quadrifurcate (kwodrifer kat)

[L. quat quadriliteral by the corpora bigemina, or twin bodies. See corpus. quadrigeminal (kwod-ri-jem'i-nal), a. [ Other fibres, arising in the optic thalamus and quadri geminal body, descend, which preside over the reffex motions. Frey, Histol. and His to chem. (trans.), p. 594. quadrigeminate (kwod-ri-jem'i-nāt), a. [ quadrigeminous (kwod-ri-jem'i-nus), a. [L. quadrigeminus, fourfold, quadrigenarious (kwod"ri-jē-nā'ri-us), a. [ quadrijugate (kwod-ri-jö'gāt or -rij'ö-gāt), a. [ quadrijugous (kwod-ri-jö'gus or -rij'ö-gus), a. [ IMG:content-1417.jpg:[graphic] laminate. tuor ( quadri- ), = E. four, + furca, fork: see furca, furcate.] Having four forks, tines, or branches; twice-forked; doubly dichotomous: correlated with bifurcate and trifurcate. quadrifurcated (kwod-ri-fer'kā-ted), a. quadrifurcate + -ed2.] Same as quadrifurcate. quadriga (kwod-rīgā), n.; pl. quadrigæ (-jē). [L., usually in pl. quadrigæ, contr. from quad rijugæ, a team of four, Quadriga.-"The Rape of Proser pine by Pluto," from a Greek red-figured vase. wheeled chariot drawn by four horses, which were harne ed all abreast. It was used in racing in the Greek Olympian games, and in the circensian games of the Romans. The quadriga is often met with as the reverse type of Greek coins, especially those of Sicily, and is of frequent occurrence in sculpture and vase-painting. The quadriga for which Praxiteles was said to have made the driver. A. S. Murray, Greek Sculpture, I. 182. quadrigemina (kwod-ri-jem'i-nä), n.pl. [NL., neut. pl. of L. quadrigeminus, fourfold: see quadrigeminous.] The quadrigeminous bodies of the brain, more fully called corpora quadri gemina. Below mammals they are represented II. n . 1. A figure formed of four straight lines. In the old geometry the Complete lines are supposed to terminate at four in- Quadrilateral. tersections; in modern geometry the lines are regarded as infinite, and a plane quadrilateral as hav ing six angles. Such a figure has three diagonals or axes, being straight lines through opposite vertices, and three centers, which are the intersections of the axes. 2. Milit., the space inclosed between, and defended by, four fortre es: as, the Bulgarian quadrilateral. The most famous quadrilateral was that in northern Italy, inclosed by the fortre es of Peschiera, Mantua, Verona, and Legnago. Field Marshal Radetsky had collected under his own command all the Austrian forces scattered over the Lombardo-Venetian provinces, and had concentrated them within the well-nigh impregnable stronghold formed in the very heart of these provinces by the fortre es of the Quadrilateral. E. Dicey , Victor Emmanuel, p. 85. Inscriptible quadrilateral. See inscriptible . - Plane quadrilateral, a quadrilateral lying in a plane. - Skew quadrilateral, a quadrilateral that does not lie in a plane. quadrilateral ne (kwod-ri-lat'e-ral-nes), n. The property of being quadrilateral. quadriliteral (kwod-ri-lite-ral), a . and n . [ quattuor ( quadri- ), = E. four , + litter a , liter a , letter: see literal .] I. a. Consisting of four letters, or of only four constant letters or consonants. II. n. A word or a root consisting of four letters or containing four consonants. IMG:content-1418.jpg:[blocks in formation] = 4886 mano us.] Same as quadrumanous. At this malicious game they display the whole of their quad rima no us activity. Burke, Rev. in France, Works, III. 199. quadrille (kwod-ril' or ka-dril'), n . and a. [ four , + manus , hand. Cf. quadru- F. quadrille , m., a game at cards, a square dance, music for such a dance, cuadrillo , m., a small square (cf. F. quadrille , f., a troop of horsemen, cuadrilla , a troop of horse- men, a meeting of four persons, quadriglia meeting of four studiis horsemen), cuadro, m., cuadra , f., quadram , n., quadra , f., a square: see quadrum , quadra1 . Cf. quar- rel2.] I. n. 1. A game played by four persons with forty cards, which are the remainder of the pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. They taught him with addre and skill To shine at ombre and quadrille . Cawthorn , Birth and Education of Genius. Quadrille , a modern game, bears great analogy to ombre, with the addition of a fourth player, which is certainly a great improvement. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 436. 2. A square dance for four couples, consisting regularly of five parts or movements, each complete in itself - namely, le pantalon, l'été, la poule, la trénise (or la pastourelle ), and la fi nale. These parts are adaptations of popular society dances. They were combined in their present order about 1800, and were soon adopted in France, England, and Ger many, giving rise to a quadrille mania similar to the later polka mania. 3. Any single set of dancers or maskers arranged in four sets or groups. [Rare.] At length the four quadrilles of maskers, ranging their torch-bearers behind them, drew up in their several ranks on the two opposite sides of the hall. Scott , Kenilworth, xxxvii. 4. Any square dance resembling the quadrille. 5. Music for such square dances. For the movements of the quadrille proper the rhythm is either sextuple or duple, and each section is usually 32 measures long. Quadrille music is usually adapted or arranged, not specially written for the purpose. II. a . Same as quadrillé . quadrille (kwod-ril' or ka-dril'), v. i.; pret. and pp. quadrilled, ppr. quadrilling. [ While thus, like motes that dance away Existence in a summer ray, These gay things, born but to quadrille , The circle of their doom fulfil. Moore, Summer Fête. quadrillé (ka-drē-lyā'), a. [F., small square, quadrillion (kwod-ril'yon), п. [ quadrilobate (kwod-ri-lō bāt), a. [L. quattuor ( quadri- ), = E. four, + =E.) + NL. lobus, lobe.] In bot. and zoöl., having four lobes or lobules. quadrilobed (kwod'ri-lōbd), a. [ quadrilocular (kwod-ri-lok'ū-lär), a. [ quadriloculate (kwod-ri-lok'ū-lāt), a. [ The very authours of the quadriloge itselfe... doe all, with one, pen and mouth, acknowledge the same. Lambarde , Perambulation (1596), p. 515. ( Hall i well .) quadrimembral (kwod-ri-mem'bral), a . [ quadrimembris , is , four-limbed, four-footed, quattuor ( quadri- ), E. four , + membrum , a limb, a member.) Having four members (or parts) as limbs: as, most vertebrates are quad- = rimembral . quadrint, quadrint, quadrinet quadrinet (kwod'rin), n. [ quadrinus (?); cf. L. quadran (t-)s, the fourth part of an as: see quadrans , quadrant .] A mite; a small piece of money, in value about a farthing. One of her paramours sent her a purse full of quad rines (which are little pieces of copper money) instead North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 722. [ Cf. binomial, etc.] Quadrisulcata two books of Ptolemy's Quadripartite; the quad ripartite (four Gospels) of the New Testament. quadripartitely (kwod-ri-pär'tit-li), adv. In four divisions; in a quadripartite distribution.