‖n.; pl. Quadræ [ L., a square, the socle, a platband, a fillet. ] (Arch.) (a) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. (b) A fillet, or listel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Quadrate. ] (Math.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each. ] Consisting of forty; forty years old. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each, akin to quadraginta forty. ] (R. C. Ch.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four. ] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. quadragésimal. ] Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. quadrangulum; quattuor four + angulus an angle. See Four, and Angle a corner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. quadrangulaire. ] Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal. -- Quad*ran"gu*lar*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Quadrantes [ L. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur. [ 1913 Webster ]