 
Quadruplane or Contraparal- 
lelogram. 
[< ML. 
being four- 
fold/ L. quadruplex, fourfold: see quadruplex.] 
The character of being quadruplex. 
This quadruplicity. these elements, 
From whom each body takes his existence. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. &), p. 117. 
