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/) 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/nician, the ultimate origin being Egyptian.
Qua (conj.) In so far as;
in the capacity or character of; as.
Quab (n.) An unfledged
bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.
Quab (v. i.) See Quob, v.
i.
Qua-bird (n.) The American
night heron. See under Night.
Quacha (n.) The quagga.
Qvacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Quack
Quacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quack
Quack (v. i.) To utter a
sound like the cry of a duck.
Quack (v. i.) To make vain
and loud pretensions; to boast.
Quack (v. i.) To act the
part of a quack, or pretender.
Quack (n.) The cry of the
duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.
Quack (n.) A boastful
pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
Quack (n.) Hence, one who
boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a
charlatan.
Quack (a.) Pertaining to
or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure
diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
Quackeries (pl. ) of
Quackery
Quackery (n.) The acts,
arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art;
empiricism.
Quack grass () See Quitch grass.
Quackish (a.) Like a
quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.
Quackism (n.) Quackery.
Quackled (imp. & p. p.) of
Quackle
Quackling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quackle
Quackle (v. i. & t.) To
suffocate; to choke.
Quacksalver (n.) One who
boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his
prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.
Quad (a.) Alt. of Quade
Quade (a.) Evil; bad;
baffling; as, a quade wind.
Quad (n.) A quadrat.
Quad (n.) A quadrangle;
hence, a prison.
Quadrae (pl. ) of Quadra
Quadra (n.) The plinth, or
lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
Quadra (n.) A fillet, or
listel.
Quadrable (a.) 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 (a.)
Consisting of forty; forty years old.
Quadragene (n.) An
indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical
penance.
Quadragesima (n.) The
forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
Quadragesimal (a.)
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
Quadragesimals (n. pl.)
Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.
Quadrangle (n.) A plane
figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four
angles.
Quadrangle (n.) 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 (a.) Having
four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.
Quadrantes (pl. ) of
Quadrans
Quadrans (n.) A fourth
part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.
Quadrans (n.) The fourth
of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
Quadrant (n.) The fourth
part; the quarter.
Quadrant (n.) 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.
Quadrant (n.) One of the
four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate 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.
Quadrant (n.) 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.
Quadrantal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as,
quadrantal space.
Quadrantal (n.) A cubical
vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; --
used as a measure.
Quadrantal (n.) A cube.
Quadrat (n.) A block of
type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.
Quadrat (n.) An old
instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and
line of shadows.
Quadrate (a.) Having four
equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
Quadrate (a.) Produced by
multiplying a number by itself; square.
Quadrate (a.) Square;
even; balanced; equal; exact.
Quadrate (a.) Squared;
suited; correspondent.
Quadrate (a.) A plane
surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence,
figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
Quadrate (a.) 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.
Quadrate (a.) The quadrate
bone.
Quadrated (imp. & p. p.)
of Quadrate
Quadrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quadrate
Quadrate (a.) To square;
to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.
Quadrate (v. t.) To adjust
(a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
Quadratic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.
Quadratic (a.) Tetragonal.
Quadratic (a.) Pertaining
to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest
power of the unknown quantity is a square.
Quadratics (n.) That
branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.
Quadratojugal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
Quadratojugal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.
Quadratojugal (n.) The
quadratojugal bone.
-trixes (pl. ) of
Quadratrix
-trices (pl. ) of
Quadratrix
Quadratrix (n.) A curve
made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus,
or of Tschirnhausen.
Quadrature (a.) 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.
Quadrature (a.) A
quadrate; a square.
Quadrature (a.) 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.
Quadrature (a.) 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.
Quadrel (n.) A square
piece of turf or peat.
Quadrel (n.) A square
brick, tile, or the like.
Quadrennial (a.)
Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.
Quadrennial (a.) Occurring
once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.
Quadrennially (adv.) Once
in four years.
Quadrennium (n.) A space
or period of four years.
Quadri- () A combining form
meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules.
Quadribasic (a.) Same as
Tetrabasic.
Quadrible (a.) Quadrable.
Quadric (a.) Of or
pertaining to the second degree.
Quadric (n.) A quantic of
the second degree. See Quantic.
Quadric (n.) 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 (a.) Having
four capsules.
Quadriceps (n.) The great
extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a
single tendon at the knee.
Quadricipital (n.) Of or
pertaining to the quadriceps.
Quadricorn (n.) Any
quadricornous animal.
Quadricornous (a.) Having
four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.
Quadricostate (a.) Having
four ribs.
Quadridentate (a.) Having
four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.
Quadriennial (a.) Same as
Quadrennial.
