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A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.

uaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic is a binary cubic.

Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity. The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to Sir William Hamilton; viz., in its extension to negative propositions. De Quincey.

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

Relating to quantity. -- Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv. Quantitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which determines the amount or quantity of each ingredient of a substance, by weight or by volume; -- contrasted with qualitative analysis.

Estimable according to quantity; quantitative. Sir K. Digby.

So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.

sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities. The quantity of extensive and curious information which he had picked up during many months of desultory, but not unprofitable, study. Macaulay. Quantity of estate (Law), its time of conti…

Valence. [Archaic]

Of or pertaining to quantivalence. [Archaic]

Quantity; amount. "Without authenticating . . . the quantum of the charges." Burke.

An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of

Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. [Obs.] Shak.

A brittle cake or other crisp pastry.

To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.

A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.

Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote. "As piquant to the tongue as salt." Addison. "Piquant railleries." Gov. of Tongue.

In a piquant manner.

A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.