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Q
Q (?), the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one
sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters
together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is
silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 249. Q is not found in
Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen,
queen. The name (k&umac;) is from the French ku, which is from the
Latin name of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which
derived it, through a Greek alphabet, from the Ph&oe;nician, the
ultimate origin being Egyptian. Etymologically, q or qu is most nearly
related to a (ch, tch), p, q, and wh; as in cud, quid, L. equus, ecus,
horse, Gr. equine, hippic; L. quod which, E. what; L. aquila, E.
eaqle; E. kitchen, OE. kichene, AS. cycene, L. coquina.
Qua
Qua (?), conj. [L., abl. of qui who.] In so far as; in the capacity or
character of; as.
It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have to
deal. London Spectator.
Quab
Quab (?), n. [Cf. D. kwab eelpout, Dan. quabbe, G. quabbe, quappe, LG.
quabbe a fat lump of flesh, and L. capito a kind of fish with a large
head, fr. caput the head, also E. squab.] An unfledged bird; hence,
something immature or unfinished. Ford.
Quab
Quab, v. i. See Quob, v. i.
Qua-bird
Qua"-bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The American night heron. See under
Night.
Quacha
Qua"cha (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The quagga.
Quack
Quack (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qvacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quacking.]
[Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken, quaken, Icel. kvaka
to twitter.]
1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. " To quack of
universal cures." Hudibras.
3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
Quack
Quack, n.
1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse,
quacking noise. Chaucer.
2. [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an
empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any
kind not possessed; a charlatan.
Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. Carlyle.
Quack
Quack, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension;
used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a
quack doctor.
Quackery
Quack"er*y (?), n.; pl. Quackeries (. The acts, arts, or boastful
pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
Carlyle.
Quack grass
Quack" grass` (?). (Bot.) See Quitch grass.
Quackish
Quack"ish, a. Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.
Burke.
Quackism
Quack"ism (?), n. Quackery. Carlyle.
Quackle
Quac"kle (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Quackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quackling (?).] [Cf.Querken.] To suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]
Quacksalver
Quack"sal*ver (?), n. [D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast
of one's salves. See Quack, Salve, n.] One who boasts of his skill in
medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a
charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [Obs.] Burton.
Quad, Quade
Quad (?), Quade (?), a. [Akin to AS. cw&aemac;d, cwead, dung, evil, G.
kot, dung, OHG. qu\'bet.] Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind.
[Obs.]
Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. Chaucer.
Quad
Quad, n. (Print.) A quadrat.
Quad
Quad, n. (Arch.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [Cant or Slang]
Quadra
Quad"ra (?), n.; pl. Quadr\'91 (#). [L., a square, the socle, a
platband, a fillet.] (Arch.) (a) The plinth, or lowest member, of any
pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. (b) A fillet, or listel.
Quadrable
Quad"ra*ble (?), a.[See Quadrate.] (Math.) That may be sqyared, or
reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area
limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite
number of algebraic terms.
Quadragenarious
Quad`ra*ge*na"ri*ous (?), a. [L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty
each.] Consisting of forty; forty years old.
Quadragene
Quad"ra*gene (?), n. [LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each,
akin to quadraginta forty.] (R. C. Ch.) An indulgence of forty days,
corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.
Quadragesima
Quad`ra*ges"i*ma (?), n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr.
quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.] (Eccl.) The forty
days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesima Sunday, the first
Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.
Quadragesimal
Quad`ra*ges"i*mal (?), a. [Cf. F. quadrag\'82simal.] Belonging to
Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
Quadragesimals
Quad`ra*ges"i*mals (?), n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the mother
church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.
Quadrangle
Quad"ran`gle (?), n. [F., fr. L. quadrangulum; quattuor four + angulus
an angle. See Four, and Angle a corner.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four
sides; any figure having four angles.
2. A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court
surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public
school in England.
Quadrangular
Quad*ran"gu*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. quadrangulaire.] Having four angles,
and consequently four sides; tetragonal. -- Quad*ran"gu*lar*ly, adv.
Quadrans
Quad"rans (?), n.; pl. Quadrantes (#). [L.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.
2. The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
Quadrant
Quad"rant (?), n. [L. quadrans, -antis, a fourth part, a fourth of a
whole, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quadrant, cadran. See Four, and cf.
Cadrans.]
1. The fourth part; the quarter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. (Geom.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a
circle, an arc of 90°, or one subtending a right angle at the center.
3. (Anal. (Geom.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided
by the co\'94rdinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first
quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand
part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.
4. An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and
mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery,
etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90°, with an index or
vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a
plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal
direction.
Gunner's quadrant, an instrument consisting of a graduated limb, with
a plumb line or spirit level, and an arm by which it is applied to a
cannon or mortar in adjusting it to the elevation required for
attaining the desired range. -- Gunter's quadrant. See Gunter's
quadrant, in the Vocabulary. Hadley's quadrant, a hand instrument used
chiefly at sea to measure the altitude of the sun or other celestial
body in ascertaining the vessel's position. It consists of a frame in
the form of an octant having a graduated scale upon its arc, and an
index arm, or alidade pivoted at its apex. Mirrors, called the index
glass and the horizon glass, are fixed one upon the index arm and the
other upon one side of the frame, respectively. When the instrument is
held upright, the index arm may be swung so that the index glass will
reflect an image of the sun upon the horizon glass, and when the
reflected image of the sun coincides, to the observer's eye, with the
horizon as seen directly through an opening at the side of the horizon
glass, the index shows the sun's altitude upon the scale; -- more
properly, but less commonly, called an octant. -- Quadrant of
altitude, an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip
of brass of the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of
the globe, and graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being
movable round to all points of the horizon, serves as a scale in
measuring altitudes, azimuths, etc.
Quadrantal
Quad*ran"tal (?), a. [L. quadrantalis containing the fourth fourth
part of a measure.] (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also,
included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space.
Quadrantal triangle, a spherical triangle having one side equal to a
quadrant or arc of 90°. -- Quadrantal versor, a versor that expresses
rotation through one right angle.
Quadrantal
Quad*ran"tal, n. [L.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each
side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure.
2. A cube. [R.]
Quadrat
Quad"rat (?), n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See Quadrate.]
1. (Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in
spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.]
2. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also
geometrical square, and line of shadows.
Quadrate
Quad"rate (?), a. [L. quadratus squared, p. p. of quadrare to make
four-cornered, to make square, to square, to fit, suit, from quadrus
square, quattuor four. See Quadrant, and cf. Quadrat, Quarry an arrow,
Square.]
1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four
right angles; square.
Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate. Foxe.
2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. " Quadrate and
cubical numbers." Sir T. Browne.
3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [Archaic] " A quadrate,
solid, wise man." Howell.
4. Squared; suited; correspondent. [Archaic] " A generical description
quadrate to both." Harvey.
Quadrate bone (Anat.), a bone between the base of the lower jaw and
the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals. In reptiles and birds
it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is
represented by the malleus or incus.
Quadrate
Quad"rate (?), n. [L. quadratum. See Quadrate, a.]
1. (Geom.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right
angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of
a square.
At which command, the powers militant That stood for heaven, in
mighty quadrate joined. Milton.
2. (Astrol.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are
distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See
the Note under Aspect, 6.
3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone.
Quadrate
Quad"rate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quadrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quadrating.] [See Quadrate, a.] To square; to agree; to suit; to
correspond; -- followed by with. [Archaic]
The objections of these speculatists of its forms do not quadrate
with their theories. Burke.
Quadrate
Quad"rate, v. t. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a
gun) for horizontal firing.
Quadratic
Quad*rat"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. quadratique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate,
or square; square.
2. (Crystallog.) Tetragonal.
3. (Alg.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic
equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a
square.
Quadratics
Quad*rat"ics (?), n. (Alg.) That branch of algebra which treats of
quadratic equations.
Quadratojugal
Quad*ra`to*ju"gal (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the quadrate
and jugal bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone. -- n.
The quadratojugal bone. Quadratojugal bone (Anat.), a bone at the base
of the lower jaw in many animals.
Quadratrix
Quad*ra"trix (?), n.; pl. -trixes (#), or -trices (#). [NL.] (Geom.) A
curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the
quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.
Quadrature
Quad"ra*ture (?), n. [L. quadratura: cf. F. quadrature. See Quadrate,
a.]
1. (Math.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the
same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a
circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a
figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two
ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.
2. A quadrate; a square. Milton.
3. (Integral Calculus) The integral used in obtaining the area bounded
by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any
function of one variable into the differential of that variable.
4. (Astron.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another
when distant from it 90°, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when
at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.
Quadrature of the moon (Astron.), the position of the moon when one
half of the disk is illuminated. -- Quadrature of an orbit (Astron.),
a point in an orbit which is at either extremity of the latus rectum
drawn through the empty focus of the orbit.
Quadrel
Quad"rel (?), n. [It. quadrello, LL. quadrellus, fr. L. quadrus
square. See Quadrate, and cf. Quarrel an arrow.]
1. A square piece of turf or peat. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A square brick, tile, or the like.
Quadrennial
Quad*ren"ni*al (?), a. [L. quadriennium a space of four years;
quattuor four + annus year; cf. L. quadriennis. See Quadrate, and
Annual.]
1. Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.
2. Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years;
as, quadrennial games.
Quadrennially
Quad*ren"ni*al*ly, adv. Once in four years.
Quadrennium
Quad*ren"ni*um (?), n. [NL. See Quadrennial.] A space or period of
four years.
Quadri-
Quad"ri- (?). [L., from quattuor four. See Four.] A combining form
meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four
capsules.
Quadribasic
Quad`ri*ba"sic (?), a. [Quadri- + basic.] (Chem.) Same as Tetrabasic.
Quadrible
Quad"ri*ble (?), a. Quadrable. [R.]
Quadric
Quad"ric (?), a. (Math.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.
Quadric
Quad"ric, n. (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic.
(b) (Geom.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the
second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids,
hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are
quadrics.
Quadricapsular
Quad`ri*cap"su*lar (?), a. [Quadri- + capsular.] (Bot.) Having four
capsules.
Quadriceps
Quad"ri*ceps (?), n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.] (Anat.)
The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts
which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
Quadricipital
Quad`ri*cip"i*tal (?), n. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
Quadricorn
Quad"ri*corn (?), n. [See Quadricornous.] (Zo\'94l.) Any quadricornous
animal.
Quadricornous
Quad`ri*cor"nous (?), a. [Quadri- + L. cornu horn: cf. F.
quadricorne.] (Zo\'94l.) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a
quadricornous beetle.
Quadricostate
Quad`ri*cos"tate (?), a. [Quadri- + costate.] Having four ribs.
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Quadridentate
Quad`ri*den"tate (?), a. [Quadri- + dentate.] Having four teeth; as, a
quadridentate leaf.
Quadriennial
Quad`ri*en"ni*al (?), a. Same as Quadrennial.
Quadrifarious
Quad`ri*fa"ri*ous (?), a. [L. quadrifarius fourfold, fr. quattuor
four: cf. F. quadrifari\'82. Cf. Multifarious.] Arranged in four rows
or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. Loudon.
Quadrifid
Quad"ri*fid (?), a. [L. quadrifidus; quattuor four + findere to
cleave: cf. F. quadrifide.] Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts;
as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
Quadrifoil, Quadrifoliate
Quad"ri*foil (?), Quad`ri*fo"li*ate (?), a. [Quadri- + L. folium
leaf.] (Bot.) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
Quadrifurcated
Quad`ri*fur"ca*ted (?), a. [Quadri- + furcated.] Having four forks, or
branches.
Quadriga
Quad*ri"ga (?), n.; pl. Quadrig\'91 (#). [L. See Quadrijugous.] (Rom.
Antiq.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
Quadrigeminal, Quadrigeminous
Quad`ri*gem"i*nal (?), Quad`ri*gem"i*nous (?), a. [Quadri- + L. gemini
twins.] Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar
parts. Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or
elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the
optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior
the testes.
Quadrigenarious
Quad`ri*ge*na"ri*ous (?), a. [L. quadrigeni, quadringeni, four hundred
each.] Consisting of four hundred.
Quadrijugate
Quad*rij"u*gate (?), a. Same as Quadrijugous.
Quadrijugous
Quad*rij"u*gous (?), a. [L. quadrijugus of a team of four; quattuor
four + jugum yoke.] (Bot.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a
quadrijugous leaf.
Quadrilateral
Quad`ri*lat"er*al (?), a. [L. quadrilaterus: cf. F. quadrilat\'8are,
quadrilat\'82ral. See Quadri- and Lateral.] Having four sides, and
consequently four angles; quadrangular.
Quadrilateral
Quad`ri*lat"er*al, n.
1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four
angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.
2. An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the
Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and
Legnano.
Complete quadrilateral (Geom.), the figure made up of the six straight
lines that can be drawn through four points, A., B, C, I, the lines
being supposed to be produced indefinitely. <-- reference is to a
figure of a complete quadrilateral. -->
Quadrilateralness
Quad`ri*lat"er*al*ness, n. The property of being quadrilateral.
Quadriliteral
Quad`ri*lit"er*al (?), a. [Quadri- + literal.] Consisting of four
letters.
Quadrille
Qua*drille" (?), n. [F. quadrille, n. fem., fr. Sp. cuadrilla meeting
of four or more persons or It. quadriglia a band of soldiers, a sort
of dance; dim. fr. L. quadra a square, fr. quattuor four. See
Quadrate.]
1. A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of
dancers being in each set.
2. The appropriate music for a quadrille.
Quadrille
Qua*drille", n. [F. quadrille, n. masc., cf. It. quadriglio; or
perhaps from the Spanish. See Quadrille a dance.] A game played by
four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack
after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. Hoyle.
Quadrillion
Quad*ril"lion (?), n. [F., fr. L. quater four times, akin to quattuor
four, E. four; -- formed like million. See Four, Million.] According
to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and
in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according
to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to
the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four
ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
Quadrilobate, Quadrilobed
Quad`ri*lo"bate (?), Quad`ri*lobed (?), a. [Quadri- + lobe: cf. F.
quadrilob\'82.] Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
Quadrilocular
Quad`ri*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Quadri- + locular: cf. F. quadriloculaire.]
Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
Quadrin
Quad"rin (?), n. [OF., fr. L. quadrini four each, fr. quattuor four.]
A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.
[Obs.]
Quadrinodal
Quad`ri*nod"al (?), a. [Quadri- + nodal.] (Math.) Possessing four
nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
Quadrinomial
Quad`ri*no"mi*al (?), n. [Quadri- + nomial, as in binomial: cf. F.
quadrin\'93me.] (Alg.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the
signs plus or minus.
Quadrinomical
Quad`ri*nom"ic*al (?), a. Quadrinomial.
Quadrinominal
Quad`ri*nom"i*nal (?), a. [Quadri- + nominal.] (Alg.) Quadrinomial.
Sir W. R. Hamilton.
Quadripartite
Quad*rip"ar*tite (?), a. [L. quadripartitus, p. p. of quadripartire to
divide into four parts; quattuor four + partire to divide: cf. F.
quadripartite.] Divided into four parts.
Quadripartitely
Quad*rip"ar*tite*ly, adv. In four parts.
