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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quadrat  \Quad"rat\,  n.  [F.  quadrat,  cadrat.  See  {Quadrate}.] 
  1.  (Print.)  A  block  of  type  metal  lower  than  the  letters,  -- 
  used  in  spacing  and  in  blank  lines.  [Abbrev.  quad.] 
 
  2.  An  old  instrument  used  for  taking  altitudes;  --  called 
  also  {geometrical  square},  and  {line  of  shadows}. 




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