6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quad \Quad\, n. (Print.)
A quadrat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quad \Quad\, n. (Arch.)
A quadrangle; hence a prison. [Cant or Slang]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
quad
n 1: one of four children born at the same time [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 (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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 (13 Mar 01) [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}]
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