Quadripartition
Quad`ri*par*ti"tion (?), n. [L. quadripartitio: cf. F.
quadripartition.] A division or distribution by four, or into four
parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Quadripennate
Quad`ri*pen"nate (?), a. [Quadri- + pennate.] (Zo\'94l.) Having four
wings; -- said of insects.
Quadriphyllous
Quad*riph"yl*lous (?), a. [Quadri + Gr. (Bot.) Having four leaves;
quadrifoliate.
Quadrireme
Quad"ri*reme (?), n. [L. quadriremis; quattuor four + remus an oar:
cf. F. quadrir\'8ame.] (Antiq.) A galley with four banks of oars or
rowers.
Quadrisection
Quad`ri*sec"tion (?), n. [Quadri- + section.] A subdivision into four
parts.
Quadrisulcate
Quad`ri*sul"cate (?), a. [Quadri + sulcate.] (Zo\'94l.) Having four
hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
Quadrisyllabic, Quadri-syllabical
Quad`ri*syl*lab"ic (?), Quad`ri-syl*lab"ic*al (?),Having four
syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic
word.
Quadrisyllable
Quad`ri*syl"la*ble (?), n. [Quadri- + syllable: cf. F. quadrisyllabe.]
A word consisting of four syllables. De Quincey.
Quadrivalence
Quad*riv"a*lence (?), n. (Chem.) The quality or state of being
quadrivalent; tetravalence.
Quadrivalent
Quad*riv"a*lent (?), a. [Quadri- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See
Valence.] (Chem.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with,
being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; --
said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are
quadrivalent elements.
Quadrivalve
Quad"ri*valve (?), a. [Quadri- + valve: cf. F. quadrivalve.] (Bot.)
Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve
pericarp.
Quadrivalve
Quad"ri*valve, n. (Arch.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four
folds.
Quadrivalvular
Quad`ri*val"vu*lar (?), a. Having four valves; quadrivalve.
Quadrivial
Quad*riv"i*al (?), a. [L. quadrivium a place where four ways meet;
quattuor four + via way.] Having four ways meeting in a point. B.
Jonson.
Quadrivial
Quad*riv"i*al, n. One of the four "liberal arts" making up the
quadrivium.
Quadrivium
Quad*riv"i*um (?), n. [L.] The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music,
geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
Quadroon
Quad*roon" (?), n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See Quarter a
fourth part, and cf. Quarteron.] The offspring of a mulatto and a
white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron,
quarteroon, and quateron.]
Quadroxide
Quad*rox"ide (?), n. [Quadri- + oxide.] (Chem.) A tetroxide. [R.]
Quadrumana
Quad*ru"ma*na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Quadrumane.] (Zo\'94l.) A division
of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because
the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable
somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an
order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.
Quadrumane
Quad"ru*mane (?), n. [L. quattuor four + manus a hand: cf. F.
quadrumane.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Quadrumana.
Quadrumanous
Quad*ru"ma*nous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having four hands; of or pertaining
to the Quadrumana.
Quadruped
Quad"ru*ped (?), a. [L. quadrupes, -pedis; quattuor four + pes, pedis,
a foot: cf. F. quadrup\'8ade. See Quadrate, and Foot.] Having four
feet.
Quadruped
Quad"ru*ped, n. (Zo\'94l.) An animal having four feet, as most mammals
and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.
Quadrupedal
Quad*ru"pe*dal (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having four feet; of or pertaining
to a quadruped.
Quadruple
Quad"ru*ple (?), a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F.
quadruple. See Quadrate, and cf. Double.] Fourfold; as, to make
quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. Quadruple time (Mus.),
that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.
Quadruple
Quad"ru*ple, n. [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.] four times the sum
or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the
amount in damages.
Quadruple
Quad"ru*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadrupled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quadrupling (?).] [L. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.] To multiply by
four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. A. Smith.
Quadruple
Quad"ru*ple, v. i. To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to
become four times as much.
Quadruplex
Quad"ru*plex (?), a. [L., from quattuor four + plicare to fold.]
Fourfold; folded or doubled twice. Quadruplex system (Electric
Telegraph), a system by which four messages, two in each direction,
may be sent simultaneously over the wire.
Quadruplicate
Quad*ru"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadruplicated (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Quadruplicating.] [L. quadruplicatus, p. p. of quadruplicare,
fr. quadrupleQuadruplex.] To make fourfold; to double twice; to
quadruple.
Quadruplicate
Quad*ru"pli*cate (?), a. [L. quadruplicatus, p. p.]
1. Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate
ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [R.]
Quadruplication
Quad`ru*pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. quadruplicatio: cf. F.
quadruplication.] The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the
simple sum or amount.
Quadruply
Quad"ru*ply (?), adv. To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to
be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.
Qu\'91re
Qu\'91"re (?), v. imperative. [L., imperative of quaerere to seek.]
Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest
investigation.
Qu\'91stor
Qu\'91s"tor (?), n. [L.] Same as Questor.
Quaff
Quaff (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quaffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quaffing.]
[For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking cup; cf. L. caucus a
drinking vessel. Cf. Quaigh.] To drink with relish; to drink copiously
of; to swallow in large draughts. "Quaffed off the muscadel." Shak.
They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and
joy. Milton.
Quaff
Quaff (?), v. i. To drink largely or luxuriously.
Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And quaff with
blameless Ethiops in the deep. Dryden.
Quaffer
Quaff"er (?), n. One who quaffs, or drinks largely.
Quag
Quag (?), n. A quagmire. [R.] "Crooked or straight, through quags or
thorny dells." Cowper.
Quagga
Quag"ga (?), n. [Hottentot.] (Zo\'94l.) A South African wild ass
(Equus, OR Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown,
becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the
face, neck, and fore part of the body.<-- now extinct? -->
Quaggy
Quag"gy (?), a.[See Quag, Quagmire.] Of the nature of a quagmire;
yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy;
boggy. "O'er the watery strath, or quaggy moss." Collins.
Quagmire
Quag"mire` (?), n. [Quake + mire.] Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes
or yields under the feet. "A spot surrounded by quagmires, which
rendered it difficult of access." Palfrey. Syn. -- Morass; marsh; bog;
swamp; fen; slough.
Quahog, Quahaug
Qua"hog, Qua"haug (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. Narragansett Indian
poqua\'96hock.] (Zo\'94l.) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria).
It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called
also round clam, and hard clam.
NOTE: &hand; Th e na me is also applied to other allied species, as
Venus Mortoni of the Gulf of Mexico.
Quaigh, Quaich
Quaigh, Quaich (?), n. [Gael.cuach. Cf. Quaff.] A small shallow cup or
drinking vessel. [Scot.] [Written also quegh.]
Quail
Quail (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qualled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Qualling.]
[AS.cwelan to die, perish; akin to cwalu violent death, D. kwaal pain,
G. qual torment, OHG. quelan to suffer torment, Lith. gelti to hurt,
gela pain. Cf. Quell.]
1. To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or
apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to
lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
The atheist power shall quail, and confess his fears. I. Taylor.
Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter.
Longfellow.
Syn. -- to cower; flinch; shrink; quake; tremble; blench; succumb;
yield.
Quail
Quail, v. t. [Cf. Quell.] To cause to fail in spirit or power; to
quell; to crush; to subdue. [Obs.] Spenser.
Quail
Quail, v. i. [OF. coaillier, F. cailler, from L. coagulare. See
Coagulate.] To curdle; to coagulate, as milk. [Obs.] Holland.
Quail
Quail, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of
Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G.
wachtel.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several
allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail
(C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble
quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus
australis).
2. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to
Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite
(called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail
(Calipepla Californica).
3. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera,
native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix
varius). See Turnix.
4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a
very amorous bird.[Obs.] Shak.
Bustard quail (Zo\'94l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus
Turnix, as T. taigoor, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard
quail (T. ocellatus). See Turnix. -- Button quail (Zo\'94l.), one of
several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as T. Sykesii, which is said
to be the smallest game bird of India. -- Mountain quail. See under
Mountain. -- Quail call, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net
or within range. -- Quail dove (Zo\'94l.), any one of several American
ground pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera. -- Quail hawk
(Zo\'94l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk (Hieracidea
Nov\'91-Hollandi\'91). -- Quail pipe. See Quail call, above. -- Quail
snipe (Zo\'94l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also
robin snipe, and brown snipe. -- Sea quail (Zo\'94l.), the turnstone.
[Local, U. S.]
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Quaily
Quail"y (?), n. [Cf. Quail the bird.] (Zo\'94l.) The upland plover.
[Canadian]
Quaint
Quaint (?), a. [OE. queint, queynte, coint, prudent, wise, cunning,
pretty, odd, OF. cointe cultivated, amiable, agreeable, neat, fr. L.
cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere to know; con + noscere (for
gnoscere) to know. See Know, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition.]
1. Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. [Obs.]
Clerks be full subtle and full quaint. Chaucer.
2. Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully
wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. [Archaic] " The queynte ring."
" His queynte spear." Chaucer. " A shepherd young quaint." Chapman.
Every look was coy and wondrous quaint. Spenser.
To show bow quaint an orator you are. Shak.
3. Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic;
singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
Some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry. Macaulay.
An old, long-faced, long-bodied servant in quaint livery. W.
Irving.
Syn. -- Quaint, Odd, Antique. Antique is applied to that which has
come down from the ancients, or which is made to imitate some ancient
work of art. Odd implies disharmony, incongruity, or unevenness. An
odd thing or person is an exception to general rules of calculation
and procedure, or expectation and common experience. In the current
use of quaint, the two ideas of odd and antique are combined, and the
word is commonly applied to that which is pleasing by reason of both
these qualities. Thus, we speak of the quaint architecture of many old
buildings in London; or a quaint expression, uniting at once the
antique and the fanciful.
Quaintise
Quain"tise (?), n. [OF. cointise.]
1. Craft; subtlety; cunning. [Obs.] Chaucer. R. of Glouces.
2. Elegance; beauty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Quaintly
Quaint"ly (?), adv. In a quaint manner. Shak.
Quaintness
Quaint"ness, n. The quality of being quaint. Pope.
Quair
Quair (?), n. [See 3d Quire.] A quire; a book. [Obs.] " The king's
quhair." James I. (of Scotland).
Quake
Quake (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking.]
[AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.]
1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to
shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. Quaking for
dread." Chaucer.
She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to
seize. Sir P. Sidney.
2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft,
wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth
quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking bogs." Macaulay.
Quake
Quake, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.] To
cause to quake. [Obs.] Shak.
Quake
Quake, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a
shudder; a quivering.
Quaker
Quak"er (?), n.
1. One who quakes.
2. One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire,
England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends.
They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.
Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of repentance . . . The
trembling among the listening crowd caused or confirmed the name of
Quakers given to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and
lay struggling as if for life. Encyc. Brit.
3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The nankeen bird. (b) The sooty albatross. (c) Any
grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the
quaking noise made during flight.
Quaker buttons. (Bot.) See Nux vomica. -- Quaker gun, a dummy cannon
made of wood or other material; -- so called because the sect of
Friends, or Quakers, hold to the doctrine, of nonresistance. -- Quaker
ladies (Bot.), a low American biennial plant (Houstonia c\'91rulea),
with pretty four-lobed corollas which are pale blue with a yellowish
center; -- also called bluets, and little innocents.
Quakeress
Quak"er*ess, n. A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
Quakerish
Quak"er*ish, a. Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
Quakerism
Quak"er*ism (?), n. The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of
the Quakers.
Quakerlike
Quak"er*like (?), a. Like a Quaker.
Quakerly
Quak"er*ly, a. Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish. Macaulay.
Quakery
Quak"er*y (?), n. Quakerism. [Obs.] Hallywell.
Quaketail
Quake"tail` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A wagtail.
Quakness
Quak"ness (?), n. The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
Quaking
Quak"ing, a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American
species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble
in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See
Aspen.<-- #err in original written "Quaking asp"! --> -- Quaking bog,
a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when
trodden upon. -- Quaking grass. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of
the genus Briza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets,
which quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quaking
grass; B. media and B. minor are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnake
grass (Glyceria Canadensis).
Quakingly
Quak"ing*ly (?), adv. In a quaking manner; fearfully. Sir P. Sidney.
Quaky
Quak"y (?), a. Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.
Qualifiable
Qual"i*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being qualified; abatable;
modifiable. Barrow.
Qualification
Qual`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. qualification. See Qualify.]
1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement,
which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which
enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality
or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.
There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom,
actual or presumptive. Burke.
3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which
qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement;
diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.
Qualificative
Qual"i*fi*ca*tive (?), n. That which qualifies, modifies, or
restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth
in this relation. Fuller.
Qualificator
Qual"i*fi*ca`tor (?), n. [LL.] (R. C. Ch.) An officer whose business
it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical
courts.
Qualified
Qual"i*fied (?), a.
1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a
qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification,
as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale. --
Qualified indorsement (Law), an indorsement which modifies the
liability of the indorser that would result from the general
principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the
instrument. Story. -- Qualified negative (Legislation), a limited veto
power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may
refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills
therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the
legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the
constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the
executive. Qualified property (Law), that which depends on temporary
possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a
bailment. Syn. -- Competent; fit; adapted. -- Qualified, Competent.
Competent is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and
general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; qualified
with respect to specific acquirements and training.
Qualifiedly
Qual"i*fied`ly, adv. In the way of qualification; with modification or
qualification.
Qualifiedness
Qual"i*fied`ness, n. The state of being qualified.
Qualifier
Qual"i*fi`er (?), One who, or that which, qualifies; that which
modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
Qualify
Qual"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Qualified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Qualifying (?).] [F. qualifier, LL. qualificare, fr. L. qualis how
constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Quality, and -Fy.]
1. To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities
to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to
furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary
for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to
supply with legal power or capacity.
He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths
to the sovereigns in possession. Macaulay.
2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. Sir T. Browne.
3. To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to
particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to
restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.
4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the
strength of, as liquors.
I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the
fire's extreme rage. Shak.
5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]
In short space he has them qualified. Spenser.
Syn. -- To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify;
soften; restrict; restrain; temper.
Qualify
Qual"i*fy, v. i.
1. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or
employment.
2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying
with the forms required, on assuming an office.
Qualitative
Qual"i*ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. LL. gualitativus, F. qualitatif.] Relating
to quality; having the character of quality. -- Qual"i*ta*tive*ly,
adv. Qualitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which merely determines
the constituents of a substance without any regard to the quantity of
each ingredient; -- contrasted with quantitative analysis.
Qualitied
Qual"i*tied (?), a. Furnished with qualities; endowed. [Obs.] "He was
well qualitied." Chapman.
Quality
Qual"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Qualities (#). [F. qualit\'82, L. qualitas, fr.
qualis how constituted, as; akin to E. which. See Which.]
1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished
from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods;
character; sort; rank.
We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city
not of the meanest quality. Bacon
2. Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or
asserted rank, part, or position.
I made that inquiry in quality of an antiquary. Gray.
3. That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is;
anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing
property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or
virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those
of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
NOTE: &hand; Qu alities, in metaphysics, are primary or secondary.
Primary are those essential to the existence, and even the
conception, of the thing, as of matter or spirit Secondary are
those not essential to such a conception.
