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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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