Defn: To divide into quaternions, files, or companies. Milton.
QUATERNITY Qua*ter"ni*ty, n. Etym: [LL.quaternitas, fr. L. quaterni four each: cf. F. quaternité.]
1. The number four. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. The union of four in one, as of four persons; — analogous to the theological term trinity.
QUATERON
Qua"ter*on, n.
Defn: See 2d Quarteron.
QUATORZAIN
Qua*torz"ain, n. Etym: [See Quatorze.]
Defn: A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet. R. H. Stoddard.
QUATORZE
Qua*torze", n. Etym: [F. quatorze fourteen, L. quattuordecim. See
Fourteen.]
Defn: The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; — so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points.