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QTJADRANTILE.
meteors falling on Jan. 2 and 3, and having its
radiant point in the constellation Quadrans mu-
ralis. (Usu. in pi.} 1876 G. F. CHAMBERS Astron. 799.
1
Quadrantile, a. rare- .
[f. QUADRANT sb.l
+ = i*. I.
-ILE.] QUADRANTAL
1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) II. 585/2 On this pin are two
moveable collets.. to which are fixed the quadrantile wires.
t Qua'drantly, ado. Obs. rare. [f. QUADRANT
a. + -LY 2 .] Squarely; in a square form. To
multiply quadrantly^ to square.
1538 LELANO Itin. III. 33 In the midle of the Toun . . is
a House buildid quadrantly. 1581 STYWARD Mart. Discipl.
\\. 108 An order to imbattell 12. C men quadrantlie at the
sodaine. 1594 BLUNDEVIL Exerc. 1. xxvi. (1636) 62 You
must multiply the said 4 in it selfe Quadrantly, which maketh
1 6.
Quadrapertite, obs. form of QUADRIPARTITE.
Quadrat (kwo/drat). Also 8 quadrate, [var.
of QUADRATE sb^-, in special senses.]
1 1. An instrument formerly used for measuring
altitudes or distances, consisting of a square plate
with two graduated sides, sights, etc. Obs.
a 1400 in Halliwell Rara Mathematics, (1841) 65 When..
|>ou wolde mesure be heght . . make a quadrat . . J>at es to sey
a table even foure square ofwode or brasse. 1617 MINSHEU
Ductort A Quadrat, or Geometricall instrument, whereby
the distance and height of a place is knowne afarre off by
looking thorow a certaine little hole therein,, .dioftra.
f b. Two graduated sides of a square, marked in
the rectangular corner of a quadrant to facilitate
its use. Obs.
a 1400 in Halliwell Rara Mathematical (1841) 59 pe quadrat
.. whilk es descryvede .. in ^e quadrant has tuo sides.
1706 PHILLIPS (ed. Kersey), Quadrate and Line ofShadows
(on a Quadrant) is a line of natural Tangents. 1727-41
CHAMBERS Cycl.* Quadrat, .called a\s& geometrical square,
and line ofshadows, is an additional member on the face of
the common Gunter's and Button's quadrants.
2. Printing. A small block of metal, lower than
the face of the type, used by printers
for spacing ;
abbrev. QUAD $b2
1683 MOXON Mech. Exerc., Printing xxii. P 5 If his Title
..make three or more Lines, he Indents the first with an m
Quadrat. 1727-41 CHAMBERS Cye/.s.v., There are quadrats
of divers sizes, as m quadrats, n quadrats, &c. which are
respectively of the dimensions of such letters. 1824 J. JOHN-
SON Typogr. II. iii. 65 An m-quadrat is the square of the
letter to whatever fount it may belong; an n-quadrat is half
that size. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 455/1 Larger quadrats,
equal in body to two, three, or four m's.
attrib. and Comb. 1683 MOXON Meek. Exerc., Printing
viii, Head sticks .. are Quadrat high. 1894 Anier. Diet.
Printing s.v. To throw all the t pi and broken letter . . into
the quadrat box.
Quadrat, obs. form of QUADRATE.
f Qua-dratary, a. Obs. rare- 1 . [ad.L.
ratari-us: see QUADRATE sb.l and -ART 1 Re-
.]
lating to a square.
1690 LEYBOURN Curs. Math. 328 The Proportions Cubatory
and Quadratary, in relation to a Sphere's .. Periphery.
Quadrate (kwo/dwH), sbl Also 6-8 quadrat.
[ad. L. quadrdt-um sb., neut. sing, of quadrdtus
Q
UADRATE a. 1 : cf. QUADRANT s&. 2 and QUADRAT.]
fl. A square; a square area or space; also, a
rectangle or rectangular space. Obs.
1471 SIR J. PASTON in P. Lett. III. 17 What brede eche
towr takythe within iche corner off the quadrate ovyrthwert
the dorys. 1483 [see QUADRATE a. i]. 1551 RECORDE
Pathiv. Knowl. i. xxi, When any two quadrates be set forth,
howe to make a squire about the one quadrate, whiche shall
be equall to the other quadrate. 1598 BARRET Theor.
Warres in. ii. 46 A Quadrat of ground will bee of men two
times and one third more broade then long. 1658 SIR T.