Quadrifarious (a.)
Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves.
Quadrifid (a.) Divided, or
deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
Quadrifoil (a.) Alt. of
Quadrifoliate
Quadrifoliate (a.)
Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
Quadrifurcated (a.) Having
four forks, or branches.
Quadrigae (pl. ) of
Quadriga
Quadriga (n.) A car or
chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
Quadrigeminal (a.) Alt. of
Quadrigeminous
Quadrigeminous (a.)
Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts.
Quadrigenarious (a.)
Consisting of four hundred.
Quadrijugate (a.) Same as
Quadrijugous.
Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate,
with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
Quadrilateral (a.) Having
four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
Quadrilateral (n.) A plane
figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure;
any figure formed by four lines.
Quadrilateral (n.) An area
defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian
quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
Quadrilateralness (n.) The
property of being quadrilateral.
Quadriliteral (a.)
Consisting of four letters.
Quadrille (n.) A dance
having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.
Quadrille (n.) The
appropriate music for a quadrille.
Quadrille (n.) A game
played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack
after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.
Quadrillion (n.) 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 (a.) Alt. of
Quadrilobed
Quadrilobed (a.) Having
four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
Quadrilocular (a.) Having
four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
Quadrin (n.) A small piece
of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.
Quadrinodal (a.)
Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
Quadrinomial (n.) A
polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
Quadrinomical (a.)
Quadrinomial.
Quadrinominal (a.)
Quadrinomial.
Quadripartite (a.) Divided
into four parts.
Quadripartitely (adv.) In
four parts.
Quadripartition (n.) A
division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth
part of any quantity or number.
Quadripennate (a.) Having
four wings; -- said of insects.
Quadriphyllous (a.) Having
four leaves; quadrifoliate.
Quadrireme (n.) A galley
with four banks of oars or rowers.
Quadrisection (n.) A
subdivision into four parts.
Quadrisulcate (a.) Having
four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
Quadrisyllabic () Alt. of
Quadri-syllabical
Quadri-syllabical () Having four
syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.
Quadrisyllable (n.) A word
consisting of four syllables.
Quadrivalence (n.) The
quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
Quadrivalent (a.) 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 (a.) Dehiscent
into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.
Quadrivalve (n.) A door,
shutter, or the like, having four folds.
Quadrivalvular (a.) Having
four valves; quadrivalve.
Quadrivial (a.) Having
four ways meeting in a point.
Quadrivial (n.) One of the
four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
Quadrivium (n.) The four
"liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the
schoolmen. See Trivium.
Quadroon (n.) The
offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
Quadroxide (n.) A
tetroxide.
Quadrumana (n. pl.) 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 (n.) One of the
Quadrumana.
Quadrumanous (a.) Having
four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
Quadruped (a.) Having four
feet.
Quadruped (n.) An animal
having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the
mammals.
Quadrupedal (a.) Having
four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
Quadruple (a.) Fourfold;
as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
Quadruple (n.) four times
the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount
in damages.
Quadrupled (imp. & p. p.)
of Quadruple
Quadrupling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quadruple
Quadruple (v. t.) To
multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
Quadruple (v. i.) To be
multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold;
folded or doubled twice.
Quadruplicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Quadruplicate
Quadruplicating (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Quadruplicate
Quadruplicate (v. t.) To
make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Quadruplicate (a.)
Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a
quadruplicate proportion.
Quadruplicate (a.) Raised
to the fourth power.
Quadruplication (n.) The
act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
Quadruply (adv.) To a
fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply
recompensed.
Quaere (v. imperative.)
Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
Quaestor (n.) Same as
Questor.
Quaffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Quaff
Quaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quaff
Quaff (v. t.) To drink
with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
Quaff (v. i.) To drink
largely or luxuriously.
Quaffer (n.) One who
quaffs, or drinks largely.
Quag (n.) A quagmire.
Quagga (n.) A South
African wild ass (Equus, / 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.
Quaggy (a.) Of the nature
of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy;
boggy.
Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet,
miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
Quahog (n.) Alt. of
Quahaug
Quahaug (n.) 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.
Quaigh (n.) Alt. of Quaich
Quaich (n.) A small
shallow cup or drinking vessel.
Qualled (imp. & p. p.) of
Quail
Qualling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quail
Quail (v. i.) To die; to
perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
Quail (v. i.) 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.
Quail (v. t.) To cause to
fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Quail (v. i.) To curdle;
to coagulate, as milk.
Quail (n.) 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).
Quail (n.) 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).
Quail (n.) Any one of
numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the
Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
Quail (n.) A prostitute;
-- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Quaily (n.) The upland
plover.
