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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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