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quincunx
quincunx . uncis, m. [quinque-uncia], five twelfths of a whole (of an as, a jugerum, a pound, a sex...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Forming a body of men chequerwise. A method of surveying a coast by five vessels in quincunx was proposed by A. Dalrymple to the admiralty, when that board would not have allowed of the employment of one.
quincunx . uncis, m. [quinque-uncia], five twelfths of a whole (of an as, a jugerum, a pound, a sex...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.