The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . c. Brit., XVIII. 15. Quinary system, or quinary classification. See qui-narian. II. ».; pi. quinaries (-riz). A whole com-posed of five pai-ts or elements. Quaternaries or compounds formed of four elements,q\iinaries, sextaries, according as the number of theconstituent elements increases. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXIV. 740. quinate^ (kwinat), a. [< L. quiui, five each,-i- -atcL.] In hot., having an arrangement offive similar parts together, as five leaflets
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . c. Brit., XVIII. 15. Quinary system, or quinary classification. See qui-narian. II. ».; pi. quinaries (-riz). A whole com-posed of five pai-ts or elements. Quaternaries or compounds formed of four elements,q\iinaries, sextaries, according as the number of theconstituent elements increases. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXIV. 740. quinate^ (kwinat), a. [< L. quiui, five each,-i- -atcL.] In hot., having an arrangement offive similar parts together, as five leaflets on ajietiole. quinate^ (kwinat), n. [< quin(ic) + -ofel.]In elieni., a salt of quinie acid. quince^ (Irwins), n. [Formerly also quence; <ME. quence, an extension of ejuine, appar. taken as singular: see quine^. Cf. , pi., quince. Less prob. a reductionof OF. coignasse, the largest kind of quince;< coin, quince: see quine^.] 1. The fruit ofthe tree Pi/rns Cyclonia. (Seedef. 2.) it is pear-shaped, or in one variety apple-shaped, large, sometimesweighing a pound, of a golden-yellow color when ripe, and. Branch with Fruit of Quince (Pyrus Cydoilia). very fragrant. The quince was known to the ancients, andit biishfiii lugin-il 11 lat the golden apples of the Hesperideswere i|uiijccs. \\ Iiili raw it is hard and austere, but itbeciimes edilile by boiling or baking, and is largely usedfor jelly, preserves, and marmalade (see etymology of mar-malade), and for flavoring sauces of other fruits. Theseeds of the common quince are used in medicine and thearts, on account of their highly mucilaginous coat. Indecoction they afford a demulcent application, and theyare sometimes used in eye-lotions. Their mucilage is em-ployed in making bandoline and in marbling books. Seebandoline. Of ripend Quinces such the yellow Hue. Congreve, tr. of Ovids Art of Love, iii. 2. The fruit-tree Fyrus Cydonia, sometimesclassed as Cydonia vuk/aris, the latter genus be-ing based (i
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