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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1532, 1597
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Quadrangular(e, adj. [16th c. F. quadrangulaire, late L. quadrangularis, e.m.E. quadrangular (1592).] Quadrangular. = Quadrangle,adj. — 1532 Instit. Ct. Sess. in Acts Sederunt i 3.
And salbe maid ane burd quadrangulare or rownd 1597 James VI Dæmonol. (S.T.S.) 12/22.
Circles are made triangular, quadrangular, round
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