4. An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
He had those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which
accompany a good breeding. Clarendon.
5. Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. "Persons
of quality." Bacon.
Quality binding, a kind of worsted tape used in Scotland for binding
carpets, and the like. The quality, those of high rank or station, as
distinguished from the masses, or common people; the nobility; the
gentry.
I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that
the quality may see how pretty they will look in their traveling
habits. Addison.
Syn. -- Property; attribute; nature; peculiarity; character; sort;
rank; disposition; temper.
Qualm
Qualm (?), n. [AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. &
OHG. qualm. See Quail to cower.]
1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.]
thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead]. Chaucer.
2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms
of heartsick agony." Milton.
3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though
by Homer cooked? Roscommon.
4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience;
compunction. Dryden.
Qualmish
Qualm"ish, a. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly
languor; inclined to vomit. Shak. -- Qualm"ish*ly, adv. --
Qualm"ish*ness, n.
Quamash
Quam"ash (?), n. (Bot.) See Camass.
Quamoclit
Quam"o*clit (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) Formerly, a genus of plants including
the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipom\'d2a Quamoclit).
The genus is now merged in Ipom\'d2a.
Quandary
Quan"da*ry (?), n.; pl. Quandaries (#). [Prob. fr. OE. wandreth
adversity, perplexity, Icel. wandr\'91&edh;i difficulty, trouble, fr.
vandr difficult.] A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt;
uncertainty.
Quandary
Quan"da*ry, v. t. To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or
difficulty. [Obs.] Otway.
Quandong
Quan"dong (?), n. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian
tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also
quandang.
Quandy
Quan"dy (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) The old squaw. [Local,
U. S.]
Quannet
Quan"net (?), n. A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to
be used like a plane.
Quant
Quant (?), n. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to
prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
Quantic
Quan"tic (?), n. [L. quantus how much. See Quantity.] (Math.) A
homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general
containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called
quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second,
third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called
binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two,
three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic is a binary cubic.
Quantification
Quan`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [See Quantity.] Modification by a reference
to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.
The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to Sir William
Hamilton; viz., in its extension to negative propositions. De
Quincey.
Quantity
Quan"ti*ty (?) v. t. [L. quantus now much + -fy.] To modify or qualify
with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
Quantitative
Quan"ti*ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. quantitatif.] Relating to quantity. --
Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv. Quantitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which
determines the amount or quantity of each ingredient of a substance,
by weight or by volume; -- contrasted with qualitative analysis.
Quantitive
Quan"ti*tive (?), a. [See Quantity.] Estimable according to quantity;
quantitative. Sir K. Digby.
Quantitively
Quan"ti*tive*ly, adv. So as to be measurable by quantity;
quantitatively.
Quantity
Quan"ti*ty (?), n.; pl. Quantities (#). [F. quantite, L. quantitas,
fr. quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow, E. how, who. See
Who.]
1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property
of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease,
multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that
which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or
amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk;
extent; size. Hence, in specific uses: (a) (Logic) The extent or
extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or
individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or
comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities,
attributes, or relations. (b) (Gram.) The measure of a syllable; that
which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or
short quantity of a vowel or syllable. (c) (Mus.) The relative
duration of a tone.
2. That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially
(Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.
NOTE: &hand; Qu antity is di screte when it is applied to separate
objects, as in number; continuous, when the parts are connected,
either in succession, as in time, motion, etc., or in extension, as
by the dimensions of space, viz., length, breadth, and thickness.
3. A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion
or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or
sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.
The quantity of extensive and curious information which he had
picked up during many months of desultory, but not unprofitable,
study. Macaulay.
Quantity of estate (Law), its time of continuance, or degree of
interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. Wharton (Law Dict. ) --
Quantity of matter, in a body, its mass, as determined by its weight,
or by its momentum under a given velocity. -- Quantity of motion
(Mech.), in a body, the relative amount of its motion, as measured by
its momentum, varying as the product of mass and velocity. -- Known
quantities (Math.), quantities whose values are given. -- Unknown
quantities (Math.), quantities whose values are sought.
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Quantivalence
Quan*tiv"a*lence (?), n. [L. quantus how much + E. valence.] (Chem.)
Valence. [Archaic]
Quantivalent
Quan*tiv"a*lent (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence.
[Archaic]
Quantum
Quan"tum (?), n.; pl. Quanta (#). [L., neuter of quantus how great,
how much. See Quantity,]
1. Quantity; amount. "Without authenticating . . . the quantum of the
charges." Burke.
2. (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or
by a boundary. W. K. Clifford.
Quantum meruit ( [L., as much as he merited] (Law), a count in an
action grounded on a promise that the defendant would pay to the
plaintiff for his service as much as he should deserve. -- Quantum
sufficit (, OR Quantum suff. <-- abbr. q.s. (pharmacy) -->[L., as much
suffices] (Med.), a sufficient quantity. -- Quantum valebat ( [L., as
much at it was worth] (Law), a count in an action to recover of the
defendant, for goods sold, as much as they were worth. Blackstone.
Quap
Quap (?), v. i. To quaver. [Obs.] See Quob.
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.
2. (Geol.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as
beds of lava round a crater.
Quar
Quar (?), n. A quarry. [Prov. Eng.] B. Jonson.
Quarantine
Quar"an*tine (?), n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante
forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It.
quarantina, quarentine. See Four, and cf. Quadragesima.]
1. A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
2. Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a
ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant
contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the
shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the
place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
NOTE: &hand; Qu arantine is now applied also to any forced stoppage
of travel or communication on account of malignant contagious
disease, on land as well as by sea.
3. (Eng. Law) The period of forty days during which the widow had the
privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died
seized.
Quarantine flag, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a vessel or hung
from a building, to give warning of an infectious disease; -- called
also the yellow jack, and yellow flag.
Quarantine
Quar`an*tine" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarantined (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Quarantining.] To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given
place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious
disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
Quarl
Quarl (?), n. [Cf. G. qualle.] (Zo\'94l.) A medusa, or jellyfish. [R.]
The jellied quarl that flings At once a thousand streaming stings.
J. R. Drake.
Quarrel
Quar"rel (?), n. [OE. quarel, OF. quarrel, F. carreau, LL. quadrellus,
from L. quadrus square. See Quadrate, and cf. Quadrel, Quarry an
arrow, Carrel.]
1. An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a
square head. [Obs.]
To shoot with arrows and quarrel. Sir J. Mandeville.
Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Arch.) Any small square or quadrangular member; as: (a) A square
of glass, esp. when set diagonally. (b) A small opening in window
tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square. (c) A
square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
3. A glazier's diamond. Simmonds.
4. A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
Quarrel
Quar"rel, n. [OE. querele, OF. querele, F. querelle, fr. L. querela,
querella, a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See Querulous.]
1. A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a
difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or
conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an
altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.
I will bring a sword upon you that shall avenge the quarrel of my
covenant. Lev. xxvi. 25.
On open seas their quarrels they debate. Dryden.
2. Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of
dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him. Mark
vi. 19.
No man hath any quarrel to me. Shak.
He thought he had a good quarrel to attack him. Holinshed.
3. Earnest desire or longing. [Obs.] Holland.
To pick a quarrel. See under Pick, v. t. Syn. -- Brawl; broil;
squabble; affray; feud; tumult; contest; dispute; altercation;
contention; wrangle.
Quarrel
Quar"rel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quarreled (?) or Quarrelled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Quarreling or Quarrelling.]
1. To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out;
to be or become antagonistic.
Our people quarrel with obedience. Shak.
But some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed.
Shak.
2. To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to
altercate; to contend; to fight.
Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust. Sir W. Temple.
3. To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake. Roscommon.
Quarrel
Quar"rel (?), v. t.
1. To quarrel with. [R.] "I had quarelled my brother purposely." B.
Jonson.
2. To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or
rights.
Quarrel
Quar"rel (?), n. [Written also quarreller.] One who quarrels or
wrangles; one who is quarrelsome. Shak.
Quarrelet
Quar"rel*et (?), n. A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2. [Obs.]
"Quarrelets of pearl [teeth]." Herrick.
Quarreling
Quar"rel*ing, a. Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as,
quarreling factions; a quarreling mood. -- Quar"rel*ing*ly, adv.
Quarrellous
Quar"rel*lous (?), a. [OF. querelous, F. querelleux, L. querulosus and
querulus, fr. queri to complain. See 2d Quarrel.] Quarrelsome. [Obs.]
[Written also quarrellous.] Shak.
Quarrelsome
Quar"rel*some (?), a. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and
contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible;
choleric. Syn. -- Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling;
choleric; fiery; petulant. -- Quar"rel*some*ly, adv. --
Quar"rel*some*ness, n.
Quarried
Quar"ried (?), a. Provided with prey.
Now I am bravely quarried. Beau. & Fl.
Quarrier
Quar"ri*er (?), n. A worker in a stone quarry.
Quarry
Quar"ry (?), n. [OE. quarre, OF. quarr\'82 square, F. carr\'82, from
L. quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a square. See Quadrate, and
cf. Quarrel an arrow.] Same as 1st Quarrel. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Quarry
Quar"ry, a. [OF. quarr\'82.] Quadrate; square. [Obs.]
Quarry
Quar"ry, n.; pl. Quarries (#). [OE. querre, OF. cuiri\'82e, F.
cur\'82e, fr. cuir hide, leather, fr. L. corium; the quarry given to
the dogs being wrapped in the akin of the beast. See Cuirass.]
1. (a) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
(b) A heap of game killed.
2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially,
the game hunted with hawks. "The stone-dead quarry." Spenser.
The wily quarry shunned the shock. Sir W. Scott.
Quarry
Quar"ry, v. i. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
L'Estrange.
Quarry
Quar"ry, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F. carri\'8are, LL. quadraria
a quarry, whence squared (quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus
square. See Quadrate.] A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken
from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other
purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).
Quarry
Quar"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quarrying.]
To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Quarry-faced
Quar"ry-faced` (?), a. (Stone Masonry) Having a face left as it comes
from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of
stones.
Quarry-man
Quar"ry-man (?), n.; pl. Quarrymen (. A man who is engaged in
quarrying stones; a quarrier.
Quart
Quart (?), n. [F. quart, n. masc., fr. L. quartus the fourth, akin to
quattuor four. See Four, and cf. 2d Carte, Quarto.] The fourth part; a
quarter; hence, a region of the earth. [Obs.]
Camber did possess the western quart. Spenser.
Quart
Quart, n. [F. quarte, n. fem., fr. quart fourth. See Quart a quarter.]
1. A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the
fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.
NOTE: &hand; In im perial me asure, a quart is forty English fluid
ounces; in wine measure, it is thirty-two American fluid ounces.
The United States dry quart contains 67.20 cubic inches, the fluid
quart 57.75. The English quart contains 69.32 cubic inches.
2. A vessel or measure containing a quart.
Quart
Quart (?), n. [See Quart a quarter.] In cards, four successive cards
of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4. Hoyle.
Quartan
Quar"tan (?), a. [F. quartain, in fi\'8avre quartaine, L. quartanus,
fr. quartus the fourth. See Quart.] Of or pertaining to the fourth;
occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague,
or fever.
Quartan
Quar"tan, n.
1. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day,
reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between
paroxysms is two days.
2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.
Quartane
Quar"tane (?), n. [L. quartus the fourth.] (Chem.) Butane, each
molecule of which has four carbon atoms.
Quartation
Quar*ta"tion (?), n. [L. quartus the fourth: cf. F. quartation. So
called because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of
gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.] (Chem. & Assaying) The
act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a
button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness
so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold;
-- called also inquartation. Compare Parting.
Quarte
Quarte (?), n. [F.] Same as 2d Carte.
Quartene
Quar"tene (?), n. [Ouartane + ethylene.] (Chem.) Same as Butylene.
Quartenylic
Quar"ten*yl"ic (?), a. [Quartene + -yl + -ic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to,
or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with
crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from
having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also isocrotonic
acid.
Quarter
Quar"ter (?), n. [F. quartier, L. quartarius a fourth part, fr.
quartus the fourth. See Quart.]
1. One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is
regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a
dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. Hence, specifically:
(a) The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according
as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds. (b) The fourth
of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat;
also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal. Hutton. (c) (Astron.) The
fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first
quarter after the change or full. (d) One limb of a quadruped with the
adjacent parts; one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered
animal, including a leg; as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters. (e)
That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the
vamp. (f) (Far.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between
the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin. (g) A term of study in
a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year,
but often longer or shorter. (h) pl. (Mil.) The encampment on one of
the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and
intercept convoys. (i) (Naut.) The after-part of a vessel's side,
generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the
part of the yardarm outside of the slings. (j) (Her.) One of the
divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a
horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.
NOTE: &hand; When two coats of arms are united upon one escutcheon,
as in case of marriage, the first and fourth quarters display one
shield, the second and third the other. See Quarter, v. t., 5.
(k) One of the four parts into which the horizon is regarded as
divided; a cardinal point; a direction' principal division; a region;
a territory.
Scouts each coast light-armed scour, Each quarter, to descry the
distant foe. Milton.
(l) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a
locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris. (m) (Arch.) A small upright
timber post, used in partitions; -- in the United States more commonly
called stud. (n) (Naut.) The fourth part of the distance from one
point of the compass to another, being the fourth part of 11\'f8
15\'b7, that is, about 2\'f8 49\'b7; -- called also quarter point. <--
(o) One fourth of a dollar, i.e. twenty five cents. Also, the
twenty-five cent piece. Also called a quarter dollar, and two bits -->
2. Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special
location.
Swift to their several quarters hasted then The cumbrous elements.
Milton.
Hence, specifically: (a) (Naut.) A station at which officers and men
are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural. (b) Place of lodging
or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the
plural.
The banter turned as to what quarters each would find. W. Irving.
(c) pl. (Mil.) A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of
lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters. (d) Treatment
shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a
conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to
extremes.
He magnified his own clemency, now they were at his mercy, to offer
them quarter for their lives. Clarendon.
Cocks and lambs . . . at the mercy of cats and wolves . . . must
never expect better quarter. L'Estrange.
3. Friendship; amity; concord. [Obs.] To keep quarter, to keep one's
proper place, and so be on good terms with another. [Obs.] <-- ##
abnormal format. Shold be a collocataion. -->
In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. Shak.
I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . .
and yet kept good quarter between themselves. Bacon.
False quarter, a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot. -- Fifth
quarter, the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term. -- On the quarter
(Naut.), in a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly
opposite, a vessel's quarter. -- Quarter aspect. (Astrol.) Same as
Quadrate. -- Quarter back (Football), the player who has position next
behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap back. -- Quarter
badge (Naut.), an ornament on the side of a vessel near, the stern.