Quaint (a.) Prudent; wise;
hence, crafty; artful; wily.
Quaint (a.) Characterized
by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful;
nice; neat.
Quaint (a.) Curious and
fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as,
quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
Quaintise (n.) Craft;
subtlety; cunning.
Quaintise (n.) Elegance;
beauty.
Quaintly (adv.) In a
quaint manner.
Quaintness (n.) The
quality of being quaint.
Quair (n.) A quire; a
book.
Quaked (imp. & p. p.) of
Quake
Quaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quake
Quake (v. i.) To be
agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear,
cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
Quake (v. i.) 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.
Quake (v. t.) To cause to
quake.
Quake (n.) A tremulous
agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
Quaker (n.) One who
quakes.
Quaker (n.) 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.
Quaker (n.) The nankeen
bird.
Quaker (n.) The sooty
albatross.
Quaker (n.) Any
grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise
made during flight.
Quakeress (n.) A woman who
is a member of the Society of Friends.
Quakerish (a.) Like or
pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
Quakerism (n.) The
peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
Quakerlike (a.) Like a
Quaker.
Quakerly (a.) Resembling
Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.
Quakery (n.) Quakerism.
Quaketail (n.) A wagtail.
Quakness (n.) The state of
being quaky; liability to quake.
Quaking () a. & n. from Quake, v.
Quakingly (adv.) In a
quaking manner; fearfully.
Quaky (a.) Shaky, or
tremulous; quaking.
Qualifiable (a.) Capable
of being qualified; abatable; modifiable.
Qualification (n.) The act
of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
Qualification (n.) 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.
Qualification (n.) 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 (n.) That
which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
Qualificator (n.) An
officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the
ecclesiastical courts.
Qualified (a.) Fitted by
accomplishments or endowments.
Qualified (a.) Modified;
limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualifiedly (adv.) In the
way of qualification; with modification or qualification.
Qualifiedness (n.) The
state of being qualified.
Qualifier (n.) One who, or
that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
Qualified (imp. & p. p.)
of Qualify
Qualifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Qualify
Qualify (v. t.) 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.
Qualify (v. t.) To give
individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
Qualify (v. t.) 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.
Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to
soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as
liquors.
Qualify (v. t.) To soothe;
to cure; -- said of persons.
Qualify (v. i.) To be or
become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
Qualify (v. i.) To obtain
legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms
required, on assuming an office.
Qualitative (a.) Relating
to quality; having the character of quality.
Qualitied (a.) Furnished
with qualities; endowed.
Qualities (pl. ) of
Quality
Quality (n.) 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.
Quality (n.) Special or
temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or
position.
Quality (n.) 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.
Quality (n.) An acquired
trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
Quality (n.) Superior
birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
Qualm (n.) Sickness;
disease; pestilence; death.
Qualm (n.) A sudden attack
of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
Qualm (n.) Especially, a
sudden sensation of nausea.
Qualm (n.) A prick or
scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Qualmish (a.) Sick at the
stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.
Quamash (n.) See Camass.
Quamoclit (n.) Formerly, a
genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called
Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomoea.
Quandaries (pl. ) of
Quandary
Quandary (n.) A state of
difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Quandary (v. t.) To bring
into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
Quandong (n.) The edible
drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood
family; -- called also quandang.
Quandy (n.) The old squaw.
Quannet (n.) A flat file
having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.
Quant (n.) A punting pole
with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a
setting pole.
Quantic (n.) 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 (n.)
Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of
quantity.
Quantity (v. t.) To modify
or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
Quantitative (a.) Relating
to quantity.
Quantitive (a.) Estimable
according to quantity; quantitative.
Quantitively (adv.) So as
to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.
Quantities (pl. ) of
Quantity
Quantity (n.) 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.
Quantity (n.) 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.
Quantity (n.) 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.
Quantity (n.) The relative
duration of a tone.
Quantity (n.) That which
can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which
mathematical processes are applicable.
Quantity (n.) 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.
Quantivalence (n.)
Valence.
Quantivalent (a.) Of or
pertaining to quantivalence.
Quanta (pl. ) of Quantum
Quantum (n.) Quantity;
amount.
Quantum (n.) A definite
portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
Quap (v. i.) To quaver.
Quaquaversal (a.) Turning
or dipping in any or every direction.
Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping
toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.
Quar (n.) A quarry.
Quarantine (n.) A space of
forty days; -- used of Lent.
Quarantine (n.)
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.
Quarantine (n.) The period
of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the
mansion house of which her husband died seized.
