Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quad \Quad\, Quade \Quade\, a. [Akin to AS. cw[=ae]d, cwead,
dung, evil, G. kot, dung, OHG. qu[=a]t.]
Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind. [Obs.]
Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quad \Quad\, n. (Print.)
A quadrat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quad \Quad\, n. (Arch.)
A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [Cant or Slang]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quad
n 1: one of four children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: {quadruplet}]
2: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: {quadriceps},
{quadriceps femoris}, {musculus quadriceps femoris}]
3: (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for
spacing between words [syn: {space}]
4: a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
[syn: {quadrangle}]
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