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quotation marks
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Quotation marks
(gcide) | Quotation \Quo*ta"tion\ (kw[-o]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [From
Quote.]
1. The act of quoting or citing.
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2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing
named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
--Locke.
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3. (Com.) The naming or publishing of the current price of
stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.
4. Quota; share. [Obs.]
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5. (Print.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type,
and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth,
used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of
chapters, etc.
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Quotation marks (Print.), two inverted commas placed at the
beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage
quoted from an author in his own words.
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