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quincunx

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Toward the tower Criere stood the orchard full of all fruit-trees, set and ranged in a quincunx.

I divide the city into different portions, and each day I visit another quincunx.

The four faces of this square axis are pierced with three round, equal, truly-bored holes, arranged in a quincunx.

The zone is covered with fine puncta in quincunx, not visible under ordinary illumination.

Three of them enclose the orchard, which is planted quincunx-wise, with yew hedge and grass-walk all round it.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quincunx, such as: cinque, cinquefoil, limerick, lustrum, pentacle, and pentad.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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