Quarantined (imp. & p. p.)
of Quarantine
Quarantining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quarantine
Quarantine (v. t.) 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 (n.) A medusa, or
jellyfish.
Quarrel (n.) An arrow for
a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
Quarrel (n.) Any small
square or quadrangular member
Quarrel (n.) A square of
glass, esp. when set diagonally.
Quarrel (n.) A small
opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly
square.
Quarrel (n.) A square or
lozenge-shaped paving tile.
Quarrel (n.) A glazier's
diamond.
Quarrel (n.) A four-sided
cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
Quarrel (n.) 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.
Quarrel (n.) Ground of
objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest;
occasion of altercation.
Quarrel (n.) Earnest
desire or longing.
Quarreled (imp. & p. p.)
of Quarrel
Quarrelled () of Quarrel
Quarreling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quarrel
Quarrelling () of Quarrel
Quarrel (v. i.) To violate
concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become
antagonistic.
Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute
angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.
Quarrel (v. i.) To find
fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
Quarrel (v. t.) To quarrel
with.
Quarrel (v. t.) To compel
by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
Quarrel (n.) One who
quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
Quarrelet (n.) A little
quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2.
Quarreling (a.) Engaged in
a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling
mood.
Quarrellous (a.)
Quarrelsome.
Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or
disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or
provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Quarried (a.) Provided
with prey.
Quarrier (n.) A worker in
a stone quarry.
Quarry (n.) Same as 1st
Quarrel.
Quarry (a.) Quadrate;
square.
Quarries (pl. ) of Quarry
Quarry (n.) A part of the
entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
Quarry (n.) A heap of game
killed.
Quarry (n.) The object of
the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
Quarry (v. i.) To secure
prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
Quarry (n.) 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).
Quarried (imp. & p. p.) of
Quarry
Quarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quarry
Quarry (v. t.) To dig or
take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Quarry-faced (a.) Having a
face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point;
-- said of stones.
Quarrymen (pl. ) of
Quarry-man
Quarry-man (n.) A man who
is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.
Quart (n.) The fourth
part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
Quart (n.) 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.
Quart (n.) A vessel or
measure containing a quart.
Quart (n.) In cards, four
successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4.
Quartan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as,
a quartan ague, or fever.
Quartan (n.) An
intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that
is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.
Quartan (n.) A measure,
the fourth part of some other measure.
Quartane (n.) Butane, each
molecule of which has four carbon atoms.
Quartation (n.) 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 (n.) Same as 2d
Carte.
Quartene (n.) Same as
Butylene.
Quartenylic (a.)
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 (n.) 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.
Quarter (n.) The fourth of
a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is
reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
Quarter (n.) 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.
Quarter (n.) The fourth
part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after
the change or full.
Quarter (n.) 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.
Quarter (n.) That part of
a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp.
Quarter (n.) That part on
either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the
coffin.
Quarter (n.) A term of
study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year,
but often longer or shorter.
Quarter (n.) The
encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent
relief and intercept convoys.
Quarter (n.) 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.
Quarter (n.) 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.
Quarter (v. t.) A division
of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin
quarter in Paris.
Quarter (v. t.) A small
upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in the United States more commonly
called stud.
Quarter (v. t.) The fourth
part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth
part of 11¡ 15', that is, about 2¡ 49'; -- called also quarter point.
Quarter (v. t.) Proper
station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
Quarter (v. t.) A station
at which officers and men are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural.
Quarter (v. t.) Place of
lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the
plural.
Quarter (v. t.) A station
or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers;
as, winter quarters.
Quarter (v. t.) 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.
Quarter (v. t.)
Friendship; amity; concord.
Quartered (imp. & p. p.)
of Quartter
Quartering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quartter
Quartter (v. t.) To divide
into four equal parts.
Quartter (v. t.) To
divide; to separate into parts or regions.
Quartter (v. t.) 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.
Quartter (v. t.) To
furnish as a portion; to allot.
Quartter (v. t.) To
arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits
from both father and mother the right to bear arms.
Quarter (v. i.) To lodge;
to have a temporary residence.
Quarter (v. i.) 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.
Quarterage (n.) A
quarterly allowance.
Quarter-deck (n.) That
part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is
one.
Quarterfoil (n.) An
ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
Quarterhung (a.) Having
trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
Quartering (a.) Coming
from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or
any moving object.
Quartering (a.) At right
angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle
with each other.
Quartering (n.) A station.
Quartering (n.) Assignment
of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
Quartering (n.) The
division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more
compartments.
Quartering (n.) One of the
different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the
bearer.
