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Definition of: quint
(kwint) noun
1. A fifth.
2. A set of five.
3. The E string of a violin.
4. Colloq. A quintuplet.
5. In piquet, a sequence of five of the same suit: if of the five highest cards, called a quint major.
6. An organ stop giving tones a fifth above those of the keys that are pressed. [<L quintus <quinque five]
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