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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quint, v. [f., or f. as, e.m.E. quint a sequence of five cards of the same suit, in piquet (1659), a set of five persons (1678), F. quinte fem., L. quint-us, -a, -um fifth.] tr. ? To divide or arrange into groups of five. —1602 Cal. Sc. P. XIII 935.
All the fencible men of Spain and Portugal are quinted and of every fifth man of them is composed an army of forty [thousand]
