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Having four forks, or branches.
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A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
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Alt. of Quadrigeminous
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Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts.
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Consisting of four hundred.
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Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
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Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
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A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.
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An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
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The property of being quadrilateral.
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Consisting of four letters.
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A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.
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The appropriate music for a quadrille.
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A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.
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According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
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Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
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Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.