quader

See also: Quader

English

Etymology

From Middle English quadre, from Latin quadrāre (“to make four-cornered, make square”). Attested in Middle English from the 15th century.

Verb

quader (third-person singular simple present quaders, present participle quadering, simple past and past participle quadered)

1. (archaic) To quadrate.

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English quadre.

Verb

quader (third-person singular simple present quaders, present participle quaderin, simple past quadert, past participle quadert)

1. to make square, to quadrate
   • 2013 [1865], Andrew McCallum, transl., Ailis’s Anterins i the Laun o Ferlies [Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland], translation of original by Lewis Carroll, page 78:

     Firs cam ten sodgers cairyin mells. Thir war aa the same as the three gairdeners, quader an flet, wi their hauns an feet at the neuks.

     First came ten soldiers carrying clubs. They were like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners.

2. (figurative) to get along, to be harmonious

Etymology 2

See quad.

Adjective

quader

1. comparative degree of quad (“bad, wicked”)