Quad

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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           Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. --Chaucer.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quad \Quad\, n. (Print.)
     A quadrat.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quad \Quad\, n. (Arch.)
     A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [Cant or Slang]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  quad n. 1. Two bits; syn. for {quarter}, {crumb}, {tayste}. 2. A
     four-pack of anything (compare {hex}, sense 2). 3. The rectangle or box
     glyph used in the APL language for various arcane purposes mostly
     related to I/O. Former Ivy-Leaguers and Oxford types are said to
     associate it with nostalgic memories of dear old University.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  quad
       
          1. Two bits; synonym for {quarter}, {crumb}, {tayste}.
       
          2. A four-pack of anything (compare {hex}).
       
          3. The rectangle or box glyph used in the APL language for
          various arcane purposes mostly related to I/O.
       
          Former Ivy-Leaguers and Oxford types are said to associate it
          with nostalgic memories of dear old University (short for
          "quadrangle").
       
          [{Jargon File}]