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‖ quatre|katr, ˈkɑːtə(r)|
Also 6 quatter, 6, 8 quater.
[F. quatre four.]
The number four; the four in dice. = cater n.2
a1550Image Hypocr. iv. in Skelton's Wks. II. 442/1 Swordemen and knightes, That for the faith fightes With sise, sinke, and quatter. c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 75 All for a matter deer of quater ase. 1611Florio, Quaderni, two quaters or foures at dice. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. x. (1737) 37 Cinques, Quaters, Treys. 1772Foote Nabob ii. Wks. 1799 II. 301 Cinque and quater: you're out. 1814Cary Dante, Paradise v. 59 Included, as the quatre in the sise. 1850Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 383 Should two quatres be thrown, any of the following moves may be played.
Hence quatre-crested a., having four crests.
1791Cowper Iliad ii. 48 His helmet quatre-crested. [Note. Quâtre-crested. So I have rendered τετραϕαληρον.] |