BROWNE Gard. Cyrus 45 The Labyrinth of Crete, built upon
a long quadrate, containing five large squares. 1667 MILTON
1872 MIVART ,rJtt/. 121 Other bones, the lowest of which
is termed the Quadrate. 1878 [see QUADRATO- 2]. 1883
MAKTIN & MOALE Vcrtebr. Dissect, n. 103 The quadrates,
rejecting ventrally and forward and bearing the articular
Excets for the mandible.
t Quadrate, sb? Obs. Also quadrat. [App.
an alteration of QUADRANT sbJ-, through assoc. with
prec., or through misreading of ==
quadrat quadrant^
1. A quarter ; spec, of a circle. = QUADRANT sbl 4.
1551 RECORDE Pathiv. Knffivl. i. Defin., The quarter of a
circle, named a quadrate. 1604 R. CAWDREY Table Alph.,
Quadrate^ a quarter.
2. QUADRANT 5.
1551 RECORDE Path-no. Knowl. n. Pref., The arte of
Measuryng by the quadrate geometricall, and the disorders
committed in vsyng the same. Ibid.^ A newe quadrate
newely inuented by the author hereof. 1539 W. CUNNINGHAM
Cosmogr. G/assei6^ The use of the shipmans quadrat, whose
inventor was worthy D. Gemma. Ibid. 164 The hier part
of the Quadrate.
t Quadrate, sb$ Her. Obs. Also 5 quadrant,
5-6 quadrat. [Prob. identical with one or other of
the prec. sbs., but the precise origin is not clear.]
(See quots. 1486.)
1486 Bk. St. Allans^ Her. B iij, In blasyng of armys be
ix. quadrattis that is to say v. quadrate finiall and iiij.
Royal!. Ibid. B iv, Quadrat is calde in armys whan the
felde is set with sum tokyn of armys. iJ7a BOSSEWELL
Armorie n. 77 b, The Crosse thus charged, is called of olde
Heraultes, the first quadrate royall. 1586 FERNE Blaz.
Gentrie 206-209,
Quadrate (kw9*dr#), a. Also 5-7 quadrat,
[ad. L. quadrat-us, pa. pple. ofquadrare to square :
see QUADRATE z/.]
1. Square, rectangular. Now rare.
1398 TREVISA Barth. De P. R. xix. cxviii. (1495) 022
Quadrate shape and square is moost stedfaste and stable.
1483 CAXTON Gold. Leg. 332 b/2 For whanne euery beest
was quadrate as we may ymagyne In a quadrate ben foure
corners and euery corner was a penne. 1538 LELAND Itin.
III. 44 A strong Castel quadrate having at eche corner
a great Round Tower. 1560 ROLLAND Crt. Venus \. 139
Tabletis of gold, bayth quadrate als & round.
1593 NORDEN
Spec. Brit., M*sex \. 35 The form of the building is quadrate.
1813 T. BUSBY Lucretius II. iv. 437 And circular ap-
pears the quadrate pile.
1866 HUXLEY Preh. Rem. Caithn.
137 The quadrate pelvis is that which is . . compressed so
that the brim is almost quadrangular. 1880 BASTIAN Brain
77 These two pairs of . . ganglia are combined into one
quadrate mass in Hyalea.
Comb. 1610 GUILLIM Heraldry n. vii. (1660) 85 This is
termed
Quarter pierced, quasi, Quadrate pierced, for that
the piercing is square as a Trencher.
fb. Math. Of numbers or roots. -SQUARE. Obs.
^1430 Art Nombrynge (E. E. T. S.) 14, .4. is the first
nombre quadrat, and 2. is his rote. 1571 DIGGES Pantom.
i, xxv. H j, These two ioyned together make 43600, whose
Quadrate roote being about 208 pace 3 foote is the Hyoothenusall
line AC. z6xi SPEED Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii.
3 1 - S5 2 The Rings Roundnesse must remember the King
of Eternitie; the Quadrat number of Constancy. 1646 SIR
T. BROWNE Pseud. Ep. 215 Consisting of square and quad-
rate numbers [viz. 49 and 81}. 1655-60 STANLEY Hist. Phil.
(1687) 527/2 The Tetrad.. being quadrate .. is divided into
Equals.
C. Anat. in the distinctive names of certain parts
of the body having an approximately square shape.
Quadrate hone, a special bone in the head of birds and
reptiles, by which the lower jaw is articulated to the skull.
Quadrate muscle, the name of several muscles, esp. the
quadratus lumborum (of the loins), q.femoris (of the thigh),
and q. pronator (in the forearm) : see QUADRATUS.
1856-8 W. CLARK Van der Hoeveris Zool. II. 334 The
quadrate bone of birds is. .divided above into two arms.
f2. Astron. = QUARTILE