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A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.

An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. [Written also quintin.]

A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and pronounced kentle.]

he fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. -- n. (Med.)

See Quintain.

ted essence. Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep. Milton.

Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. "Quintessential extract of mediocrity." G. Eliot.

A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

Of the fifth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.)

The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72º. Hutton.

According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.…

See Quintain.

The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.

A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.

The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.

Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used.

The same as Quinquenerved.

A collection or combination of five of a kind.

in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.

An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees.