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QUADBI-.
They separate the *quadriceps extensor muscle from the
others. 1585 T. WASHINGTON tr. Nicholay's Voy. xi. ix. 42
Terpandre the famous Musition, which joined the seventh
string to the *quadricord. 1728 R. NORTH Mem. Music
(1846)34 That these might augment the voice is certain, but ,
then they must be tuned to the quadrichord. 1884 Cycl.
Tour. Club Gaz. Mar. 86/1 A *quadricycle of the form of the
Coventry. 1822 T. TAYLOR Apuleius, On GodofSocrates 300
There arc four most known elements, nature being as it were
quad rifuriously separated into large parts. 1845 Lu. CAMP-
'
quadriformis : see QUADBI-
and -FOBM. Cf. obs.
F. qttadriforme^\ Having four forms or aspects.
1668 H. MORE Dili. Dial. v. x. (1713) 440 This quadriform
aspect of the Cherubims. 1850 NEALE Med. Hymns (1867)
109 Quadriform His Acts, which writing They produce
before our eyes. 1858 MAYNE Expos. Lex., Quadri/onms,
..applied to a crystal which presents the combination of
four distinct forms, .quadriform. 1874 Supernat. Rtttf, II.
in. ii. 476 Quadriform is the Gospel, and quadrifonn the
course of the Lord.
QUADBILITERAL.
quadrinu*cle ate ; quadripe'nnate, having four
wings (Worcester, 1846) ; f quadriphy llous (see
quot.) ; quadripi'nnate, having four pinnte or
side leaflets ; quadripo'lar, having four poles or
centres of division in a cell ; quadripirlmonary,
of : spiders having two pairs of pulmonary sacs
(Cent.Dict^}\ quadrira'diate (see quot.); quadriee'ptate,
having four septa or dissepiments ; quadrise'rial,
arranged in four series or rows ; quadrise-tose,
having four setae or bristles (Cent* Viet.} ;
quadrispi'ral ; f quadrisulc [late L. -suffus],
quadrisu'lcate(d), having four grooves or furrows,
having a four-parted hoof; quadritube'rcular,
-tube'reulate ; qua'drivalve, -va'lvular.
1856-8 W. CLARK Van der HoeverCs Zool. I. 321 Abdomen
*quadriannulate, oval, 1826 KIRBY & SP. Entomol. IV.
325 *Quadriarticulate. 1834 MMURTRIE Cuvier's Anim.
Kingd. 361 The Insects . . are remarkable . . for their short
*quadriarticulated tarsi. 1731 BAILEY vol. II, *Quadricapsular,
. . having a seed pod divided into four partitions.
1857 BERKELEY Cryptog. Bot. 163 The biciliate . . spores do
not arise.. from the same tissue as the *quadriciliate. 1854
OWEN Skel. $ Teeth in Circ. Sc,, Organ. Nat. I. 299 The
three true molars are *quadricuspid. 1839-47 TODD Cycl.
Anat. III. 264/2 The three *quadricuspidate grinders of the
upper jaw. 1760 J. LEE Introd. Bot. I. xv. (1765) 39
*Ouadridentate, split into four segments. 1828 STARK
Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 159 Body covered with a reddish
down, ..front quadridentate. 1858 MAYNE Exj>os. Lex.,
Quadridigitatus, .. applied to a leaf, the petiole of which
terminates in four folioles . . *quadridigitate. 1866 Treas.
Bot. 947/1 *Quadri/oliate. 1884 BOWER & SCOTT De Bary's
Plianer. 341 The leaves, .are ranged in alternating, usually
quadrifoliate whorls. 1777 PENNANT Zool, IV. 7 Cr. with
a *quadri-furcated snout. 1839-47 TODD Cycl. Anat. III.
686/1 The *quadrigeminal bodies rest upon two processes
of fibrous matter. 1856 TODD & BOWMAN Phys. Anat, II.
