Definition of "quincunxes" []

• Plural form of quincunx. (noun)

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• "The quincunxes and flower-beds shed forth balm and dazzling beauty into the sunlight."
• "The son, regretting the swans, turned his head back toward the basin until a corner of the quincunxes concealed it from him."
• "Incidentally, Dr. Johnson had little patience for this sort of thing and, despite his admiration for Browne, thought the latter was so resolved on discovering quincunxes that sure enough he "seldom searches long in vain, he finds his favorite figure in almost everything.""