quinquefarious

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Definition of quinquefarious in English English dictionary

{a} opening into five parts

To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn

A hollow spindle

The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is

The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili

Something having the form of a quill The fold or plain of a ruff

A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona

To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill aruffle

A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle

Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous