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Webster 1913 Edition

Quaternary

Qua-ter′na-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
quaternarius
consisting of four each, containing four, fr.
quaterni
four each, fr.
quattuor
four: cf. F.
quaternaire
. See
Four
.]
1.
Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
2.
(Geol.)
Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary;
as, the
Quaternary
age, or Age of man
.

Qua-ter′na-ry

,
Noun.
[L. numerus
quaternarius
: cf. F.
quaternaire
.]
1.
The number four.
Boyle.
2.
(Geol.)
The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of
Geology
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quaternary

QUATERN'ARY

,
Noun.
[L. quaternarius, from quatuor, four.]
The number four.

QUATERN'ARY

,
Adj.
Consisting of four.

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