A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1674-1685
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Quadrat, n.1 Also irregular variant: quadrack. [? Late ME (a1400) and e.m.E., ‘an instrument formerly used for measuring altitudes or distances, consisting of a square plate with two graduated sides, sights, etc.’; or ? e.m.E. quadrat(e (1551) a quadrant (Quadrant n. 1).] —1674 Edinb. B. Rec. X 172.
[A sea-chandler's stock to include] aismouth compasses [etc.] … , quadracks, Jacob staffes, astrolobes [etc.]1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII 355.
A quadrat of brase in a chagarin caise