Quartering (n.) A series
of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.)
Quarterly (a.) Containing,
or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.
Quarterly (a.) Recurring
during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a
quarterly meeting.
Quarterlies (pl. ) of
Quarterly
Quarterly (n.) A
periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.
Quarterly (adv.) By
quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.
Quarterly (adv.) 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 (n.) 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.
Quartermaster (n.) A petty
officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the
direction of the master.
Quartern (n.) 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.).
Quartern (n.) A loaf of
bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf.
Quarteron (n.) A quarter;
esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.
Quarteron (n.) Alt. of
Quarteroon
Quarteroon (n.) A
quadroon.
Quarterpace (n.) A
platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See
Halfpace.
Quarter round () An ovolo.
Quarterstaves (pl. ) of
Quarterstaff
Quarterstaff (n.) 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 (n.) Alt. of
Quartette
Quartette (n.) A
composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
Quartette (n.) The set of
four person who perform a piece of music in four parts.
Quartette (n.) A stanza of
four lines.
Quartic (a.) Of the fourth
degree.
Quartic (n.) A quantic of
the fourth degree. See Quantic.
Quartic (n.) A curve or
surface whose equation is of the fourth degree in the variables.
Quartile (n.) Same as
Quadrate.
Quartine (n.) A supposed
fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
Quarto (a.) Having four
leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.
Quartos (pl. ) of Quarto
Quarto (n.) 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 (n.) Quarterage.
Quartz (n.) 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.
Quartziferous (a.)
Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.
Quartzite (n.) Massive
quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz
rock.
Quartzoid (n.) A form of
crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base.
Quartzose (a.) Containing,
or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz.
quartzous (a.) Quarzose.
Quartzy (a.) Quartzose.
Quas (n.) A kind of beer.
Same as Quass.
Quaschi (n.) Alt. of
Quasje
Quasje (n.) The brown
coati. See Coati.
Quash (n.) Same as Squash.
Quashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Quash
Quashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quash
Quash (v. t.) To abate,
annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.
Quash (v. t.) To beat
down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
Quash (v. t.) To crush; to
subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a
rebellion.
Quash (v. i.) To be
shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
Quashee (n.) A negro of
the West Indies.
Quasi () 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 (n.) The first
Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.
Quass (n.) A thin, sour
beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment,
-- much used by the Russians.
Quassation (n.) The act of
shaking, or the state of being shaken.
Quassia (n.) The wood of
several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara,
Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in
medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
Quassin (n.) The bitter
principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly
called quassite.
Quat (n.) A pustule.
Quat (n.) An annoying,
worthless person.
Quat (v. t.) To satiate;
to satisfy.
Quata (n.) The coaita.
Quatch (a.) Squat; flat.
Quater-cousin (n.) A
cousin within the first four degrees of kindred.
Quaternary (a.) Consisting
of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
Quaternary (a.) Later
than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or
Age of man.
Quaternary (n.) The number
four.
Quaternary (n.) The
Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.
Quaternate (a.) Composed
of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.
Quaternion (n.) The number
four.
Quaternion (n.) A set of
four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four
words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like.
Quaternion (n.) A word of
four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
Quaternion (n.) 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.
Quaternion (v. t.) To
divide into quaternions, files, or companies.
Quaternity (n.) The number
four.
Quaternity (n.) The union
of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the theological term
trinity.
Quateron (n.) See 2d
Quarteron.
Quatorzain (n.) A poem of
fourteen lines; a sonnet.
Quatorze (n.) The four
aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called
because quatorze counts as fourteen points.
Quatrain (n.) A stanza of
four lines rhyming alternately.
Quatre (n.) A card, die.
or domino, having four spots, or pips
Quatrefeuille (n.) Alt. of
Quatrefoil
Quatrefoil (n.) Same as
Quarterfoil.
Quatuor (n.) A quartet; --
applied chiefly to instrumental compositions.
Quave (n.) See Quaver.
Quave (v. i.) To quaver.
Quavemire (n.) See
Quagmire.
Quavered (imp. & p. p.) of
Quaver
Quavering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quaver
Quaver (v. i.) To tremble;
to vibrate; to shake.
Quaver (v. i.) 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 (v. t.) To utter
with quavers.
Quaver (n.) A shake, or
rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
Quaver (n.) An eighth
note. See Eighth.
Quaverer (n.) One who
quavers; a warbler.
Quay (n.) 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.
Quay (v. t.) To furnish
with quays.
Quayage (n.) Wharfage.
Quayd () p. p. of Quail.
Que (n.) A half farthing.