Mar. Dict. -- Quarter bill (Naut.), a list specifying the different
stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and
the names of the men assigned to each. -- Quarter block (Naut.), a
block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings,
through which the clew lines and sheets are reeved. R. H. Dana, Jr. --
Quarter boat (Naut.), a boat hung at a vessel's quarter. -- Quarter
cloths (Naut.), long pieces of painted canvas, used to cover the
quarter netting. -- Quarter day, a day regarded as terminating a
quarter of the year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent,
becomes due. In matters influenced by United States statutes, quarter
days are the first days of January, April, July, and October. In New
York and many other places, as between landlord and tenant, they are
the first days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter
days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady Day), the
24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of September (Michaelmas Day),
and the 25th of December (Christmas Day). -- Quarter face, in fine
arts, portrait painting, etc., a face turned away so that but one
quarter is visible. -- Quarter gallery (Naut.), a balcony on the
quarter of a ship. See Gallery, 4. -- Quarter gunner (Naut.), a petty
officer who assists the gunner. -- Quarter look, a side glance. [Obs.]
B. Jonson. -- Quarter nettings (Naut.), hammock nettings along the
quarter rails. -- Quarter note (Mus.), a note equal in duration to
half a minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet. -- Quarter pieces
(Naut.), several pieces of timber at the after-part of the quarter
gallery, near the taffrail. Totten. -- Quarter point. (Naut.) See
Quarter, n., 1 (n). -- Quarter railing, OR Quarter rails (Naut.),
narrow molded planks reaching from the top of the stern to the
gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck. -- Quarter sessions
(Eng. Law), a general court of criminal jurisdiction held quarterly by
the justices of peace in counties and by the recorders in boroughs. --
Quarter square (Math.), the fourth part of the square of a number.
Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in
multiplying numbers. -- Quarter turn, Quarter turn belt (Mach.), an
arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which
are at right angles with each other. -- Quarter watch (Naut.), a
subdivision of the full watch (one fourth of the crew) on a man-of-
war. -- To give, OR show, quarter (Mil.), to accept as prisoner, on
submission in battle; to forbear to kill, as a vanquished enemy. -- To
keep quarter. See Quarter, n., 3.
Quartter
Quart"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quartered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quartering.]
1. To divide into four equal parts.
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2. To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
Then sailors quartered heaven. Dryden.
3. To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means
of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to
quarter soldiers.
They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered. Shak.
4. To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.]
This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities. Milton.
5. (Her.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as
when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear
arms.
NOTE: &hand; Wh en on ly two coats of arms are so combined they are
arranged in four compartments. See Quarter, n., 1 (f).
Quarter
Quar"ter (?), v. i. To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
Quarter
Quar"ter, v. i. [F. cartayer.] To drive a carriage so as to prevent
the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between
the wheels.
Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering. De
Quincey.
Quarterage
Quar"ter*age (?), n. A quarterly allowance.
Quarter-deck
Quar"ter-deck` (?), n. (Naut.) That part of the upper deck abaft the
mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
NOTE: &hand; Th e qu arter-deck is reserved as a promenade for the
officers and (in passenger vessels) for the cabin passengers.
Quarterfoil
Quar"ter*foil` (?), n. [Quarier + foil: cf. F. quatre.] (Arch.) An
ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
Quarterhung
Quar"ter*hung` (?), a. (Ordnance) Having trunnions the axes of which
lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
Quartering
Quar"ter*ing, a.
1. (Naut.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly
astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.
2. (Mach.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are
in planes forming a right angle with each other.
Quartering
Quar"ter*ing, n.
1. A station. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.
2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
3. (Her.) (a) The division of a shield containing different coats of
arms into four or more compartments. (b) One of the different coats of
arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
4. (Arch.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter,
n., 1 (m) (Arch.) Gwilt.
Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal
was quartered. Macaulay.
Quarterly
Quar"ter*ly, a.
1. Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.
2. Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly
payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.
Quarterly
Quar"ter*ly, n.; pl. Quarterlies (. A periodical work published once a
quarter, or four times in a year.
Quarterly
Quar"ter*ly, adv.
1. By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made
quarterly.
2. (Her.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in
four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn
through it at right angles.
Quartermaster
Quar"ter*mas`ter (?), n. [Quarter + master: cf. F.
quartier-ma\'8ctre.]
1. (Mil.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions,
storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment
or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
2. (Naut.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals,
and the like, under the direction of the master. Totten.
Quartermaster general (Mil.), in the United States a staff officer,
who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the
quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank
stationed at the War Office having similar duties; also, a staff
officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in
the field. -- Quartermaster sergeant. See Sergeant.
Quartern
Quar"tern (?), n.[OE. quarteroun, quartron, F. quarteron, the fourth
part of a pound, or of a hundred; cf. L. quartarius a fourth part,
quarter of any measure, quartern, gill. See Quarter, and cf.
Quarteron, Quadroon.]
1. A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b)
The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).
2. A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern
loaf. Simmonds.
Quarteron
Quar"ter*on (?), n. [F. See Quartern.] A quarter; esp., a quarter of a
pound, or a quarter of a hundred. Piers Plowman.
Quarteron, Quarteroon
Quar"ter*on (?), Quar"ter*oon (?), n. A quadroon.
Quarterpace
Quar"ter*pace` (?), n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the
stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.
Quarter round
Quar"ter round` (?). (Arch.) An ovolo.
Quarterstaff
Quar"ter*staff` (?), n.; pl. Quarterstaves (. A long and stout staff
formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because
in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between
the middle and the end.
Quartet, Quartette
Quar*tet", Quar*tette" (?), n. [It. quartetto, dim. of quarto the
fourth, a fourth part, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart.]
1. (Mus.) (a) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single
voice or instrument. (b) The set of four person who perform a piece of
music in four parts.
2. (Poet.) A stanza of four lines.
Quartic
Quar"tic (?), a. [L.quartus fourth.] (Mach.) Of the fourth degree.
Quartic
Quar"tic (?), n. (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the fourth degree. See
Quantic. (b) (Geom.) A curve or surface whose equation is of the
fourth degree in the variables.
Quartile
Quar"tile (?), n. [F.quartile aspect, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See
Quart.] (Astrol.) Same as Quadrate.
Quartine
Quar"tine (?), n. [F., fr. L. quartus the fourth.] (Bot.) A supposed
fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
Quarto
Quar"to (?), a. [L. in quarto in fourth, from quartus the fourth: cf.
F. (in) quarto. See Quart.] Having four leaves to the sheet; of the
form or size of a quarto.
Quarto
Quar"to, n.; pl. Quartos (. Originally, a book of the size of the
fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a
book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size.
Quartridge
Quar"tridge (?), n. Quarterage. [Obs.]
Quartz
Quartz (?), n. [G. quarz.] (Min.) A form of silica, or silicon dioxide
(SiO2), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless
and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and
of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in
color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque.
NOTE: &hand; Th e cr ystalline varieties include: amethyst, violet;
citrine and false topaz, pale yellow; rock crystal, transparent and
colorless or nearly so; rose quartz, rosecolored; smoky quartz,
smoky brown. The chief crypto-crystalline varieties are: agate, a
chalcedony in layers or clouded with different colors, including
the onyx and sardonyx; carnelian and sard, red or flesh-colored
chalcedony; chalcedony, nearly white, and waxy in luster;
chrysoprase, an apple-green chalcedony; flint, hornstone, basanite,
or touchstone, brown to black in color and compact in texture;
heliotrope, green dotted with red; jasper, opaque, red yellow, or
brown, colored by iron or ferruginous clay; prase, translucent and
dull leek-green. Quartz is an essential constituent of granite, and
abounds in rocks of all ages. It forms the rocks quartzite (quartz
rock) and sandstone, and makes most of the sand of the seashore.
Quartziferous
Quartz*if"er*ous (?), a. [Quartz + -ferous.] (Min.) Consisting chiefly
of quartz; containing quartz.
Quartzite
Quartz"ite (?), n. [Cf. F. quartzite.] (Min.) Massive quartz occurring
as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz rock.
Quartzoid
Quartz"oid (?), n. [Quartz + -oid.] (Crystallog.) A form of crystal
common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to
base.
Quartzose
Quartz"ose` (?), a. [Cf. F. quartzeux, G. quarzig.] (Min.) Containing,
or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz.
quartzous
quartz"ous (?), a. (Min.) Quarzose.
Quartzy
Quartz"y (?), a. (Min.) Quartzose.
Quas
Quas (?), n. A kind of beer. Same as Quass.
Quaschi, Quasje
Quas"chi (?), Quas"je (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The brown coati. See Coati.
Quash
Quash (?), n. Same as Squash.
Quash
Quash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quashing.]
[OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. cassare to annihilate, annul, fr.
cassus empty, vain, of uncertain origin. The word has been confused
with L.quassare to shake, F. casser to break, which is probably of
different origin. Cf. Cashier, v. t.] (Law) To abate, annul,
overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. Blackstone.
Quash
Quash, v. t. [OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. quassare to shake,
shatter, shiver, v. intens. fr. quatere, quassum, to shake, shatter.
Cf. Concussion, Discuss, Rescue, and also Quash to annul.]
1. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed,
Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed. Waller.
2. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and
completely; as, to quash a rebellion.
Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. Barrow.
Quash
Quash, v. i. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
Quashee
Quash"ee (?), n. A negro of the West Indies.
Quasi
Qua"si (?). [L.] As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or
degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an
adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi
contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from
some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has
some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a
quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument;
quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.
Quasimodo
Quas`i*mo"do (?), n. [So called from the first words of the Latin
introit, quasi modo geniti infantes as newborn babes, 1 Pet. ii. 2.]
(R. C. Ch.) The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.
Quass
Quass (?), n. [Russ. kvas'.] A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm
water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by
the Russians. [written also quas.]
Quassation
Quas*sa"tion (?), n. [L. quassatio, from quassare to shake. See Quash
to crush.] The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken. Gayton.
Quassia
Quas"si*a (?), n. [NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy, or Quash, who
prescribed this article as a specific.] The wood of several tropical
American trees of the order Simarube\'91, as Quassia amara, Picr\'91na
excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in
medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
Quassin
Quas"sin (?), n. [Cf. F. quassine. See Quassia.] (Chem.) The bitter
principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; --
formerly called quassite. [Written also quass\'c6in, and quassine.]
Quat
Quat (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (a) A pustule. [Obs.] (b) An
annoying, worthless person. Shak.
Quat
Quat, v. t. To satiate; to satisfy. [Prov. Eng.]
Quata
Qua"ta (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The coaita.
Quatch
Quatch (?), a. Squat; flat. [Obs.] Shak.
Quater-cousin
Qua"ter-cous`in (?), n. [F. quatre four + cousin, E. cousin.] A cousin
within the first four degrees of kindred.
Quaternary
Qua*ter"na*ry (?), a. [L. quaternarius consisting of four each,
containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr. quattuor four: cf. F.
quaternaire. See Four.]
1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
2. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary;
as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
Quaternary
Qua*ter"na*ry, n. [L. numerus quaternarius: cf. F. quaternaire.]
1. The number four. Boyle.
2. (Geol.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of
Geology.
Quaternate
Qua*ter"nate (?), a. Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four;
quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.
Quaternion
Qua*ter"ni*on (?), n. [L. quaternio, fr.quaterni four each. See
Quaternary.]
1. The number four. [Poetic]
2. A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken
collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or
the like.
Delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers. Acts xii. 4.
Ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion
run. Milton.
The triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences. Sir
W. Scott.
3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
4. (Math.) The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right lines
in space, considered as depending on four geometrical elements, and as
expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form.
NOTE: &hand; Th e sc ience or ca lculus of qu aternions is a new
mathematical method, in which the conception of a quaternion is
unfolded and symbolically expressed, and is applied to various
classes of algebraical, geometrical, and physical questions, so as
to discover theorems, and to arrive at the solution of problems.
Sir W. R. Hamilton.
Quaternion
Qua*ter"ni*on, v. t. To divide into quaternions, files, or companies.
Milton.
Quaternity
Qua*ter"ni*ty (?), n. [LL.quaternitas, fr. L. quaterni four each: cf.
F. quaternit\'82.]
1. The number four. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the
theological term trinity.
Quateron
Qua"ter*on (?), n. See 2d Quarteron.
Quatorzain
Qua*torz"ain (?), n. [See Quatorze.] A poem of fourteen lines; a
sonnet. R. H. Stoddard.
Quatorze
Qua*torze" (?), n. [F. quatorze fourteen, L. quattuordecim. See
Fourteen.] The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game
of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points.
Quatrain
Quat"rain (?), n. [F., fr. quatre four, L. quattuor, quatuor. See
Four.] (Pros.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. Dryden.
Quatre
Qua"tre (?), n. [F.] A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or
pips
Quatrefeuille, Quatrefoil
Qua"tre*feuille (?), Qua"tre*foil (?), n. [F. quatre feuilles.] Same
as Quarterfoil.
Quatuor
Quat"u*or (?), n. [F., fr. L. quattuor, quatuor, four. See Quartet.]
(Mus.) A quartet; -- applied chiefly to instrumental compositions.
Quave
Quave (?), n. See Quaver. [Obs.]
Quave
Quave, v. i. To quaver. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Quavemire
Quave"mire` (?), n. See Quagmire. [Obs.]
Quaver
Qua"ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quavering.]
[OE. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. LG. quabbeln to shake, to be
soft, of fat substances, quabbe a fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, D.
kwabbe, and E. quiver, v.]
1. To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. Sir I. Newton.
2. Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid
or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical
instrument
Quaver
Qua"ver, v. t. To utter with quavers.
We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of
the opera. Addison.
Quaver
Qua"ver, n.
1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an
instrument of music.
2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.
Quaverer
Qua"ver*er (?), n. One who quavers; a warbler.
Quay
Quay (?), n. [F. quai. See Key quay.] A mole, bank, or wharf, formed
toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable
water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels. [Written also
key.]
Quay
Quay (?), v. t. To furnish with quays.
Quayage
Quay"age (?), n. [F.] Wharfage. [Also keyage.]
Quayd
Quayd (?), p. p. of Quail. [Obs.] Spenser.
Que
Que (?), n. [Cf. 3d Cue.] A half farthing. [Obs.]
Queach
Queach (?), n. [Cf. Quick.] A thick, bushy plot; a thicket. [Obs.]
Chapman.
Queach
Queach, v. i. [Cf. E. quich, v. i., quick, v. i.; or AS. cweccan to
shake.] To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i. [Obs.]
Queachy
Queach"y (?), a.
1. Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground;
shaking; moving. "The queachy fens." "Godwin's queachy sands."
Drayton.
2. Like a queach; thick; bushy. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Quean
Quean (?), n. [Originally, a woman, AS. cwene; akin to OS. quena, OHG.
quena, Icel. kona, Goth qin, and AS. cw\'82n, also to Gr. gn\'be
goddess. Cf. Queen.]
1. A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl. [Obs. or Scot.]
Chaucer.
2. A low woman; a wench; a slut. "The dread of every scolding quean."
Gay.
Queasily
Quea"si*ly (?), adv. In a queasy manner.
Queasiness
Quea"si*ness, n. The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness;
squeamishness. Shak.
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Queasy
Quea"sy (?), a. [Icel. kweisa pain; cf. Norw. kveis sickness after a
debauch.]
1. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit;
qualmish.
2. Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled;
ticklish. " A queasy question." Shak.
Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms. Cowper.
Quebec group
Que*bec" group` (?). (Geol.) The middle of the three groups into which
the rocks of the Canadian period have been divided in the American
Lower Silurian system. See the Chart of Geology.
