Scalene triangle; a quadrangle; quadrilateral or tetragon 59. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Pg. 108, tetragon changed to tarragon (16,900 tarragon plants). From Wordnik.com. [Fighting France] Reference
“A tetragon that acts like an octahedron,” the Doctor said. From Wordnik.com. [Update] Reference
Be there or be an equilateral tetragon with four eight-point angles. From Wordnik.com. [This is what Super Tuesday means, right?] Reference
A figure that is bounded by four straight lines is termed a quadrangle, quadrilateral or tetragon. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
It was long, built around two sections of the tetragon, and with low divans beneath the view windows. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Haystack] Reference
I'm sure she's pulling her gray hair out at missing her chance to baffle both kids and parents with "tetragon", but hey, she could always write a sequel!). From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
The tetragon terraces, seem to be the foundation of a fortress, and perhaps the great pyramidal mounts, served the purpose of look out towers, and high places for sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
Page 326 several less ones round about the great one, with some very large tetragon terraces on each side, near one hundred yards in length, and their surface four, six, eight and ten feet above the ground on which they stand. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
The town is defended by a large stockado fortress, the plan a tetragon with salient angles at each corner, where is a block-house or round tower, one story higher than the curtains, where are light cannon mounted, it is constructed of wood. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
All three sides of the same length, three angles equal (60 degrees). quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon quadrangle and tetragon are not common usages parallelogram both pairs of non-adjacent sides are parallel rhombus equilateral (also a parallelogram) decagon. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Page 522 where were several inconsiderable conical mountains, and but one instance of the tetragon terraces which was at the Apalachucla old town, on the West banks of that river; here were yet remaining conspicuous monuments, as vast four square terraces, chunk yards, &c. almost equalling those eminent ones at the Oakmulge fields; but no high conical mounts. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
A tetragon figure A.B. C. From Wordnik.com. [Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame] Reference
Quadrangle, quadrilateral or tetragon, 59. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
"Just a great big tetragon on a central pivot. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Haystack] Reference
THE great or public square generally stands alone, in the centre and highest part of the town, it consists of foursquare or cubical buildings, or houses of one story, uniform, and of the same dimensions, so situated as to form an exact tetragon, encompassing an area of half an acre of ground, more or less, according to the strength or largeness of the town, or will of the inhabitants; there is a passage or avenue at each corner of equal width; each building is constructed of a wooden frame fixed strong in the earth, the walls filled in, and neatly plaistered with clay mortar; close. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
The region lying between Savanna river and Oakmulge, East and West, and from the sea coast to the Cherokee or Apalachean mountains, North and South, is the most remarkable for their high conical hills, tetragon terraces and chunk yards; this region was last possessed by the Cherokees, since the arrival of the Europeans, but they were afterwards dispossessed by the Muscogulges, and all that country was probably many ages preceding the Cherokee invasion, inhabited by one nation or confederacy, who were ruled by the same system of laws, customs and language; but so ancient, that the Cherokees, Creeks, or the nation they conquered, could render no account for what purpose these monuments were raised. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
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