Quadruplicate
(Quad*ru"pli*cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadruplicated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadruplicating.]
[L. quadruplicatus, p. p. of quadruplicare, fr. quadruple fourfold. See Quadruplex.] To make fourfold; to
double twice; to quadruple.
Quadruplicate
(Quad*ru"pli*cate) a. [L. quadruplicatus, p. p.]
1. Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [R.]
Quadruplication
(Quad`ru*pli*ca"tion) n. [L. quadruplicatio: cf. F. quadruplication.] The act of making
fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
Quadruply
(Quad"ru*ply) adv. To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be
quadruply recompensed.
Quære
(||Quæ"re) v. imperative. [L., imperative of quaerere to seek.] Inquire; question; see; - - used to
signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
Quæstor
(||Quæs"tor) n. [L.] Same as Questor.
Quaff
(Quaff) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quaffed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaffing.] [For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir.
cuach a drinking cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. Quaigh.] To drink with relish; to drink copiously
of; to swallow in large draughts. "Quaffed off the muscadel." Shak.
They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
Quaff immortality and joy.
Milton. Quaff
(Quaff) v. i. To drink largely or luxuriously.
Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep,
And quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep.
Dryden. Quaffer
(Quaff"er) n. One who quaffs, or drinks largely.
Quag
(Quag) n. A quagmire. [R.] "Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells." Cowper.
Quagga
(Quag"ga) n. [Hottentot.] (Zoöl.) A South African wild ass (Equus, or Hippotigris, quagga). The
upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the
face, neck, and fore part of the body.