39 From the quadrigeminal tubercles to the chiasma. 1866
*
Treas. Bot. 947/1 Quadrihilate, having four apertures, as
is the case in certain kinds of pollen. 1819 Pantologia X,
*Quadrilobate leaf. 1839-47 TODD Cycl. Anat. III. 607/2
These cords . . encircle the oesophagus above which they
develope a quadrilobate ganglion. 1775 JENKINSON tr. Linnxiis
Brit. Plants 255 *Quadrilocnlar. 1835 LiNDLEY
Introd. Bot. (1839) I. 176 The anther could not originally
be quadrilocular, because it opens by two fissures only.
1731 BAILEY vol. I \*Quadriphyllous^. .Plants whose flowers
have [four] leaves or petals. 1881 Card. Chron. XVI. 685
The fronds are *quadripinnate in the lower and more compound
portions. 1867 J. HOGG Microsc. H. ii. 400 Some
Smyrna sponges, and species of Geodia, have four rays
*quadriradiate. 1887 W. PHILLIPS Brit. Discomycetes 149
Pallid; cups clavate, substipitate ; margin incurved ; sporidia
. . long, *quadriseptate. 1839 JOHNSTON in Proc. Berw.
Nat. Clitb I. No. 7. 199 Suckers of the . . tentacula *quadriserial.
1693 Phil' Trans- XVII. 934 Musk he takes to be . .
secreted in its proper Cystis near the Navil of a ^Quadrisulc
Animal like a Deer. 1775 JENKINSON tr. Linnaeus Brit.
Plants 255 *Qnadrisulcated. 1856-8 W. CLARK Van der
Hoevens Zool. II. 753 The two other true molars *quadrituberculate.
1785 MARTYN Ronsseatt's Bot. xvi. 199 The
capsule is *quadnvalve [ed. 1794 quadrivalvular] or opens
into four parts. H.
1875
C. WOOD Therap. (1879) 268
Readily distinguished by its . . quadrivalve spinescent capr
sules. 1762 RUSSELL in Phil. Trans. LII. 556 What
appeared to be the mouth, was situated a little below the
apex, and was "quadrivalvular.
H. Sbs., vbs., and advs., chiefly from adjs. in I :
quadricente'nuial, a four hundredth anniversary ;
quadriceps (extensor) [cf. BICEPS], a large muscle
of the leg, having four heads ; qua'drichord
[late L. -chorduiri\ = TETBAOHORD ; qua'dricorn,
an animal with four horns or antennae (Brande
Diet. Set. 1 842) ; qua'dricycle, a four-wheeled
cycle ; quadrifa'riously adv., in a fourfold manner
; qufvdrifoil = QUATREFOIL ; qua'drifurcation
a , division into four branches ; quadri'gamist
[L. -gamus], one four times married; qua'drilogue,
an account by four persons ; a dialogue
between four ; quadrHogy, a tetralogy ; quadripe'nnate,
a four-winged insect (Brande, 1842) ;
quadripo'rticus, a colonnade or peristyle round
a quadrangular building or space ; qua drisacrame'ntalist,
-sacramenta Tian, a name applied to
some i6th c. German reformers who held Baptism,
the Eucharist, Confession and Orders to be sacraments
(Blunt Diet. Sects 1874); qua'drisect v. t
to divide into four equal parts; hence quadrise-ction
; quadrisu'lcate, a four-toed animal
(Brande, 1842) ; quadrisyllable, a word of four
syllables ; quadri valence, the power of an atom
or radical to combine with four univalent atoms ;
quadrrvalent, a quadrivalent element ; qua'driyalve,
a BELL Chancellors (1857) I. xili. 198 The scholar .. stuffs his
volume with firstling violets, roses, and *quadrifoils. 1884
we forget the precise number of his marriages, a 1556 CRAN-
MER Wks. (Parker Soc.) 1. 66 Your wise dialogue, or *quadrilogue,
between the curious questioner, the foolish answerer,
your wise catholic man standing by, and the mediator.
