Thesaurus: quadrat

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1. n. A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.
2. n. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.
3. 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.
4. A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used inspacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.]
5. n. A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines. n. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.