Quebracho
Que*bra"cho (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree
(Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a
febrifuge, and for dyspn&oe;a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; --
called also white quebracho, to distinguish it from the red quebracho,
a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose bark is
said to have similar properties. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Quebrith
Queb"rith (?), n. [OE. quebrit, quibrith, Ar. kibr\'c6t.] (Alchemy)
Sulphur. [Obs.]
Quech, Queck
Quech (?), Queck (?), v. i. [Cf. Quick, Queach.] A word occurring in a
corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to
move.
Queen
Queen (?), n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw&emac;n wife,
queen, woman; akin to OS. qu\'ben wife, woman, Icel. kv\'ben wife,
queen, Goth. q&emac;ns. &root;221. See Quean.]
1. The wife of a king.
2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as,
Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
In faith, and by the heaven's quene. Chaucer.
3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind;
as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities,
countries, etc. " This queen of cities." " Albion, queen of isles."
Cowper.
4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and
termites.
5
5, (Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most important,
piece in a set of chessmen.
6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of
spades. <-- 7. A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or
dresses in women's clothing. Sometimes pejorative. -->
Queen apple. [Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple.] A kind of apple; a
queening. "Queen apples and red cherries." Spenser. -- Queen bee
(Zo\'94l.), a female bee, especially the female of the honeybee. See
Honeybee.<-- the fully developed female in a colony of bees, ants, or
termites which lays eggs. Usually there is only one in a colony; the
queen is often somewhat larger than other bees, and is specially fed
to develop her egg-laying capacity. (b) (Fig.) A woman who feels and
acts as though she is of special importance. Usu. pejorative. --> --
Queen conch (Zo\'94l.), a very large West Indian cameo conch (Cassis
cameo). It is much used for making cameos. -- Queen consort, the wife
of a reigning king. Blackstone. -- Queen dowager, the widow of a king.
-- Queen gold, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of England,
arising from gifts, fines, etc. -- Queen mother, a queen dowager who
is also mother of the reigning king or queen. -- Queen of May. See May
queen, under May. -- Queen of the meadow (Bot.), a European herbaceous
plant (Spir\'91a Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet. -- Queen of the prairie
(Bot.), an American herb (Spir\'91a lobata) with ample clusters of
pale pink flowers. -- Queen pigeon (Zo\'94l.), any one of several
species of very large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus
Goura, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands. They are mostly
pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white, and have a large occipital
crest of spatulate feathers. Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and
Victoria pigeon. -- Queen regent, OR Queen regnant, a queen reigning
in her own right. -- Queen's Bench. See King's Bench. -- Queen's
counsel, Queen's evidence. See King's counsel, King's evidence, under
King. -- Queen's delight (Bot.), an American plant (Stillinqia
sylvatica) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous stem and a
perennial woody root. -- Queen's metal (Metal.), an alloy somewhat
resembling pewter or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with
a slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper. --
Queen's pigeon. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Queen pigeon, above. -- Queen's
ware, glazed English earthenware of a cream color. -- Queen's yellow
(Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder consisting of a basic mercuric
sulphate; -- formerly called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.
Queen
Queen, v. i. To act the part of a queen. Shak.
Queen
Queen, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Queened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Queening.]
(Chess.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion)
of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
Queencraft
Queen"craft` (?), n. Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen.
Elizabeth showed much queencraft in procuring the votes of the
nobility. Fuller.
Queendom
Queen"dom (?), n. The dominion, condition, or character of a queen.
Mrs. Browning.
Queenfish
Queen"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A California sci\'91noid food fish
(Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright
silvery. Called also kingfish.
Queenhood
Queen"hood (?), n. The state, personality, or character of a queen;
queenliness. Tennyson.
Queening
Queen"ing (?), n. [See Queen apple.] (Bot.) Any one of several kinds
of apples, as summer queening, scarlet queening, and early queening.
An apple called the queening was cultivated in England two hundred
years ago.
Queenliness
Queen"li*ness (?), n. The quality of being queenly; the;
characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in
attractions or power.
Queenly
Queen"ly, a. [AS. cw&emac;nlic feminine.] Like, becoming, or suitable
to, a queen.
Oueen-post
Oueen"-post` (?), n. [Arch.] One of two suspending posts in a roof
truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post.
Queenship
Queen"ship, n. The state, rank, or dignity of a queen.
Queensland nut
Queens"land nut` (?). (Bot.) The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia
ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single
round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called
from Queensland in Australia.
Queen truss
Queen" truss (?). (Arch.) A truss framed with queen-posts; a
queen-post truss.
Queer
Queer (?), a. [Compar. Queerer (?); superl. Queerest.] [G. quer cross,
oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow), OHG. twer, twerh,
dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS, žweorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel.
žverr thwart, transverse, Goth. žwa\'8drhs angry, and perh. to L.
torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. Torture, Through, Thwart, a.]
1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way
from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer
story or act. " A queer look." W. Irving.
2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.
[Colloq.]
Queer
Queer, n. Counterfeit money. [Slang] To shove the queer, to put
counterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]
Queerish
Queer"ish, a. Rather queer; somewhat singular.
Queerly
Queer"ly, adv. In a queer or odd manner.
Queerness
Queer"ness, n. The quality or state of being queer.
Queest
Queest (?), n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a
tree, and E. cushat.] (Zo\'94l.) The European ringdove (Columba
palumbus); the cushat. [Written also quist, queeze, quice, queece.]
See Ringdove.
Quegh
Quegh (?), n. A drinking vessel. See Quaich.
Queint
Queint (?), a. See Quaint. [Obs.]
Queint
Queint, obs. imp. & p. p. of Quench. Chaucer.
Queintise
Queint"ise (?), n. See Quaintise. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Quell
Quell (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quelled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Quelling.]
[See Quail to cower.]
1. To die. [Obs.]
Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. Spenser.
2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.]
Winter's wrath begins to quell. Spenser.
Quell
Quell, v. t. [OE. quellen to kill, AS. cwellan, causative of cwelan to
die; akin to OHG. quellen to torment, Icel. kvelja. See Quail to
cower.]
1. To take the life of; to kill. [Obs.] Spenser.
The ducks cried as [if] men would them quelle. Chaucer.
2. To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and
enabled him to quell the disaffected minority. Macaulay.
Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt. Longfellow.
3. To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to
quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.
Much did his words the gentle lady quell. Spenser.
Syn. -- to subdue; crush; overpower; reduce; put down; repress;
suppress; quiet; allay; calm; pacify.
Quell
Quell, n. Murder. [Obs.] Shak.
Queller
Quell"er (?), n.
1. A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller. [Obs.] Wyclif (Mark vi. 27).
2. One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
Quellio
Quel"li*o (?), n. [Sp. cuello, L. collum neck.] A ruff for the neck.
[Obs.] B. Jonson.
Quelquechose
Quelque"chose` (?), n. [F. quelque chose something.] A trifle; a
kickshaw. Donne.
Queme
Queme (?), v. t. & i. [AS. cw&emac;man, akin to cuman to come.
&root;23.] To please. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Quemeful
Queme"ful (?), a. Kindly; merciful. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Quench
Quench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quenching.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in \'becwencan, to extinguish
utterly, causative of cwincan, \'becwincan, to decrease, disappear;
cf. AS. cw\'c6nan, \'becw\'c6nan, to waste or dwindle away.]
1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame
and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and
emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst,
love, hate, etc.
Ere our blood shall quench that fire. Shak.
The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her
infamy. Shak.
2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering. Syn. -- To
extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.
Quench
Quench, v. i. To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or
cool. [R.]
Dost thou think in time She will not quench! Shak.
Quenchable
Quench"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being quenched.
Quencher
Quench"er (?), n. One who, or that which, quenches. Hammond.
Quenchless
Quench"less, a. Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as,
quenchless fire or fury. "Once kindled, quenchless evermore." Byron.
Syn. -- Inextinguishable; unquenchable. -- Quench"less*ly, adv. --
Quench"less*ness, n.
Quenelle
Que*nelle" (?), n. [F.] (Cookery) A kind of delicate forcemeat,
commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.
Quenouille training
Que*nouille train"ing (?). [F. quenouille distaff.] (Hort.) A method
of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying
down the branches and pruning.
Quercitannic
Quer`ci*tan"nic (?), a. [L. quercus an oak + E. tannic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak bark and
extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance.
Quercite
Quer"cite (?), n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5,
found in acorns, the fruit of the oak (Quercus). It has a sweet taste,
and is regarded as a pentacid alcohol.
Quercitin
Quer"ci*tin (?), n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, occurring
quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree
bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the
decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin.
Quercitrin
Quer"cit*rin (?), n. [Cf. F. quercitrin. See Quercitron.] (Chem.) A
glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak (Quercus) as a bitter
citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a pigment and called
quercitron.
Quercitron
Quer"cit*ron (?), n. [F. quercitron, the name of the name of tree; L.
quercus an oak + citrus the citron tree.]
1. The yellow inner bark of the Quercus tinctoria, the American black
oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron oak, a large forest tree
growing from Maine to eastern Texas.
2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin.
Quercus
Quer"cus (?), n. [L., an oak.] (Bot.) A genus of trees constituted by
the oak. See Oak.
Querele
Quer"ele (?), n. [See 2d Quarrel.] (O. Eng. Law) A complaint to a
court. See Audita Querela. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
Querent
Que"rent (?), n. [L. querens, p. pr. of queri to complain.] (O. Eng.
Law) A complainant; a plaintiff.
Querent
Que"rent, n. [L. quaerens, p. pr. of quaerere to search for, to
inquire.] An inquirer. [Obs.] Aubrey.
Quermonious
Quer`*mo"ni*ous (?), a. [L. querimonia a complaint, fr. queri to
complain. See Querulous.] Complaining; querulous; apt to complain. --
Quer`i*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Quer`i*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
Querimony
Quer"i*mo*ny (?), n. [L. querimonia.] A complaint or complaining.
[Obs.] E. Hall.
Querist
Que"rist (?), n. [See Query.] One who inquires, or asks questions.
Swift.
Querken
Querk"en (?), v. t. [Icel. kverk throat. To stifle or choke. [Prov.
Eng.] Halliwell.
Querl
Querl (?), v. t. [G. querlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round, fr.
querl, querl, a twirling stick. Cf. Twirl.] To twirl; to turn or wind
round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope. [Local, U.S.]
Querl
Querl, n. A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a
blooded horse. [Local, U. S.]
Quern
Quern (?), n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel.
kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. qu\'91rn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqa\'a1rnus),
Lith. q\'8drnos, and perh. E. corn.] A mill for grinding grain, the
upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention
of windmills and watermills. Shak.
They made him at the querne grind. Chaucer.
Querpo
Quer"po (?), n. The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo.
Dryden.
Querquedule
Quer"que*dule (?), n. [L. querquedula.] (Zool.) (a) A teal. (b) The
pintail duck.
Querry
Quer"ry (?), n. A groom; an equerry. [Obs.]
Querulential
Quer`u*len"tial (?), a. Querulous. [R.]
Querulous
Quer"u*lous (?), a. [L. querulus and querulosus, fr. queri to
complain. Cf. Cry, v., Quarrel a brawl, Quarrelous.]
1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.] land.
2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as,
a querulous man or people.
Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous, jealous,
exacting fondness. Macaulay.
3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of
voice. Syn. -- Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning;
murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied. -- Quer"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Quer"u*lous*ness, n.
Query
Que"ry (?), n.; pl. Queries (#). [L. quaere, imperative sing. of
quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf.
Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.]
1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a .
. . search to be made by others. Sir I. Newton.
2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his
sincerity.
3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
Query
Que"ry, v. i.
1. To ask questions; to make inquiry.
Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. Pope.
2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
Query
Que"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Queried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Querying.]
1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into;
as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.
2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.
3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
4. To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling,
or sense, in a proof. See Qu\'91re.
Quesal
Que*sal" (?), n (Zo\'94l.) The long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon
(Pharomachus mocinno, formerly Trogon resplendens), native of Southern
Mexico and Central America. Called alsoquetzal, and golden trogon.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ma le is re markable fo r the brilliant metallic
green and gold colors of his plumage, and for his extremely long
plumes, which often exceed three feet in length.
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Quest
Quest (?), n. [OF. queste, F. qu\'88te, fr. L. quaerere, quaesitum, to
seek for, to ask. Cf. Query, Question.]
1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or
obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost
child, of property, etc.
Upon an hard adventure yet in quest. Spenser.
Cease your quest of love. Shak.
There ended was his quest, there ceased his care. Milton.
2. Request; desire; solicitation.
Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or
passion. Herbert.
3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
Shak.
4. Inquest; jury of inquest.
What lawful quest have given their verdict ? Shak.
Quest
Quest, v. t. [Cf. OF. quester, F. qu\'88ter. See Quest, n.] To search
for; to examine. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
Quest
Quest, v. i. To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to
beg. [R.]
If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of
hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay.
Questant
Quest"ant (?), n. [OF. questant, F. gu\'88tant, p. pr.] One who
undertakes a quest; a seeker. [Obs.] Shak.
Quester
Quest"er (?), n. One who seeks; a seeker. [Obs.]
Question
Ques"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to
seek for, ask, inquire. See Quest, n.]
1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by
question and answer.
2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story
is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.
There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the
Jews about purifying. John iii. 25.
It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes
to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.
Bacon.
3. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation;
specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination
under torture. Blackstone.
He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy
council had power to put state prisoners to the question. Macaulay.
4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his
pain ? Milton.
5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of
inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful
question.
6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech.[Obs.] Shak.
In question, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion;
as, the matter or point in question. -- Leading question. See under
Leading. -- Out of question, unquestionably. "Out of question, 't is
Maria's hand." Shak. -- Out of the question. See under Out. -- Past
question, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly; unquestionably. --
Previous question, a question put to a parliamentary assembly upon the
motion of a member, in order to ascertain whether it is the will of
the body to vote at once, without further debate, on the subject under
consideration.
NOTE: The fo rm of the question is: "Shall the main question be now
put?" If the vote is in the affirmative, the matter before the body
must be voted upon as it then stands, without further general
debate or the submission of new amendments. In the House of
Representatives of the United States, and generally in America, a
negative decision operates to keep the business before the body as
if the motion had not been made; but in the English Parliament, it
operates to postpone consideration for the day, and until the
subject may be again introduced. In American practice, the object
of the motion is to hasten action, and it is made by a friend of
the measure. In English practice, the object is to get rid of the
subject for the time being, and the motion is made with a purpose
of voting against it. Cushing.
-- To beg the question. See under Beg. -- To the question, to the
point in dispute; to the real matter under debate. Syn. -- Point;
topic; subject.
Question
Ques"tion, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Questioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Questioning.] [Cf. F. questionner. See Question, n.]
1. To ask questions; to inquire.
He that questioneth much shall lean much. Bacon.
2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]
I pray you, think you question with the Jew. Shak.
Question
Ques"tion, v. t.
1. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories;
as, to question a witness.
2. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
And most we question what we most desire. Prior.
3. To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection
to. "But have power and right to question thy bold entrance on this
place." Milton.
4. To talk to; to converse with.
With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me. Shak.
