n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ]
v. t. To satiate; to satisfy. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The coaita. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Squat; flat. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. quatre four + cousin, E. cousin. ] A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. quaternarius consisting of four each, containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quaternaire. See Four. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. numerus quaternarius: cf. F. quaternaire. ]
a. Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary;
v. t. To divide into quaternions, files, or companies. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. quaternio, fr. quaterni four each. See Quaternary. ]
Delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers. Acts xii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ye elements, the eldest birth
Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The science or calculus of quaternions is a new mathematical method, in which the conception of a quaternion is unfolded and symbolically expressed, and is applied to various classes of algebraical, geometrical, and physical questions, so as to discover theorems, and to arrive at the solution of problems. Sir W. R. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]