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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CADRANS
Cad
"rans, n.
Etym:
[
Cf.
F.
cadran.
Cf.
Quadrant.
]
Defn:
An
instrument
with
a
graduated
disk
by
means
of
which
the
angles
of
gems
are
measured
in
the
process
of
cutting
and
polishing.