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单词 quadrine
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quadrinen.1

Forms: 1500s quadryne, 1500s–1600s 1800s quadrin, 1500s–1700s quadrine.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quadrin.
Etymology: < Middle French, French †quadrin (c1500) < Italian quadrino , variant of quattrino quattrino n. Compare quatrin n.
Obsolete. rare.
A small copper coin; a farthing.Used esp. with reference to coins of the Classical period.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > farthing
farthingc950
ferlingc1000
quadransOE
quarter1389
quadrantc1450
quatrinc1470
Q1530
quadrine1557
rag1592
qua1631
grig1657
Jack?c1690
fadge1789
daddler1900
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Mark xii. 42 And there came a certayne poore wydow, and she threw in two mytes which make a quadrin.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 927 One of her Paramours sent her a purse ful of quadrynes (which are litle peeces of copper money) instead of siluer.
a1602 W. Perkins Godly & Learned Expos. Serm. in Mount (1608) 106 This farthing, was the least coyne vsed among the Iewes, called a quadrin, which containeth two mytes.
1763 Compl. Compting-house Compan. vii. 131 The coins peculiar to Rome are the julios of silver, the pignatelle of billon, and the bayoco, demibayoco, and quadrine of copper.
1872 R. Morris Freemasonry in Holy Land xviii. 273 I gave him a para, which is about the value of the quadrin or mite of olden times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

quadrinen.2

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadrīnus.
Etymology: < classical Latin quadrīnus, singular form corresponding to quadrīnī (see quadrinate adj.), after trine n.
Astronomy. Obsolete. rare.
Quartile aspect; = quadrature n. 3a.
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the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > quadrature
quarreurea1500
quartile1517
quadrate1555
quadrature1555
tetragona1626
quadrine1628
square1667
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 1050 In Sextile, or in Quadrine, or in Trine.
1758 B. Donne Math. Ess. xxix. 195/1 Quadrine, Quartrine, Quartile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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