Syn. -- To ask; interrogate; catechise; doubt; controvert; dispute. --
Question, Inquire, Interrogate. To inquire is merely to ask for
information, and implies no authority in the one who asks. To
interrogate is to put repeated questions in a formal or systematic
fashion to elicit some particular fact or facts. To question has a
wider sense than to interrogate, and often implies an attitude of
distrust or opposition on the part of the questioner.
Questionability
Ques`tion*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or condition of being
questionable. Stallo.
Questionable
Ques"tion*a*ble (?), a.
1. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite,
inquiry. [R.]
Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee.
Shak.
2. Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question;
problematical; doubtful; suspicious.
It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human
body.T. Baker.
Syn. -- Disputable; debatable; uncertain; doubtful; problematical;
suspicious.
Questionableness
Ques"tion*a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being questionable,
doubtful, or suspicious.
Questionably
Ques"tion*a*bly, adv. In a questionable manner.
Questionary
Ques"tion*a*ry (?), a. Inquiring; asking questions; testing.
"Questionary epistles." Pope.
Questionary
Ques"tion*a*ry, n. One who makes it his business to seek after relics
and carry them about for sale.
Questioner
Ques"tion*er (?), n. One who asks questions; an inquirer. "Little time
for idle questioners." Tennyson.
Questionist
Ques"tion*ist, n.
1. A questioner; an inquirer. [Obs.]
2. (Eng. Univ.) A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time
of his examination.
Questionless
Ques"tion*less, a. Unquestioning; incurious. [R.]
Questionless
Ques"tion*less, adv. Beyond a question or doubt; doubtless;
certainly.[R.] South.
What it was in the apostles' time, that, questionless, it must be
still. Milton.
Questman
Quest"man (?), n.; pl. Questmen (. One legally empowered to make quest
of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures.
Specifically: (a) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman. Blount.
[Obs.] (b) A collector of parish rents. Blount. [Obs.]
Questmonger
Quest"mon`ger (?), n. One who lays informations, and encourages petty
lawsuits. [Obs.] Bacon.
Questor
Ques"tor (?), n. [L. quaestor, contr. fr. quaesitor, fr. quaerere,
quaesitum, to seek for, ask: cf. F. questeur.] (Rom. Antiq.) An
officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of
taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written also qu\'91stor.]
NOTE: &hand; At an ea rly pe riod there were also public accusers
styled questors, but the office was soon abolished.
Questorship
Ques"tor*ship, n. The office, or the term of office, of a questor.
Questrist
Quest"rist (?), n. [See Quest.] A seeker; a pursuer. [Obs.] "Hot
questrists after him." Shak.
Questuary
Ques"tu*a*ry (?), a. [L. quaestuarius, from quaestus gain, profit,
quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, earn.] Studious of profit. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Questuary
Ques"tu*a*ry, n. One employed to collect profits. [R.] "The pope's
questuaries." Jer. Taylor.
Quet
Quet (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Queue
Queue (?), n. [F. See Cue.] (a) A tail-like appendage of hair; a
pigtail. (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
Queue
Queue, v. t. To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
Quey
Quey (?), n. [Cf. Dan. qvie.] A heifer. [Scot.]
Quib
Quib (?), n. [Cf. Quip.] A quip; a gibe.
Quibble
Quib"ble (?), n. [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by quillet,
or quiddity.]
1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive
distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts.
2. A pun; a low conceit.
Quibble
Quib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling
(?).]
1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words,
caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or
point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth. Syn. -- To cavil; shuffle;
equivocate; trifle.
Quibbler
Quib"bler (?), n. One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster.
Quibblingly
Quib"bling*ly (?), adv. Triflingly; evasively.
Quica
Qui"ca (?), n. [From the native Brazilian name.] (Zo\'94l.) A small
South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil.
It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.
Quice
Quice (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Queest.
Quich
Quich (?), v. i. [Cf. Quinch.] To stir. [Obs.]
He could not move nor quich at all. Spenser.
Quick
Quick (?), a. [Compar. Quicker (?); superl. Quickest.] [As. cwic,
cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik, OHG. quec,
chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living, Goth. qius, Lith.
q&ymac;vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os
life, Skr. j\'c6va living, j\'c6v to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid,
Quitch grass, Whitlow.]
1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.
Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. Chaucer.
The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at
his appearing and his kingdom. 2 Tim. iv. 1.
Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. Herbert.
NOTE: &hand; In th is sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
some compounds, or in particular phrases.
2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile;
brisk; ready. " A quick wit." Shak.
3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick
Oft he her his charge of quick return Repeated. Milton.
4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious;
as, a quick temper.
The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was
much offended. Latimer.
5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach.
Shak.
6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To
have an open ear, a quick eye." Shak.
They say that women are so quick. Tennyson.
7. Pregnant; with child. Shak.
Quick grass. (Bot.) See Quitch grass. -- Quick match. See under Match.
-- Quick vein (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not barren.
-- Quick vinegar, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol
to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material. -- Quick
water, quicksilver water. -- Quick with child, pregnant with a living
child. Syn. -- Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt;
ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly.
Quick
Quick (?), adv. In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with
haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are
performed. Locke.
Quick
Quick, n.
1. That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant;
especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living
hedge.
The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick. Evelyn.
2. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of
serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part
of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions;
as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick,
to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively.
This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick. Latimer.
How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the
quick of the difference ! Fuller.
3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. Tennyson.
Quick
Quick, v. t. & i. [See Quicken.] To revive; to quicken; to be or
become alive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Quickbeam
Quick"beam` (?), n. [A. S. cwicbe\'a0m.] See Quicken tree.
Quicken
Quick"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. quickened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quickening.] [AS. cwician. See Quick, a.]
1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death
or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. Shak.
Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite
to enjoy so tempting a prize. South.
2. To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy
to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate;
as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or
speed.
3. (Shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a
curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve
more pronounced. Syn. -- To revive; resuscitate; animate;
reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten;
accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed.
Quicken
Quick"en, v. i.
1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened;
hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.
The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.
Ray.
And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. Pope.
When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun.
Tennyson.
2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his
pulse quickened.
Quickener
Quick"en*er, n. One who, or that which, quickens.
Quickening
Quick"en*ing, n.
1. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
2. (Physiol.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the
mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy.
It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming
possessed of independent life.
Quickens
Quick"ens (?), n. (Bot.) Quitch grass.
Quicken tree
Quick"en tree` (?). [Probably from quick, and first applied to the
aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. quickenbaum,
quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch grass.] (Bot.) The European
rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.
Quickhatch
Quick"hatch` (?), n. [From the American Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) The
wolverine.
Quicklime
Quick"lime (?), n. [See Quick, a.] (Chem.) Calcium oxide; unslacked
lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th
Lime, 2.
Quickly
Quick"ly, adv. Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay;
quick.
Quickness
Quick"ness, n.
1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.]
Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert.
2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed;
celerity; as, quickness of wit.
This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness. Shak.
His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. Macaulay.
3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal
that must lie still ? Locke
4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. Mortimer. Syn. -- Velocity; celerity;
rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness;
nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness;
sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.
Quicksand
Quick"sand` (?), n. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure;
especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water,
sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very
dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins
sinking into it.
Life hath quicksands, -- Life hath snares! Longfellow.
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Quick-scented
Quick"-scent`ed (?), a. Acute of smell.
Quickset
Quick"set` (?), n. A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a
hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
Quickset
Quick"set`, a. Made of quickset.
Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges. Walpole.
Quickset
Quick"set`, v. t. To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge;
as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer.
Quick-sighted
Quick"-sight`ed (?), a. Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick
to see or to discern. Locke. --Quick"-sight`ed*ness, n.
Quicksilver
Quick"sil`ver (?), n. [Quick living + silver; -- so called from its
fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See Quick, a.]
(Chem.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid
silver. Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See under
Horizon. -- Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in
artificial silvering; quick water.
Quicksilvered
Quick"sil`vered (?), a. Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam
of quicksilver and tinfoil.
Quicksilvering
Quick"sil`ver*ing (?), n. The mercury and foil on the back of a
looking-glass.
Quickstep
Quick"step` (?), n. (Mus.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively
style of dancing.
Quick-witted
Quick"-wit`ted (?), a. Having ready wit Shak.
Quick-wittedness
Quick"-wit`ted*ness, n. Readiness of wit. "Celtic quick-wittedness."
M. Arnold.
Quickwork
Quick"work` (?), n. (Naut.) A term somewhat loosely used to denote:
(a) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking. (b) The planking
between the spirketing and the clamps. (c) The short planks between
the portholes.
Quid
Quid (?), n. [See Cud.] A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a
quid of tobacco.
Quid
Quid, v. t. (Man.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially
chewed; -- said of horses. Youatt.
Quidam
Qui"dam (?), n. [L.] Somebody; one unknown. Spenser.
Quiddany
Quid"da*ny (?), n. [L. cydoneum quince juice, quince wine. See
Quince.] A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and
marmalade.
Quiddative
Quid"da*tive (?), a. [See Quiddity.] Constituting, or containing, the
essence of a thing; quidditative.
Quiddit
Quid"dit (?), n. [Cf. Quiddity, Quillet, and Quibble.] A subtilty; an
equivocation. [Obs.] Shak.
By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause. Drayton.
Quidditative
Quid"di*ta*tive (?), a. Quiddative.
Quiddity
Quid"di*ty (?), n.; pl. Quiddities (#). [LL. quidditas, fr. L. quid
what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F. quiddit\'82.]
1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that
which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? " The degree of
nullity and quiddity." Bacon.
The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as
distinguished from prose. De Quincey.
2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. Coleridge.
Quiddle
Quid"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quiddling (?).] [L. quid what.] To spend time in trifling employments,
or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial
manner; to dawdle.
Quiddle, Quiddler
Quid"dle (?), Quid"dler (?), n. One who wastes his energy about
trifles. Emerson.
Quidnunc
Quid"nunc (?), n. [L., what now?] One who is curious to know
everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that
is going on. "The idle stories of quidnuncs." Motley.
Quiesce
Qui*esce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quiescing (?).] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See Quiet,
a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart.
Quiescence, Quiescency
Qui*es"cence (?), Qui*es"cen*cy (?), n. [L. quiescentia, fr.
quiescens, p. pr.; cf. F. quiestence. See Quiesce.] The state or
quality of being quiescent. "Quiescence, bodily and mental." H.
Spencer.
Deeds will be done; -- while be boasts his quiescence. R. Browning.
Quiescent
Qui*es"cent (?), a. [L. quiescens, -entis, p. pr. of quiescere: cf. F.
quiescent. See Quiesce.]
1. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a
quiescent body or fluid.
2. Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited;
quiet; dormant; resting.
In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism . . . is
so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist. Prof. Wilson.
3. (Gram.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."
Quiescent
Qui*es"cent, n. (Gram.) A silent letter. M. Stuart.
Quiescently
Qui*es"cent*ly, adv. In a quiescent manner.
Quiet
Qui"et (?), a. [Compar. Quieter (?); superl. Quietest.] [L. quietus,
p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob.
to E. while, n. See While, and cf. Coy, a., Quiesce, Quietus, Quit,
a., Quite, Requiem.]
1. In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation;
still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
They . . . were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when
it is day, we shall kill him. Judg. xvi. 2.
2. Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
3. Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a
quiet life; a quiet conscience. " So quiet and so sweet a style."
Shak.
That son, who on the quiet state of man Such trouble brought.
Milton.
4. Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not
turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4.
I will sit as quiet as a lamb. Shak.
5. Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a
quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement. Syn. -- Still; tranquil;
calm; unruffled; smooth; unmolested; undisturbed; placid; peaceful;
mild; peaceable; meek; contented.
Quiet
Qui"et (?) n. [L. quies, -etis. See Quiet, a.]
1. The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a
time of quiet.
2. Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity;
peace; security.
And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet. Milton.
At quiet, still; peaceful. -- In quiet, quietly. " I will depart in
quiet." Shak. -- Out of quiet, disturbed; restless. [Obs.] "She is
much out of quiet." Shak.
Quiet
Qui"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quieting.]
1. To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of
silence.
2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize;
as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet
pain or grief.
Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. Shak.
Quiet
Qui"et, v. i. To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down;
as, be soon quieted down.
Quietage
Qui"et*age (?), n. Quietness. [Obs.] Spenser.
Quieter
Qui"et*er (?), n. One who, or that which, quiets.
Quietism
Qui"et*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. qui\'82tisme.]
1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy;
dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that
religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests
and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation
of God and his attributes.
Quietist
Qui"et*ist, n. [Cf. F. qui\'82tiste.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of
mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish
priest living in Rome. See Quietism.
Quietistic
Qui`et*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to
Quietism.
Quietly
Qui"et*ly, adv.
1. In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as,
to lie or sit quietly.
2. Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to
live quietly; to sleep quietly.
3. Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to
submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
4. Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a
manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the
room.
Quietness
Qui"et*ness, n. The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from
noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity;
calmness.
I would have peace and quietness. Shak.
Quietsome
Qui"et*some (?), a. Calm; still. [Obs.] Spenser.
Quietude
Qui"e*tude, n. [L. quietudo: cf. F. qui\'82tude.] Rest; repose; quiet;
tranquillity. Shelley.
Quietus
Qui*e"tus (?), n. [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet,
dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.] Final discharge or acquittance,
as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest;
death.
When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.
Quill
Quill (?), n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see Kayless); but cf.
also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir. cuille a quill.]
1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices
of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib
of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his
quill. Sir H. Wotton.
3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. (b) The pen of
a squid. See Pen.
4. (Mus.) (a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of
certain instruments. (b) The tube of a musical instrument.
He touched the tender stops of various quills. Milton.
5. Something having the form of a quill; as: (a) The fold or plain of
a ruff. (b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon
which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. (c) (Mach.) A
hollow spindle.
Quill bit, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed split
lengthways and having its end sharpened like a gouge. -- Quill driver,
one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk. [Jocose] -- Quill nib, a
small quill pen made to be used with a holder. Simmonds.
Quill
Quill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quilling.]
1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to
quill a ruffle.
His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. Goldsmith.
2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. Judd.
Quillaia bark
Quil*la"ia bark` (?). (Bot.) The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja
Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very
heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians
instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
Quillback
Quill"back` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus,
OR Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish,
spearfish, and skimback.
Quilled
Quilled (?), a. Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. "A
sharp-quilled porcupine." Shak. Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of
stitch in which the threads after being passed deeply through the
edges of a wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar
shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.
Quillet
Quil"let (?), n. [L. quidlibet what you please. Cf. Quiddit, and
Quibble.] Subtilty; nicety; quibble. "Nice, sharp quillets of the
law." Shak.
Quilling
Quill"ing (?), n. (a) A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted,
folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills. (b) One
of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
Quillwort
Quill"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes,
cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike
leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged
and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American species,
usually growing in the mud under still, shallow water. So called from
the shape of the shape of the leaves.
Quilt
Quilt (?), n. [OE. quilte, OF. cuilte, L. culcita bed, cushion,
mattress. Cf. 2d Counterpoint, Cushion.] Anything that is quilted;
esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or
garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and
stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover.
The beds were covered with magnificent quilts. Arbuthnot.
Quilt
Quilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quilting.]
1. To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to
confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a
garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat. Dryden.
