quaquaversal

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quaquaversal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quaquaversal \Qua`qua*ver"sal\, a. [L. quaqua wheresoever,
     whithersoever + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.]
     1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
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     2. (Geol.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a
        center, as beds of lava round a crater.
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