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quaˈdrupedant, a. and n. rare.
[ad. L. quadrupedans adj. and n., f. quadrupes quadruped.]
a. adj. Quadrupedal.
b. n. A horse.
1656Blount Glossogr., Quadrupedant,..that goeth on four feet. 1870J. Orton Andes & Amazons iv. (1876) 79 The huge nails which enter into the hoofs of the quadrupedants.
So † quadrupedant v., to use the four feet. † quadrupedate v., intr. to act as a quadruped; trans. to convert into a quadruped. quadrupeˈdation, stamping with the four feet.
1792Bar. Munchausen's Trav. xxix. 130 At which, *quadrupedanting, plunged the steed.
1623Cockeram, *Quadrupedate, to goe on foure legs. 1629T. Adams England's Sickness in Wks. 306 We were..quadrupedated with an earthly, stooping, groueling couetousnesse.
1862G. Macdonald D. Elginbrod iii. xvi, A carriage and pair pulled sharply up at the door, with more than the usual amount of *quadrupedation. |