Queach (n.) A thick, bushy
plot; a thicket.
Queach (v. i.) To stir; to
move. See Quick, v. i.
Queachy (a.) Yielding or
trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
Queachy (a.) Like a queach;
thick; bushy.
Quean (n.) A woman; a
young or unmarried woman; a girl.
Quean (n.) A low woman; a
wench; a slut.
Queasily (adv.) In a
queasy manner.
Queasiness (n.) The state
of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness.
Queasy (a.) Sick at the
stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.
Queasy (a.) Fastidious;
squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
Quebec group () 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 (n.) A Chilian
apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a
febrifuge, and for dyspn/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.
Quebrith (n.) Sulphur.
Quech (v. i.) Alt. of
Queck
Queck (v. i.) A word
occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir,
to move.
Queen (n.) The wife of a
king.
Queen (n.) A woman who is
the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England;
Mary, queen of Scots.
Queen (n.) A woman eminent
in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; --
also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
Queen (n.) The fertile, or
fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
Queen (n.) The most
powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
Queen (n.) A playing card
bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
Queen (n.) A male
homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
Queen (v. i.) To act the
part of a queen.
Queened (imp. & p. p.) of
Queen
Queening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Queen
Queen (v. i.) 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 (n.) Craft or
skill in policy on the part of a queen.
Queendom (n.) The
dominion, condition, or character of a queen.
Queenfish (n.) A
California sciaenoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the
sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish.
Queenhood (n.) The state,
personality, or character of a queen; queenliness.
Queening (n.) 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 (n.) The
quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence
among women in attractions or power.
Queenly (a.) Like,
becoming, or suitable to, a queen.
Oueen-post (n.) One of two
suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See
King-post.
Queenship (n.) The state,
rank, or dignity of a queen.
Queensland nut () 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 () A truss framed
with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.
Queer (a.) 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.
Queer (a.) Mysterious;
suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.
Queer (n.) Counterfeit
money.
Queerish (a.) Rather
queer; somewhat singular.
Queerly (adv.) In a queer
or odd manner.
Queerness (n.) The quality
or state of being queer.
Queest (n.) The European
ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat.
Quegh (n.) A drinking
vessel. See Quaich.
Queint (a.) See Quaint.
Queint () imp. & p. p. of Quench.
Queintise (n.) See
Quaintise.
Quelled (imp. & p. p.) of
Quell
Quelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quell
Quell (v. i.) To die.
Quell (v. i.) To be
subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
Quell (v. t.) To take the
life of; to kill.
Quell (v. t.) To
overpower; to subdue; to put down.
Quell (v. t.) To quiet; to
allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the
tumult of the soul.
Quell (n.) Murder.
Queller (n.) A killer; as,
Jack the Giant Queller.
Queller (n.) One who
quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
Quellio (n.) A ruff for
the neck.
Quelquechose (n.) A
trifle; a kickshaw.
Queme (v. t. & i.) To
please.
Quemeful (a.) Kindly;
merciful.
Quenched (imp. & p. p.) of
Quench
Quenching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quench
Quench (v. t.) 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.
Quench (v. t.) To cool
suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.
Quench (v. i.) To become
extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.
Quenchable (a.) Capable of
being quenched.
Quencher (n.) One who, or
that which, quenches.
Quenchless (a.) Incapable
of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury.
Quenelle (n.) A kind of
delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for
garnishing.
Quenouille training () A method
of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the
branches and pruning.
Quercitannic (a.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak bark and extracted as
a yellowish brown amorphous substance.
Quercite (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Quercitron (n.)
Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin.
Quercus (n.) A genus of
trees constituted by the oak. See Oak.
Querele (n.) A complaint
to a court. See Audita Querela.
Querent (n.) A
complainant; a plaintiff.
Querent (n.) An inquirer.
Quermonious (a.)
Complaining; querulous; apt to complain.
Querimony (n.) A complaint
or complaining.
Querist (n.) One who
inquires, or asks questions.
Querken (v. t.) To stifle
or choke.
Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to
turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope.
Querl (n.) A coil; a
twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse.
Quern (n.) A mill for
grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the
invention of windmills and watermills.
Querpo (n.) The inner or
body garments taken together. See Cuerpo.
Querquedule (n.) A teal.
Querquedule (n.) The
pintail duck.
Querry (n.) A groom; an
equerry.
Querulential (a.)
Querulous.
Querulous (v.) Given to
quarreling; quarrelsome.
Querulous (v.) Apt to find
fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or
people.
Querulous (v.) Expressing
complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice.
