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Quadra   Listen
noun
Quadra  n.  (pl. quadrae)  (Arch.)
(a)
The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
(b)
A fillet, or listel.






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"Quadra" Quotes from Famous Books



... again on the Pacific. The most of men would have rested, satisfied with half he had done. Not so Gray. He headed the Columbia north again for the summer's trade in what is now known as southern Alaska. Only damages to the Columbia drove her down to Nootka in July, where Don Quadra, the new Spanish commander, and Captain Vancouver were in conference over those English ships seized by Martinez. To Quadra, Gray sold the little Adventure, pioneer of American shipbuilding on the Pacific, for seventy-five otter ...
— Vikings of the Pacific - The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward • Agnes C. Laut



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