2. To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.
3. To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
Quilter
Quilt"er (?), n. One who, or that which, quilts.
Quilting
Quilt"ing, n.
1. The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.
2. A quilting bee. See Bee, 2.
3. The material used for making quilts.
4. (Naut.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
Quin
Quin (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used
as food. [Prov. Eng.]
Quinaldine
Quin*al"dine (?), n. [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.] (Chem.) A
colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained
as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a
derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline. [Written
also chinaldine.]
Quinary
Qui"na*ry (?), a. [L. quinarius, from quini five each, akin to quinque
five: cf. F.quinaire. See Five.] Consisting of five; arranged by
fives. Boyle. Quinary system (Zo\'94l.), a fanciful classification
based on the hypothesis that each group contains five types.
Quiname
Qui"name (?), a. [L. quini five each.] (Bot.) Growing in sets of five;
-- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end
of a common petiole.
Quinate
Qui"nate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of quinic acid. [Written also kinate.]
Quinazol
Quin"a*zol (?), n. [Quinoline + azote.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous
base related to cinnoline. [Written also chinazol.]
Quince
Quince (?), n. [Prob. a pl. from OE. quyne, coin, OF. coin, cooin, F.
coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj., Cydonian, Gr.
Quiddany.]
1. The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe
as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having
many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very
acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves.
2. (Bot.) a quince tree or shrub.
Japan quince (Bot.), an Eastern Asiatic shrub (Cydonia, formerly
Pyrus, Japonica) and its very fragrant but inedible fruit. The shrub
has very showy flowers, usually red, but sometimes pink or white, and
is much grown for ornament. -- Quince curculio (Zo\'94l.), a small
gray and yellow curculio (Conotrachelus crat\'91gi) whose larva lives
in quinces. -- Quince tree (Bot.), the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris)
which produces the quince.
Quincewort
Quince"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort.
Quinch
Quinch (?), v. i. [Cf. OD. quincken to quiver, shake, Fries. quink
hovering. Cf. Quich.] To stir; to wince. [Obs.] Spenser.
Quincuncial
Quin*cun"cial (?), [L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx.]
1. Having the form of a quincunx.
2. (Bot.) Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so
imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has
one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial \'91stivation.
Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a
spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next.
Quincuncially
Quin*cun"cial*ly, adv. In the manner or order of a quincunx.
Quincunx
Quin"cunx (?), n. [L., fr. quingue five + uncia an ounce. The quincunx
was marked by five small spots or balls. See Five, and Ounce the
weight.]
1. An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one
being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an
arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular
group with rows running in various directions.
2. (Astrol.) The position of planets when distant from each other five
signs, or 150°. Hutton.
3. (Bot.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in
\'91stivation. See Quincuncial, 2.
Quindecagon
Quin*dec"a*gon (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen + Gr. (Geom.) A plane
figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides.
Quindecemvir
Quin`de*cem"vir (?), n.; pl. E. Quindecemvirs (#), L. Quindecemviri
(#). [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a
sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of
the Sibylline books.
Quindecemvirate
Quin`de*cem"vi*rate (?), n. [L. quindecimviratus.] The body or office
of the quindecemviri.
Quindecone
Quin*dec"one (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen.] (Chem.) An unsaturated
hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as
an oily liquid. [Written also quindekone.]<-- now quindecene??-->
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Quindecylic
Quin`de*cyl"ic (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen + -yl.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series,
containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid.
Quindem
Quin"dem (?), n. A fifteenth part. [Obs.]
Quindism
Quin"dism (?), n. A fifteenth. [Obs.] Prynne.
Quinhydrone
Quin*hy"drone (?), n. [Quinone + hydroquinone.] (Chem.) A green
crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with
hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of
hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone. [Written also chinhydrone.]
Quinia
Quin"i*a (?), n. [NL.] (Chem.) Quinine.
Quinible
Quin"i*ble (?), n. [L. quini five each.] (Mus.) An interval of a
fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals. [Obs.] "He sang . . . a
loud quynyble." Chaucer.
Quinic
Quin"ic (?), a. [See Quinine, and cf. Kinic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to,
derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds;
specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona
bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance. [Written
also chinic, kinic.]
Quinicine
Quin"i*cine (?), n. (Chem.) An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by
the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
Quinidine
Quin"i*dine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling,
quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is
extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is
used somewhat as a febrifuge. [Written also chinidine.]
Quinine
Qui"nine (?), n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina,
Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. Kinic.] (Chem.) An
alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp.
Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance,
C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this
alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a
febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc. [Written
also chinine.]
Quininic
Qui*nin"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a
nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the
oxidation of quinine.
Quininism, Quinism
Qui"nin*ism (?), Qui"nism (?), n. (Med.) See Cinchonism.
Quinizarin
Qui*niz"a*rin (?), [Hydroquinone + alizarin.] (Chem.) A yellow
crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with
alizarin.
Quinizine
Quin"i*zine (?), n. [Quinoline + hydrazine.] (Chem.) any one of a
series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as
antipyretics.
Quinnat
Quin"nat (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The California
salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon,
chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial
importance. [Written also quinnet.]
Quinoa
Qui*no"a (?), n. The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium
Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also,
food thus made.
Quinogen
Quin"o*gen (?), n. [Quinine + -gen.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical of
quinine and related alkaloids.
Quinoidine
Qui*noid"ine (?), n. [Quinine + -oid.] (Med. (Chem.) A brownish
resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of
cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids. [Written
also chinoidine.]
Quinoline
Quin"o*line (?), n. [Quinine + L. oleum oil + -ine.] (Chem.) A
nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the
distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of
many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related
substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal
bases of which quinoline proper is the type. [Written also chinoline.]
Quinologist
Qui*nol"o*gist (?) n. One who is versed in quinology.
Quinology
Qui*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Quinine + -logy.] The science which treats of
the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine.
Quinone
Qui"none (?), n. [Quinine + ketone.] (Chem.) A crystalline substance,
C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of
quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any
one of the series of which quinone proper is the type. [Written also
chinone, kinone.] <-- and benzoquinone. -->
Quinovic
Qui*no"vic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a
crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark.
[Written also chinovic, and kinovic.]
Quinovin
Qui*no"vin (?), n. [NL. quina nova the tree Cosmibuena magnifolia,
whose bark yields quinovin.] (Chem.) An amorphous bitter glucoside
derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and
quinova. [Written also chinovin, and kinovin.]
Quinoxaline
Quin*ox"a*line (?), n. [Quinoline + glyoxal.] (Chem.) Any one of a
series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain
aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones. [Written
also chinoxaline.]
Quinoxyl
Quin*ox"yl (?), n. [Quinone + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical
radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.
Quinoyl
Qui"noyl (?), n. [Quinone + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical of which quinone
is the hydride, analogous to phenyl. [Written also kinoyl.]
Quinquagesima
Quin`qua*ges"i*ma (?), a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin
to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.] Fiftieth.
Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before
Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also
Shrove Sunday.
Quinquangular
Quin*quan"gu*lar (?), a. [L. quinquanqulus; quinque five + angulus ad
angle: cf. F. quinquangulaire.] Having five angles or corners.
Quinquarticular
Quin`quar*tic"u*lar (?), a. [Quinque- + article.] (Theol.) Relating to
the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy
between Arminians and Calvinists. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
Quinque-
Quin"que- (?). [L. quinque five. See Five.] A combining form meaning
five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft;
quinquedentate, five-toothed.
Quinqueangled
Quin"que*an`gled (?), a. [Quinque- + angle.] Having five angles;
quinquangular.
Quinquedentate, Quinquedentated
Quin`que*den"tate (?), Quin`que*den"ta*ted (?), a. [Quinque- +
dentate, -tated: cf. F. quinqu\'82dent\'82.] Five-toothed; as, a
quinquedentate leaf.
Quinquefarious
Quin`que*fa"ri*ous (?), a. [From L. quinque five: cf. F.
quinqu\'82fari\'82. Cf. Bifarious.] (Bot.) Arranged in five vertical
rows; pentastichous. Gray.
Quinquefid
Quin"que*fid (?), a. [Quique- + the root of L. findere to cleave: cf.
F. quinqu\'82fide.] (Bot.) Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or
base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.
Quinquefoliate, Quinquefoliated
Quin`que*fo"li*ate (?), Quin`que*fo"li*a`ted (?), a. [Quinque- +
foliate, -ated: cf. F. quinqu\'82foli\'82, L. quinquefolius.] (Bot.)
Having five leaves or leaflets. Gray.
Quinque foliolate
Quin`que fo"li*o*late (?), a. (Bot.) Having five leaflets. Gray.
Quinqueliteral
Quin`que*lit"er*al (?), a. [Quinque- + literal.] Consisting of five
letters.
Quinquelobate, Quinquelobared
Quin`que*lo"bate (?), Quin`que*lo"ba*red (?), a. [Quinque- + lobate,
-ated: cf. F. quinqu\'82lob\'82.] Cut less than halfway into portions,
usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or
corolla.
Quinquelobed
Quin"que*lobed` (?), a. [Quinque- + lobe.] Same as Quinquelobate.
Quinquelocular
Quin`que*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Quinque- + locular: cf. F.
quinqu\'82loculaire.] Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a
quinquelocular pericarp.
Quinquenerved
Quin"que*nerved` (?), a. [Quinque- + nerve.] (Bot.) Having five
nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising
from the end of the petiole.
Quinquennalia
Quin`quen*na"li*a (?), n. pl. [L., fr. quinquennalis. See
Ouinquennial.] (Rom. Antiq.) Public games celebrated every five years.
Quinquennial
Quin*quen"ni*al (?), a. [L. quinquennalis and quinquennis; quinque
five + annus year. See Five, and cf. Biennial.] Occurring once in five
years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A
quinquennial event.
Quinquennium
Quin*quen"ni*um (?), n. [L.] Space of five years.
Quinquepartite
Quin*quep"ar*tite (?), a. [L. quinquepartitus; quinque five +
partitus, p. p. of partire to divide: cf. F. quinqu\'82partite.]
1. Consisting of five parts.
2. (Bot.) Divided into five parts almost to the base.
Quinquereme
Quin"que*reme (?), n. [L. quinqueremis; quinque five + remus an oar:
cf. F. quinqu\'82r\'8ame] A galley having five benches or banks of
oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.
Quinquesyllable
Quin"que*syl`la*ble (?), n. [Quinque- + syllable.] A word of five
syllables.
Quinquevalve, Quinquevalvular
Quin"que*valve (?), Quin`que*val"vu*lar (?), a. [Quinque- + valve,
valvular: cf. F. quinqu\'82valve.] (Bot.) Having five valves, as a
pericarp.
Quinquevir
Quin"que*vir (?), n.; pl; E. Quinquevirs (#), L. Quinqueviri (#). [L.,
fr. quinque Five + vir man.] (Bot. Antiq.) One of five commissioners
appointed for some special object.
Quinquina
Quin*qui"na (?), n. [NL. & F. See Quinine.] Peruvian bark.
Quinquivalent
Quin*quiv"a*lent (?), a. [Quinque- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See
Valence.] (Chem.) Same as Pentavalent.
Quinsy
Quin"sy (?), n. [Contr. fr. squinancy, F. esquinancie, L. cynanche a
sort of sore throat, Gr. synanche sore throat, Gr. Hound, Anger, and
Cynanche.] (Med.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent,
especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable
swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by
inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; --
called also squinancy, and squinzey.
Quint
Quint (?), n. [F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth, quinque
five. See Five.]
1. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
2. (Mus.) The interval of a fifth.
Quintain
Quin"tain (?), n. [F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W. chwintan a kind
of hymeneal game.] An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
[Written also quintin.]
NOTE: &hand; A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post,
on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one end a broad
board, and on the other a sand bag. The endeavor was to strike the
board with the lance while riding under, and get away without being
hit by the sand bag. "But a quintain, a mere lifeless block."
Shak.
Quintal
Quin"tal (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a weight of 100
lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr. centeni a
hundred each, fr. centum a hundred. See Hundred, and cf. Kentle.]
1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale
used. Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and pronounced kentle.]
2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms,
equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
Quintan
Quin"tan (?), a. [L. quintanus, fr. quintus fifth, quinque five. See
Five.] Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every
fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. -- n. (Med.) An
intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning
inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
Quintel
Quin"tel (?), n. See Quintain.
Quintessence
Quin*tes"sence (?), n. [F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence. See
Quint, and Essence.]
1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body.
See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [Obs.]
NOTE: &hand; Th e an cient Gr eeks re cognized four elements, fire,
air, water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and called it
nether, the fifth essence, which they said flew upward at creation
and out of it the stars were made. The alchemists sometimes
considered alcohol, or the ferment oils, as the fifth essence.
2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or
most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or
concentrated essence.
Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light Ethereal, first
of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep. Milton.
Quintessence
Quin*tes"sence, v. t. To distil or extract as a quintessence; to
reduce to a quintessence. [R.] Stirling. "Truth quintessenced and
raised to the highest power." J. A. Symonds.
Quintessential
Quin`tes*sen"tial (?), a. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
"Quintessential extract of mediocrity." G. Eliot.
Quintet, Quintette
Quin*tet", Quin*tette" (?), n. [It. quintetto, dim. of quinto the
fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintette. See
Quint.] (Mus.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the
set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
Quintic
Quin"tic (?), a. [L. quintus fifth, fr. quinque five.] (Alg.) Of the
fifth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the fifth degree. See
Quantic.
Quintile
Quin"tile (?), n. [F. quintil aspect, fr. L. quintus the fifth.]
(Astron.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the
zodiac, or 72°. <-- sic. not separated "by" --> Hutton.
Quintilllion
Quin*till"lion (?), n. [Formed fr. L. quintus the fifth, after the
analogy of million: cf. F. quintillion. See Quint.] According to the
French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the
cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according
to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to
the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note
under Numeration.
Quintin
Quin"tin (?), n. See Quintain.
Quintine
Quin"tine (?), n. [L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintine.] (Bot.) The
embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth
integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.
Quintole
Quin"tole (?), n. [It. quinto fifth.] (Mus.) A group of five notes to
be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
Quintuple
Quin"tu*ple (?), a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L.
quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple.] Multiplied by five; increased to five
times the amount; fivefold. Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five
beats in a measure. It is seldom used.
Quintuple
Quin"tu*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quintupled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quintupling.] [Cf. F. quintupler.] To make fivefold, or five times as
much or many.
Quittuple-nerved, Quintuple-ribbed
Quit"tu*ple-nerved` (?), Quin"tu*ple-ribbed` (?), a. (Bot.) The same
as Quinquenerved.
Quinzaine
Quin"zaine (?), n. [F., from quinze fifteen, L. quindecim. See
Fifteen.] The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the
reckoning. [Written also quinzain.]
Quinze
Quinze (?), n. [F.] A game at cards in which the object is to make
fifteen points.
Quip
Quip (?), n. [Cf. W. chwip a quick flirt or turn, chwipio to whip, to
move briskly, and E. whip. Cf. Quib, Quibble.] A smart, sarcastic turn
or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.
Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton.
He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er.
Tennyson.
Quip
Quip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quipping (?).]
To taunt; to treat with quips.
