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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