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ich a plane is divided by the coördinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.

Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space. Quadrantal triangle, a spherical triangle having one side equal to a quadrant or arc of 90º. -- Quadrantal versor, a versor that expresses rotation through one right angle.

had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized. Quarantine flag, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an infectious disease; -- called also the yellow jack, and yellow flag.

A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers. Blackstone.

Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.

Reëntering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re angle.

r allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively. Holland. "A refrigerant to passion." Blair.

One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right or title of possession, as to a trade-mark.

To grant back; to grant again or anew. Ayliffe.

Reiterating. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

In a remonstrant manner.

An eating house.

Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.

Strengthening. -- n. (Med.)

Impregnating to the full; saturating.

Ignorant of one's self.

A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound o…

The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.

Subordinate; subservient. [Obs.] Bacon.