The more he laughs, and does her closely quip. Spenser.
Quip
Quip, v. i. To scoff; to use taunts. Sir H. Sidney.
Quipo
Qui"po (?), n. Same as Quipu.
Quipu
Qui"pu (?), n.; pl. Quipus (#). [Peruv.quipu a knot.] A contrivance
employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for
writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at
certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a
special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double,
and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite
numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to
register important facts and events. [Written also quipo.] Tylor.
The mysterious science of the quipus . . . supplied the Peruvians
with the means of communicating their ideas to one another, and of
transmitting them to future generations. Prescott.
Quirboilly
Quir"boil*ly` (?), n. [OE. cuir bouilli.] Leather softened by boiling
so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly
hard, and hence was formerly used for armor. [Obs.] "His jambeux were
of quyrboilly." Chaucer.
Quire
Quire (?), n. See Choir. [Obs.] Spenser.
A quire of such enticing birds. Shak.
Quire
Quire, v. i. To sing in concert. [R.] Shak.
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Quire
Quire (?), n. [OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer, cayer, ca\'8ber, F.
cahier, a book of loose sheets, a quarter of a quire, LL. quaternus,
quaternum, sheets of paper packed together, properly, four together,
fr. L. quaterni four each, by fours, quattuor, four. See Four and cf.
Cahier.] A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size
and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a
ream.
Quirister
Quir"is*ter (?), n. [See Quire, Chorister.] A chorister. See
Chorister. [R.] Thomson.
Quiritation
Quir`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. quiritatio, fr. quiritare to raise a
plaintive cry, v. freq. fr. queri to complain.] A crying for help.
[Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Quirite
Qui"rite (?), n. One of the Quirites.
Quirites
Qui*ri"tes (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Cures, a Sabine town.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Roman citizens.
NOTE: &hand; Af ter th e Sa bines an d Romans had united themselves
into one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken
in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves in a
civil capacity Quirites, while in a political and military capacity
they retained the name of Romani.
Andrews.
Quirk
Quirk (?), n. [Written also querk.] [Cf W. chwiori to turn briskly, or
E. queer.]
1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful
evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a
pettifogger. "Some quirk or . . . evasion." Spenser.
We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties
and intricate quirks. Barrow.
2. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. [Obs.] "Quirks of joy
and grief." Shak.
3. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.
4. An irregular air; as, light quirks of music. Pope.
5. (Building) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot
or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written
quink. Gwilt.
6. (Arch.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its
width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.
Quirk molding, a bead between two quirks.
Quirked
Quirked (?), a. Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks.
Quirkish
Quirk"ish (?), Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk. Barrow.
Quirky
Quirk"y (?), a. Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.
Quirl
Quirl (?), n. & v. See Querl.
Quirpele
Quir"pele (?), n. [Tamil k\'c6rippillai.] (Zo\'94l.) The Indian
ferret.
Quirt
Quirt (?), n. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide
T. Roosevelt.
Quish
Quish (?), n. See Cuish.
Quit
Quit (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine
birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and
Guitguit.
Quit
Quit (?), a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See Quit, v., Quirt.]
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear;
absolved; acquitted. Chaucer.
The owner of the ox shall be quit. Ex. xxi. 28.
NOTE: &hand; Th is wo rd is so metimes us ed in th e fo rm quits,
colloquially; as, to be quits with one, that is, to have made
mutual satisfaction of demands with him; to be even with him;
hence, as an exclamation: Quits! we are even, or on equal terms.
"To cry quits with the commons in their complaints."
Fuller.
Quit
Quit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quit or Quitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quitting.]
[OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier, cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit,
quit, LL. quietare, fr. L. quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus
quiet. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a., Quite, Acquit, Requite.]
1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to
relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]
To quit you of this fear, you have already looked Death in the
face; what have you found so terrible in it? Wake.
2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to
absolve; to acquit.
There may no gold them quyte. Chaucer.
God will relent, and quit thee all his debt. Milton.
3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a
claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.
The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. Chaucer.
Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this horrid act. Shak.
Before that judge that quits each soul his hire. Fairfax.
4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to
conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. I Sam. iv. 9.
Samson hath guit himself Like Samson. Milton.
5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]
Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater hazard and with
more renown. Daniel.
6. To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from;
to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit
jesting.
Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth for
appearance. Locke.
To quit cost, to pay; to reimburse. -- To quit scores, to make even;
to clear mutually from demands.
Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble
fruits that issue from it? South.
Syn. -- To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake; surrender;
discharge; requite. -- Quit, Leave. Leave is a general term,
signifying merely an act of departure; quit implies a going without
intention of return, a final and absolute abandonment.
Quit
Quit, v. i. To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
Quitch
Quitch (?), n.
1. (Bot.) Same as Quitch grass.
2. Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.
To pick the vicious quitch Of blood and custom wholly out of him.
Tennyson
.
Quitch grass
Quitch" grass` (?). [Properly quick grass, being probably so called
from its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick, and
cf. Couch grass.] (Bot.) A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having
long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and
pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch
grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Quitclaim
Quit"claim` (?), n. [Quit, a. + claim.] (Law) A release or
relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which
some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is
supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is
released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only
against persons who claim under himself.
Quitclaim
Quit"claim`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quitclaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quitclaiming.] (Law) To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a
claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and
paramount titles.
Quite
Quite (?), v. t. & i. See Quit. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Quite
Quite (?), adv. [F. quite discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement
freely, frankly, entirely. See Quit, a.]
1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is
not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite
mistaken.
Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will. Milton.
The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and arise from
quite contrary principles. Spectator.
2. To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably. "Quite
amusing." Macaulay.
He really looks quite concerned. Landor.
The island stretches along the land and is quite close to it.
Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Quitly
Quit"ly (?), adv. Quite. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Quitrent
Quit"rent` (?), n. [Quit, a. + rent] (Law) A rent reserved in grants
of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other
service. Blackstone.
NOTE: &hand; In so me of th e United States a fee-farm rent is so
termed.
Burrill.
Quits
Quits (?) interj. See the Note under Quit, a.
Quittable
Quit"ta*ble (?), a. Capable of being quitted.
Quittal
Quit"tal (?), n. Return; requital; quittance. [Obs.]
Quittance
Quit"tance (?), n. [OE. quitaunce, OF. quitance, F. quittance. See
Quit, v. t.]
1. Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
Omittance is no quittance. Shak.
2. Recompense; return; repayment. [Obs.] Shak.
Quittance
Quit"tance, v. t. To repay; to requite. [Obs.] Shak.
Quitter
Quit"ter (?), n.
1. One who quits.
2. A deliverer. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Quittor
Quit"tor (?), n. [Perhaps for quitture.] (Far.) A chronic abscess, or
fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation
of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
Quitture
Quit"ture (?), n. A discharge; an issue. [Obs.]
To cleanse the quitture from thy wound. Chapman.
Quiver
Quiv"er (?), a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven,
kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.] Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver
fellow." Shak.
Quiver
Quiv"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.]
[Cf. Quaver.] To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to
tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. Shak.
And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. Addison.
Quiver
Quiv"er, n. The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
Quiver
Quiv"er, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG.
chohh\'beri quiver, receptacle, G. k\'94cher quiver; akin to AS.
color, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. Cocker a high shoe.] A case or
sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
Reside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted thunder
stored. Milton.
Quivered
Quiv"ered (?), a.
1. Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver. "Like a quivered nymph with
arrows keen." Milton.
2. Sheathed, as in a quiver. "Whose quills stand quivered at his ear."
Pope.
Quiveringly
Quiv"er*ing*ly (?), adv. With quivering motion.
Qui vive
Qui` vive" (?). [F., fr. qui who + vive, pres. subj. of vivre to
live.] The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the
English challenge: "Who comes there?" To be on the qui vive, to be on
guard; to be watchful and alert, like a sentinel.
Quixotic
Quix*ot"ic (?), a. Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance;
absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. "Feats of quixotic gallantry."
Prescott.
Quixotically
Quix*ot"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In a quixotic way.
Quixotism
Quix"ot*ism (?), n. That form of delusion which leads to extravagant
and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly
romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don
Quixote in knight-errantry.
Quixotry
Quix"ot*ry (?), n. Quixotism; visionary schemes.
Quiz
Quiz (?), n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of a Dublin playhouse,
laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should be the common talk
and puzzle of the city in twenty-fours. In consequence of this the
letters q u i z were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with
an effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally a variant
of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.]
1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
3. An odd or absurd fellow. Smart. Thackeray.
4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or
as an examination. [Cant, U.S.]
Quiz
Quiz (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing
(?).]
1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness
of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room. Thackeray.
2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.
Quiz
Quiz, v. i. To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
Quizzer
Quiz"zer (?), n. One who quizzes; a quiz.
Quizzical
Quiz"zic*al (?), a. Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the
nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive. -- Quiz"zic*al*ly, adv.
Quizzism
Quiz"zism (?), n. The act or habit of quizzing.
Quob
Quob (?), v. i. [Cf. Quaver.] [Written also quop and quab.] To throb;
to quiver. [Local & Vulgar]
Quod
Quod (?), n. [For quad, abbrev. of quadrangle.] A quadrangle or court,
as of a prison; hence, a prison. [Slang] "Flogged or whipped in quod."
T. Hughes.
Quod
Quod, v. Quoth; said. See Quoth. [Obs.]
"Let be," quod he, "it shall not be." Chaucer.
Quoddies
Quod"dies (?), n. pl. Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy
Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray.
Quodlibet
Quod"li*bet (?), n. [L., what you please.]
1. A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
These are your quodlibets, but no learning. P. Fletcher.
2. (Mus.) A medley improvised by several performers.
Quodlibetarian
Quod"lib*e*ta"ri*an (?), n. One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
Quodlibetical
Quod"li*bet"ic*al (?), a. Not restricted to a particular subject;
discussed for curiosity or entertainment. -- Quod`li*bet"ic*al*ly,
adv.
Quoif
Quoif (?), n. & v. t. See Coif. Shak.
Quoifffure
Quoiff"fure (?), n. See Coiffure.
Quoil
Quoil (?), n. See Coil. [Obs.]
Quoin
Quoin (?), n. [See Coin, and cf. Coigne.]
1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now,
commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner
is marked.
NOTE: &hand; In st one, th e qu oins consist of blocks larger than
those used in the rest of the building, and cut to dimension. In
brickwork, quoins consist of groups or masses of brick laid
together, and in a certain imitation of quoins of stone.
<-- # the various "subdefs" here require the introductory part
definition to be complete -->
2. A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for
various purposes, as: (a) (Masonry) to support and steady a stone. (b)
(Gun.) To support the breech of a cannon. (c) (Print.) To wedge or
lock up a form within a chase. (d) (Naut.) To prevent casks from
rolling.
Hollow quoin. See under Hollow. -- Quoin post (Canals), the post of a
lock gate which abuts against the wall.
Quoit
Quoit (?), n. [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed)
LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E.
cook, also W. coete a quoit.]
1. (a) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed
object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same
purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc. (b) pl. A game played with
quoits. Shak.
2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] J. Morley.
Quoit
Quoit, v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.
Quoit
Quoit, v. t. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
Quoke
Quoke (?), obs. imp. of Quake. Chaucer.
Quoll
Quoll (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus),
about the size of a cat.
Quondam
Quon"dam (?), a. [L., formerly.] Having been formerly; former;
sometime. "This is the quondam king." Shak.
Quondam
Quon"dam, n. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] "Make
them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." Latimer.
Quook
Quook (?), imp. of Quake. [Obs.] Spenser.
Quop
Quop (?), v. i. See Quob.
Quorum
Quo"rum (?), n. [L., of whom, gen. pl. of qui who, akin to E. who. See
the Note below.] Such a number of the officers or members of any body
as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a
quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was
not present.
NOTE: &hand; Th e te rm ar ose from the Latin words, Quorum aliquem
vestrum . . . unum esse volumus (of whom we wish some one of you to
be one), which were used in the commission formerly issued to
justices of the peace in England, by which commission it was
directed that no business of certain kinds should be done without
the presence of one or more of certain justices specially
designated. Justice of the peace and of the quorum designates a
class of justices of the peace in some of the United States.
Quota
Quo"ta (?), n. [LL., fr. L. quota (sc. pars), fr.quotus which or what
in number, of what number, how many, fr. quot how many, akin to quis,
qui, who: cf. It. quota a share. See Who.] A proportional part or
share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division. "Quota
of troops and money."<-- esp. a share of effort required to be
performed, or a share of resources required to be obtained for some
common purpose. --> Motley.
Quotable
Quot"a*ble (?), a. Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable
writer; a quotable sentence. -- Quot`a*bit"i*ty (#), n. Poe.
Quotation
Quo*ta"tion (?), n. [From Quote.]
1. The act of quoting or citing.
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.]
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.
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.
Quotationist
Quo*ta"tion*ist (?) n. One who makes, or is given to making,
quotations.
The narrow intellectuals of quotationists. Milton.
Quote
Quote (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quoting.] [OF.
quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide
into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotus. See Quota.] [Formerly written
also cote.]
1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce,
as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or
illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or
an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
3. (Com.) To name the current price of.
4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] "He's quoted for a most
perfidious slave." Shak. Syn. -- To cite; name; adduce; repeat. Quote,
Cite. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc.,
and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence.
Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used
to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing
his exact words.
Quote
Quote (?), n. A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Quoter
Quot"er (?), n. One who quotes the words of another.
Quoth
Quoth (?), v. t. [AS.cwe&edh;an, imp cw\'91&edh;, pl. cw&aemac;don;
akin to OS. que&edh;an, OHG. quethan, quedan, Icel. kve&edh;a, Goth.
qižan. &root;22. Cf. Bequeath.] Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in
the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by
its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I.
quoth he. "Let me not live, quoth he." Shak.
Quotha
Quoth"a (?), interj. [For quoth'a, said he, 'a being corrupted from
he.] Indeed; forsooth.
To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves With mended
morals, quotha, -- fine new lives ! Mrs. Browning.
Quotidian
Quo*tid"i*an (?) a. [OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily;
quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See Quota,
Deity.] Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
Quotidian
Quo*tid"i*an (?), n. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an
intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. Milton.
Quotient
Quo"tient (?), n. [F., fr. L. quoties how often, how many times, fr.
quot how many. See Quota.]
1. (Arith.) The number resulting from the division of one number by
another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a
greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three.
2. (Higher Alg.) The result of any process inverse to multiplication.
See the Note under Multiplication.
Quotiety
Quo*ti"e*ty (?), n. [L.quotus of what number, quot how many.]
(Scholastic Philos.) The relation of an object to number.
Krauth-Fleming.
Quotum
Quo"tum (?) n. [NL., fr. L. quotus of what number. See Quota.] Part or
proportion; quota. [R.] "A very small quotum." Max M\'81ller.
Quo warranto
Quo" war*ran"to (?). [So called from the Law L. words quo warranto (by
what authority), in the original Latin form of the writ. See Which,
and Warrant.] (Law) A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to
inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises
certain powers. Blackstone.
NOTE: &hand; An information in the nature of a quo warranto is now
common as a substitute for the writ. Wharton.
Quran
Qu*ran", n. See Koran.
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