1570-6 LAMBARDE Peramb. Kent (1826) 358 The Quadriloge
of Beckets life, a 1656 USSHER in Gutch Coll. Cur. I. 46
Thomas Becket (as we read in the Quadrilogue, or Quadripartite
History of his Life). 1865 Athenseum No. 1950.
355/3 His *quadrilogy of Nibelungen operas. 1849 FREE-
MAN A rchit. 276 The form of Amru's mosque
plant with a quadrivalvular seed-pod ; an
instrument, esp. a speculum, with four valves;
T" quadri'virate, a union of four men.
i88a Standard 23 Aug. 5/1 To celebrate their *quadricentennial
with a banquet. 1840 G. V. ELLIS Anat. 636
. . being a mere
*quadriporticus round an open space. 1865 C. R. WELD
Last Winter_Rome 97 Among the most remarkable features
of this building, .are the Atrium and quadriport icus. 1809
CAVENDISH in Phil. Trans. XCIX. 227 In *quadrisecting,
the error of the middle point = ae. 1673 WALLIS in Rigaud
Corr. Set. Men (1841) II. 571 We find, by the *quadrisection
of an arch or angle, a biquadratic equation of four roots.
1809 CAVENDISH in Phil. Trans. XCIX. 227 In the method
of continued bisection, the two opposite points must be
found by quadrisection. 1706 PHiLLiPS(ed. Kersey), *Quadrisyllable^
a Word made up of four Syllables. 1827 HARE
Guesses Sen i. (1873) 109 Our dignity will not condescend,
to enter into any thing short of a quadrisyllable. 1884
TRAILL in Macm. Mag. Oct. 444/1, I will end the sentence
with ignoramus.. a quadrisyllable. iSSoCLEMiNSHAwWwr/s'
Atom. The. 211 Carbon is therefore a *quadrivalent. 1731
BAILEY vol. II, . . those Plants whose seed
*Quadrivalvest
pods open in four valves or partitions. 1871 F. G. THOMAS
Dts. Women (ed. 3) 76 Of valvular specula the bivalve of
Ricord .. and the quadrivalve of Charriere have long been
popular. 1654 GAYTON Pleas. Notes iv. xvii. 258 This blood -
lesse victory, over a *Quadrivirate of Mummers.
b. Math. Chiefly in sense 'quadric', *of the
second degree or order ', as qua'dricone, -cova
-riant, -derivative, quadrinva'riant also
;
quadrino'mial, an expression consisting of four
terms.
1856 A. CAYLEY Wks. (1889) II. 272 No. 9 is the *quadricovariant,
or Hessian. 1706 W. JONES Syn. Palmar.
Matheseos 171 To raise any. .*Quadn-nomial. .to any given
Power. 1827 HUTTON Course Math. I. 167 When the compound
quantity consists of two terms, it is called a Binomial,
. . when of four terms a Quadrinomial. 1856 A. CAYLEY
Wks. (1889) II. 271 No. i is the quadric itself; no. 2 is the
*quadrinvariant. 1884 W. R. W. ROBERTS in Hertnathena
X. 182 Functions, .expressed by the quadrinvariants of the
quantics [etc.],
c. Chem. In the names of chemical compounds,
denoting the presence of four atoms or equivalents
of an element or radical in a compound, as quadrioxalate
^-phosphate t -stearate^-sulphide. Now superseded
by TETKA-.
1836-41 BRANDE Chem. (ed. 5) 1067 Then ether would be
a compound of i atom of *quadrihydrocarbon and i of
water. 1826 HENRY Elem. Chem. I. 591 *Quadriphosphate
of lime. 1836-41 BRANDE Chem. (ed. 5) 685 The phosphoric
glass . . is considered by Dr. Thomson as a definite compound,
which he has termed quadri phosphate of lime. 1849 D.
CAMPBELL Inorg. Chem. 299 *Quadrisulphide of molybdenum,
MoS_4. 1897 A llbutt f s Syst. Med. IV. 293 It [uric acid]
is present in the urine in the form of a *quadriurate.
Quadri-, occas. erron. form of QUADBTJ-.
Quadrible, obs. variant of QUADRABLE a.
