Quint

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  • noun. A sequence of five cards of the same suit in one hand in piquet.
  • noun. A quintuplet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An abbreviation of quintet, 2.
  • noun. A prefix of the names of musical instruments and of organ-stops, denoting a variety whose pitch is a fifth above or below that of the usual variety.
  • noun. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
  • noun. In music, same as fifth, 2.
  • noun. In organ-building, a stop giving tones a fifth above the normal pitch of the digitals used.
  • noun. The smallest of the three varieties of viola da bracchio. See viol.
  • noun. The E string or chanterelle of a violin: probably so called from the highest string of the lute.
  • noun. In fencing, the fifth of the eight parries in sword-play. It is taught in the schools, but rarely used in practice.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
  • noun. The interval of a fifth.
  • noun. one of a set of quintuplets.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an interval of one fifth
  • noun. a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
  • noun. a quin or quintuplet
  • noun. A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
  • noun. quinte; In fencing, the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  • noun. one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  • Word Usage
    "Then he stretches his long neck again, lays his little witless head on the side again, bobs and bobs, looks and looks and looks, says _quint, quint, quint, quint_ -- "I _think_ I'll go to roost," but is just as undecided as ever."
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