QUATERNARY

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.

2.
a.

Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.

3.
n.

The number four. Boyle.

4.
n.

The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.