a. and sb. rare. [ad. L. quadrupedans adj. and sb., f. quadrupes QUADRUPED.] a. adj. Quadrupedal. b. sb. A horse.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Quadrupedant,… that goeth on four feet.

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1870.  J. Orton, Andes & Amazons, iv. (1876), 79. The huge nails which enter into the hoofs of the quadrupedants.

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  So † Quadrupedant v., to use the four feet. † Quadrupedate v., intr. to act as a quadruped; trans. to convert into a quadruped. Quadrupedation, stamping with the four feet.

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1792.  Bar. Munchausen’s Trav., xxix. 130. At which, *quadrupedanting, plunged the steed.

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1623.  Cockeram, *Quadrupedate, to goe on foure legs.

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1629.  T. Adams, England’s Sickness, in Wks., 306. We were … quadrupedated with an earthly, stooping, groueling couetousnesse.

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1862.  G. Macdonald, D. Elginbrod, III. xvi. A carriage and pair pulled sharply up at the door, with more than the usual amount of *quadrupedation.

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