English Dictionary: quarto | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarrying}.] To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quarried \Quar"ried\, a. Provided with prey. Now I am bravely quarried. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quart \Quart\, n. [See {Quart} a quarter.] In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. {Tierce}, 4. --Hoyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quart \Quart\, n. [F. quart, n. masc., fr. L. quartus the fourth, akin to quattuor four. See {Four}, and cf. 2d {Carte}, {Quarto}.] The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. [Obs.] Camber did possess the western quart. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quart \Quart\, n. [F. quarte, n. fem., fr. quart fourth. See {Quart} a quarter.] 1. A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints. Note: In imperial measure, a quart is forty English fluid ounces; in wine measure, it is thirty-two American fluid ounces. The United States dry quart contains 67.20 cubic inches, the fluid quart 57.75. The English quart contains 69.32 cubic inches. 2. A vessel or measure containing a quart. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quarto \Quar"to\, a. [L. in quarto in fourth, from quartus the fourth: cf. F. (in) quarto. See {Quart}.] Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quarto \Quar"to\, n.; pl. {Quartos}. Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Query \Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Queried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Querying}.] 1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. 2. To address questions to; to examine by questions. 3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. 4. To write [bd] query[b8] (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See {Qu[91]re}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quirite \Qui"rite\, n. One of the Quirites. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quirt \Quirt\, n. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide. --T. Roosevelt. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
QWERTY /kwer'tee/ adj. [from the keycaps at the upper left] Pertaining to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard after its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak or non-US-ASCII layouts or a {space-cadet keyboard} or APL keyboard. Historical note: The QWERTY layout is a fine example of a {fossil}. It is sometimes said that it was designed to slow down the typist, but this is wrong; it was designed to allow _faster_ typing -- under a constraint now long obsolete. In early typewriters, fast typing using nearby type-bars jammed the mechanism. So Sholes fiddled the layout to separate the letters of many common digraphs (he did a far from perfect job, though; `th', `tr', `ed', and `er', for example, each use two nearby keys). Also, putting the letters of `typewriter' on one line allowed it to be typed with particular speed and accuracy for {demo}s. The jamming problem was essentially solved soon afterward by a suitable use of springs, but the keyboard layout lives on. The QWERTY keyboard has also spawned some unhelpful economic myths about how technical standards get and stay established; see `http://www.reasonmag.com/9606/Fe.QWERTY.html'. = R = | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
QWERTY most keyboards) Pertaining to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard after its inventor), as opposed to {Dvorak} or foreign-language layouts (e.g. "keyboard AZERTY" in french-speaking countries) or a {space-cadet keyboard} or {APL keyboard}. The QWERTY layout is a fine example of a {fossil}. It is sometimes said that it was designed to slow down the typist, but this is wrong; it was designed to allow *faster* typing - under a constraint now long obsolete. In early typewriters, fast typing using nearby type-bars jammed the mechanism. So Sholes fiddled the layout to separate the letters of many common digraphs (he did a far from perfect job, though; "th", "tr", "ed", and "er", for example, each use two nearby keys). Also, putting the letters of "typewriter" on one line allowed it to be typed with particular speed and accuracy for {demos}. The jamming problem was essentially solved soon afterward by a suitable use of springs, but the keyboard layout lives on. [{Jargon File}] (1998-01-15) |