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Quadrate

adjective
1.
Having four sides and four angles.






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"Quadrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... game at the cards for two persons, though she would ridicule the pedantry of the terms—such as pique—repique—the capot—they savoured (she thought) of affectation. But games for two, or even three, she never greatly cared for. She loved the quadrate, or square. She would argue thus:—Cards are warfare: the ends are gain, with glory. But cards are war, in disguise of a sport: when single adversaries encounter, the ends proposed are too palpable. By themselves, it is too close a fight; with spectators, it is not much ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 • Charles Lamb



Words linked to "Quadrate" :   regular hexahedron, square, cube, foursquare



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