p. p. of Quail. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Print.) A quadrat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [ Cant or Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
a. [ See Quadrate. ] (Math.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each. ] Consisting of forty; forty years old. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each, akin to quadraginta forty. ] (R. C. Ch.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four. ] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Quadragesima Sunday,
a. [ Cf. F. quadragésimal. ] Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Print.) A quadrat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [ Cant or Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
a. [ See Quadrate. ] (Math.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each. ] Consisting of forty; forty years old. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each, akin to quadraginta forty. ] (R. C. Ch.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four. ] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Quadragesima Sunday,
a. [ Cf. F. quadragésimal. ] Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday. [ 1913 Webster ]