quadriloge

[Low Latin quadrilogus, from Lat.quadrus =fourfold, and Gr. logos a discourse.] 1. A book written in four parts. 2. A narrative depending on the testimony of four witne es, as the four Gospels. 3. A work compiled from or by four authors. *quad-rim-a-ni, s . pl . [QUADRUMAN A.] Entom.: Latreille's name for the Harpalide. *quãd-rim-a-nous, a. [QUADRUMANOUS.] quãd-ri-mem-bral, adj . [Prefix quadri- , and membrum a member. Having four members or parts. quãd-rin, *quad-rine, *quat-rine, s . [O. Fr., from Lat. quadrini =four each.] A small piece of money; a farthing, a mite. "One of her paramours sent her a purse full of quad rines instead of silver."- North : Plutarch , p. 722.