Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, same as
natural , 7.
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Graecanicam saltantes Pyrrhicam, dispositis ordinationibus, decoros ambitus inerrabant, nunc in orbem flexi, nunc in obliquam seriem connexi, nunc in quadrum cuneati, nunc inde separati, &c.
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Postea habent ornamentum capitis, quod vocant botta, quod fit de cortice arboris vel alia materia, quam possunt inuenire, leuiore: et est grossum et rotundum, quantum potest duabus manibus complecti; longum vero vnius cubiti et plus, quadrum superius, sicut capitellum vnius columnæ.
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Super caput vero habent vnum quid rotundum de viminibus vel de cortice factum, quod in longum protenditur ad vnam vlnam, et in summitate desinit in quadrum: et ab imo vsque ad summum in amplitudine semper crescit, et in summitate habet virgulam vnam longam et gracilem de auro vel de argento seu de ligno, vel etiam pennam: et est assutum super vnum pileolum, quod protenditur vsque ad humeros.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Postea habent ornamentum capitis, quod vocant botta, quod fit de cortice arboris vel alia materia, quam possunt inuenire, leuiore: et est grossum et rotundum, quantum potest duabus manibus complecti; longum vero vnius cubiti et plus, quadrum superius, sicut capitellum vnius column�.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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-- Hair straight, long (accel.); jaws prognathous (quadrum. accel.); nose flat or prominent with or without bridge; malar bones prominent (quadrum. accel.); beard none (embryonic); arms shorter
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various
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CADRE (Fr. for a frame, from the Lat. _quadrum_, a square), a framework or skeleton, particularly the permanent establishment of a military corps, regiment, &c. which can be expanded on emergency.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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To this he added a square (quadrum) which told the height of the sun by the shadow thrown by a peg in the middle of the square.
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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(quadrum. retard.); arms longer (quadrum. accel.); extensor muscles of legs small (quadrum. retard.).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various
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-- Hair crisp (a special character), short (quadrum. accel.); prognathous (quadrum. accel.); nose flat, without bridge (quadrum. retard) [1]; malar bones prominent (quadrum. accel.); beard short
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various
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