Quadrible, variant of QUATBEBLE a. and v.
Quadric (kwo/drik), a. and sb. Math. [ad. L.
type *guadric-u$ , f. quadra square : see -ic.J
A. adj. Of the second degree. (Used in solid
geometry, and where the variables are more than
two.)
1858 A. CAYLEY Wks. (1889) II. 497 The case of any
quadric function of variables. 1865 Athenaeum No. 1950.
;2/2 Quadric Inversion. 1884 A, S. HART in ffentiutkenct
.. 164 Such curves.. can be traced on a quadric surface.
Ibid. 166 Two of the, given equations will represent quadric
ones.
B. sb. A quantic or surface of the second degree.
1856 A, CAYLEY Wks. II.
(1889) 271 The tables Nos. i and 2
are the covariants of a binary quadric. 1881 MAXWELL,
Electr. fy Magn. I, 215 A variable parameter, which we
shall distinguish by a suffix for the species of quadric. 1884
A. S. HART in Hermathena X. 164 There are many such
[twisted algebraic] curves which do not He on any quadric.
Quadriennial, -ium : see QUADRENNIAL, -IUM.
Quadrifid (kw2'drifid) , a. (sd.) Also 7 quadrifide.
[ad. L. quadrifid-ust f. QUADBI- + Jid- root
ifindere to cleave. Cf. mod.F. quadrifide^\ Cleft
into four divisions or lobes.
1661 LOVELL Hist. Anim. fy Min. 109 Claws like a Cow ;
but quadrifide. 1766 PENNANT Zool. (1769) III. 320 The
tail is naturally bifid, but in many is trifid, and in some even
quadrifid. 1850
LINDLEY Nat. Syst. Bot. 52 Distinguished
by. .the quadrifid calyx. 1875 DARWIN Insectiv. PI. xiv. 326
The quadrifid processes on the outer parts of the lobes.
b. absol. as sb. A quadrifid process.
1875 DARWIN Imectiv. PI. xiv. 326 On the broad outer
surfaces of the lobes where the quadrifids are situated.
Quadriform (kw2'drifpam), a.1
Qua-driform,
[ad. late L.
at rare. [f. L. *qtiadri- comb,
form of quadra square + -FOKM.] Square-shaped,
f Ahojig: : Perfect (cf. QUADBATE a. 3).
1679 HARBV Key Seriff. n. 34 It principally intends, .that
true quadriform Righteousness of Gospel-Promise. 1888
Pall Mall G. 6 July On the extreme end ip/i
of the
scabbard is a large quadriform mace head.
II Quadriga (kwgdrai-ga). [L. ; later sing, form
for pi. quadrigm contr. of f. quadrijugx, quadri-
QCADBI- +jugum yoke. Cf. F. quadrige (i 7th c.),
and see QUATHBIGAN.]
1. A chariot drawn by four horses harnessed
abreast; esp. as represented in sculpture or on coins.
1727-41 CHAMBERS Cycl. s.v., On the reverses of medals
we frequently see Victory, or the emperor, in a quadriga,
holding the reins of the horses. 1850 LEITCH tr. C. O.
Mailer's Anc. Art (ed. z) 452 Apollo.. guides a quadriga,
in which he is carrying off a lofty and noble female form.
1884 Chr. World 14 Aug. 612/5 A quadriga in bronze
carrying a figure of Victory.
2. A form of surgical bandage for the sternum
and ribs. ? Obs.
1743 HEISTER Surgery (1768) II. in. iv. 371 The Generality
of Surgeons make use of a peculiar and stronger Bandage
for this purpose, which they call the Quadriga or Catapkracta.
[Hence in CHAMBERS Cycl. SuppL (App,), and
some later diets.]
Hence t QuadriguTious a., '
of or belonging to
a Charriot-man '
(Blount Glossogr. 1656).
t Quadrigate, a. (sb.~) Obs. rare. [ad. L. quadrigat-us
: see prec.] Of a coin : Stamped with the
figure of a quadriga, b. sb. A coin so stamped.
