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sexangle
† sexangle Obs. rare. [ad. L. sexangulus, f. sex six + angulus angle n.2 Cf. siseangle (1551).] A hexagon.1651 J. F[reake] Agrippa's Occ. Philos. ii. xxiii. 253 Triangle, quadrangle, sexangle [orig. L. hexagonum], septangle, octangle, and the rest. 1788 T. Taylor Proclus I. Pref., As Barocius observ...
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sexangular
sexangular, a. (sɛkˈsæŋgjʊlə(r)) [ad. late L. sexangulār-is, f. sexangulus: see sexangle.] Having six angles; hexagonal.1608 Topsell Serpents 94 If you eye well their [sc. hornets'] nestes, you shall finde them all for the most part exactly sexangular or sixe cornered. 1637 Wotton Will in Walton Lif...
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septangle
† septangle Obs. [ad. late L. septangulus, f. sept-em seven + angulus angle.] A heptagon.1551 Recorde Pathw. Knowl. i. Def., Septangles, whiche haue seuen angles. 1651 J. F[reake] Agrippa's Occ. Philos. 253 Triangle, quadrangle, sexangle, septangle, octangle and the rest. 1656 [see septangular]. So ...
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octangle
ˈoctangle, a. and n. ? Obs. [ad. post-cl. L. octangul-us adj. eight-angled, f. octo eight + angulus angle.] a. adj. Having eight angles, octagonal. b. n. A figure with eight angles, an octagon.1613–14 Chapman Masque Mid. Temple a j, A siluer Temple of an octangle figure. 1651 J. F[reake] Agrippa's O...
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