Queries (pl. ) of Query
Query (n.) A question; an
inquiry to be answered or solved.
Query (n.) A question in
the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
Query (n.) An
interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
Query (v. i.) To ask
questions; to make inquiry.
Query (v. i.) To have a
doubt; as, I query if he is right.
Queried (imp. & p. p.) of
Query
Querying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Query
Query (v. t.) 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.
Query (v. t.) To address
questions to; to examine by questions.
Query (v. t.) To doubt of;
to regard with incredulity.
Query (v. t.) To write "
query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof.
See Quaere.
Quesal (n.) The
long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon (Pharomachus mocinno, formerly Trogon
resplendens), native of Southern Mexico and Central America. Called also
quetzal, and golden trogon.
Quest (n.) 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.
Quest (n.) Request;
desire; solicitation.
Quest (n.) Those who make
search or inquiry, taken collectively.
Quest (n.) Inquest; jury
of inquest.
Quest (n.) To search for;
to examine.
Quest (v. i.) To go on a
quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
Questant (n.) One who
undertakes a quest; a seeker.
Quester (n.) One who
seeks; a seeker.
Question (n.) The act of
asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
Question (n.) Discussion;
debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question;
he obeyed without question.
Question (n.) Examination
with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or
official investigation; also, examination under torture.
Question (n.) That which
is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
Question (n.) Hence, a
subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be
inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.
Question (n.) Talk;
conversation; speech; speech.
Questioned (imp. & p. p.)
of Question
Questioning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Question
Question (n.) To ask
questions; to inquire.
Question (n.) To argue; to
converse; to dispute.
Question (v. t.) To
inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a
witness.
Question (v. t.) To doubt
of; to be uncertain of; to query.
Question (v. t.) To raise
a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.
Question (v. t.) To talk
to; to converse with.
Questionability (n.) The
state or condition of being questionable.
Questionable (a.)
Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.
Questionable (a.) Liable
to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical;
doubtful; suspicious.
Questionableness (n.) The
quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.
Questionably (adv.) In a
questionable manner.
Questionary (a.)
Inquiring; asking questions; testing.
Questionary (n.) One who
makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
Questioner (n.) One who
asks questions; an inquirer.
Questionist (n.) A
questioner; an inquirer.
Questionist (n.) A
candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination.
Questionless (a.)
Unquestioning; incurious.
Questionless (adv.) Beyond
a question or doubt; doubtless; certainly.
Questmen (pl. ) of
Questman
Questman (n.) One legally
empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and
measures.
Questman (n.) A
churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
Questman (n.) A collector
of parish rents.
Questmonger (n.) One who
lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits.
Questor (n.) An officer
who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute,
etc.; treasurer of state.
Questorship (n.) The
office, or the term of office, of a questor.
Questrist (n.) A seeker; a
pursuer.
Questuary (a.) Studious of
profit.
Questuary (n.) One
employed to collect profits.
Quet (n.) The common
guillemot.
Queue (n.) A tail-like
appendage of hair; a pigtail.
Queue (n.) A line of
persons waiting anywhere.
Queue (v. t.) To fasten,
as hair, in a queue.
Quey (n.) A heifer.
Quib (n.) A quip; a gibe.
Quibble (n.) A shift or
turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion;
a cavil.
Quibble (n.) A pun; a low
conceit.
Quibbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Quibble
Quibbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quibble
Quibble (v. i.) 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.
Quibble (v. i.) To pun; to
practice punning.
Quibbler (n.) One who
quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster.
Quibblingly (adv.)
Triflingly; evasively.
Quica (n.) A small South
American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon
insects, small birds, and fruit.
Quice (n.) See Queest.
Quich (v. i.) To stir.
Quick (superl.) Alive;
living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.
Quick (superl.)
Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.
Quick (superl.) Speedy;
hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
Quick (superl.) Impatient;
passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
Quick (superl.) Fresh;
bracing; sharp; keen.
Quick (superl.) Sensitive;
perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.
Quick (superl.) Pregnant;
with child.
Quick (adv.) In a quick
manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run
quick; get back quick.
Quick (n.) That which is
quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other
plants used in making a living hedge.
Quick (n.) 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.
Quick (n.) Quitch grass.
Quick (v. t. & i.) To
revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.
Quickbeam (n.) See Quicken
tree.
quickened (imp. & p. p.)
of Quicken
Quickening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quicken
Quicken (a.) To make
alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state;
hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
Quicken (a.) 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.
Quicken (a.) 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.
Quicken (v. i.) 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.
Quicken (v. i.) To move
with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.
