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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Quad

/kwäd/ · IPA /kwɑd/
01 a. Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind.
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    Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind.[Obs.]
    “Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith.” Chaucer.
02 n. A quadrat.
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    A quadrat.(Print.)
03 n. A quadrangle; hence, a prison.
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    A quadrangle; hence, a prison.(Arch.) [Cant or Slang]