1600 HOLLAND Livy xxir. Hi. 464 To pay 300 quadrigate
pieces of siluer. Ibid. liv. 465 note, A . . Quadrigate is
a piece of siluer coyne among the Romanes, the same that
Denarius : called so of Quadriga.
t Qnadrilater, a. Obs. rare. [ad. late L.
quadrilater-us, f. quadri- QUADRI- + later- stem
of/a/wjside. C,i.f.quadrilatere(ai^i^I\ =next.
1570 BILLINGSLEY Euclid i. xxi. 31 Wherefore this present
. . figure is . a quadrilater triangle. 1571 DIGGES Pantoin.
H. xvii. O ij b, The figure signified by the quadrilater superficies
ABGF.
Quadrilateral (kwgdrilae'teral),
a. and sl>.
Also 7 quadrilaterall. [ad. L. type *quadrilateralis,
f. quadrilater-us + -AL. See prec. and
cf. F. quadrilateral]
A. adj. Four-sided ; having a four-sided base or
section.
1656 STANLEY Hist. Philos. v. (1701) 162/2 The Altar.,
was no longer a Cube, but . . a quadrilateral Pillar. 1674 tr.
with square Bases. 1836-41 BRANDE Chem. (ed. 5) 1125
Carbazotate of Potassa crystallizes in long yellow quadrilateral
needles. 1876 DUHRING Dis. Skin 38 Nails are
rounded or quadrilateral bodies.
b. Sot. Of a stem: (see quot.).
1875 BENNETT & DYER Sachs' Bot. 184 The principal
sections of all the leaves, .may lie in two planes, crossing
one another at right angles, when the shoot is quadrilateral.
B. sb. A figure bounded by four straight lines ;
a space or area having four sides.
In mod. Geotn. A figure formed by four straight lines, no
three of which pass through the same point, and by the six
points (vertices) forming the intersections of these lines,
taken two by two (Cf. QUADRANGLE).
1650 T. RUDD E-uclide 45 To forme a. .Quadrilaterall,
about which a circle may be circumscribed. 1827 HUTTON
Course Math. I. 282 A Diagonal is a line joining any two
opposite angles of a quadrilateral. 1866 R. A. PROCTOR
Handbk. Stars 16 The intermediate figures are quadrilaterals
of varying form. 1893 E. H. BARKER Wanderings
by Southern Waters 301 Four . . towers occupying the angles
of a small quadrilateral.
b. The space lying between, and defended by,
four fortresses ; spec, that in North Italy formed by
the fortresses of Mantua, Verona, Peschiera, and
Legnano.
1859 Times i July 8/5 Such fortresses as compose the
famous '
Quadrilateral '. 1866 Sat. Rev. 21 July 66/1 The
Quadrilateral and Venice still remain in the hands of the
Austrians. 1870 Pall Mall G. 2 Sept. 2 He has four
fortresses around him . . but upon twelve square miles of
territory.. he cannot play at quadrilaterals.
Jig. 1888 LD. ROSEBERY in Daffy News 20 Feb. 5/5
Am overjoyed . . that Edinburgh is once more the quadrilateral
of Liberalism.
Hence Quadrila'teralness, 'tr-e property of
having four sides' (Bailey, vol. II, i7 2 7)-
Qnadriliteral (kwgdrilHeral), a. and s6. [f.
QUADBI- -t- LITEBAL.]
A. adj. Consisting of four letters ; spec, of
Semitic roots which have four consonants instead
of the usual three (see triliteral).
and quadriliteral as well as biliteral roots. 1837 PHILLIPS
Syriac Granim. 96 Quadriliteral verbs. 1869 B. DAVIES tr.
Gesenius' Hebrew Gram. 86 Such lengthened forms . . are
not regarded as quadriliteral.
B. ib. A word of four letters : a (Semitic) root
containing four consonants.
1787 SIR W. JONKS Disc. Arabs Wks. 1799 I. 40 If we
ten thousand of them [Arabic roots] (without
suppose