Quickener (n.) One who, or
that which, quickens.
Quickening (n.) The act or
process of making or of becoming quick.
Quickening (n.) 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 (n.) Quitch
grass.
Quicken tree () The European
rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.
Quickhatch (n.) The
wolverine.
Quicklime (a.) Calcium
oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See
4th Lime, 2.
Quickly (adv.) Speedily;
with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
Quickness (n.) The
condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
Quickness (n.) Activity;
briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of
wit.
Quickness (n.) Acuteness
of perception; keen sensibility.
Quickness (n.) Sharpness;
pungency of taste.
Quicksand (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.
Quick-scented (a.) Acute
of smell.
Quickset (n.) A living
plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
Quickset (a.) Made of
quickset.
Quickset (v. t.) To plant
with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch.
Quick-sighted (a.) Having
quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.
Quicksilver (a.) The metal
mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.
Quicksilvered (a.)
Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
Quicksilvering (n.) The
mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
Quickstep (n.) A lively,
spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
Quick-witted (a.) Having
ready wit
Quick-wittedness (n.)
Readiness of wit.
Quickwork (n.) All the
submerged section of a vessel's planking.
Quickwork (n.) The
planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
Quickwork (n.) The short
planks between the portholes.
Quid (n.) A portion
suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.
Quid (v. t.) To drop from
the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses.
Quidam (n.) Somebody; one
unknown.
Quiddany (n.) A confection
of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
Quiddative (a.)
Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative.
Quiddit (n.) A subtilty;
an equivocation.
Quidditative (a.)
Quiddative.
Quiddities (pl. ) of
Quiddity
Quiddity (n.) The essence,
nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question,
Quid est? or, What is it?
Quiddity (n.) A trifling
nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Quiddled (imp. & p. p.) of
Quiddle
Quiddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quiddle
Quiddle (v. i.) To spend
time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent
or superficial manner; to dawdle.
Quiddle (n.) Alt. of
Quiddler
Quiddler (n.) One who
wastes his energy about trifles.
Quidnunc (n.) One who is
curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all
that is going on.
Quiesced (imp. & p. p.) of
Quiesce
Quiescing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quiesce
Quiesce (a. & n.) To be
silent, as a letter; to have no sound.
Quiescence (n.) Alt. of
Quiescency
Quiescency (n.) The state
or quality of being quiescent.
Quiescent (a.) Being in a
state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
Quiescent (a.) Not ruffed
with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
Quiescent (a.) Not
sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."
Quiescent (n.) A silent
letter.
Quiescently (adv.) In a
quiescent manner.
Quiet (a.) In a state of
rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet
air.
Quiet (a.) Free from noise
or disturbance; hushed; still.
Quiet (a.) Not excited or
anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience.
Quiet (a.) Not giving
offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek;
contented.
Quiet (a.) Not showy; not
such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors;
a quiet movement.
Quiet (a.) The quality or
state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.
Quiet (a.) Freedom from
disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security.
Quieted (imp. & p. p.) of
Quiet
Quieting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quiet
Quiet (v. t.) To stop
motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.
Quiet (v. t.) 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 (v. i.) To become
still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down.
Quietage (n.) Quietness.
Quieter (n.) One who, or
that which, quiets.
Quietism (n.) Peace or
tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance;
inaction.
Quietism (n.) 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 (n.) One of a
sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish
priest living in Rome. See Quietism.
Quietistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.
Quietly (adv.) In a quiet
state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.
Quietly (adv.) Without
tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep
quietly.
Quietly (adv.) Calmly,
without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to
unavoidable evils.
Quietly (adv.)
Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to
attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.
Quietness (n.) The quality
or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or
excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.
Quietsome (a.) Calm;
still.
Quietude (n.) Rest;
repose; quiet; tranquillity.
Quietus (a.) Final
discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences
claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
Quill (n.) 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.
Quill (n.) 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.
Quill (n.) A spine of the
hedgehog or porcupine.
Quill (n.) The pen of a
squid. See Pen.
Quill (n.) The plectrum
with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
Quill (n.) The tube of a
musical instrument.
Quill (n.) Something
having the form of a quill
Quill (n.) The fold or
plain of a ruff.
Quill (n.) A spindle, or
spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a
shuttle.
Quill (n.) A hollow
spindle.
Quilled (imp. & p. p.) of
Quill
Quilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quill
Quill (v. t.) To plaint in
small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
Quill (v. t.) To wind on a
quill, as thread or yarn.
Quillaia bark () 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 (n.) An American
fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker,
sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.
Quilled (a.) