Bible Dictionaries
Quadrat

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, - used in spacing and in blank lines.

(2):

(n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; - called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Quadrat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​q/quadrat.html. 1828.