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{ } n. [ Dim. of Drupe. ] (Bot.) A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quadrupes, -pedis; quattuor four + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. quadrupède. See Quadrate, and Foot. ] Having four feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. rūpiyah, fr. Skr. rūpya silver, coined silver or gold, handsome. ] A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the standard coin of India, by the United States Treasury department, varies from time to time with the price of silver. In 1889 it was rated at about thirty-two cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. rupes a rock. ] Rocky. [ Obs. ] “This rupellary nidary.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear. [ 1913 Webster ]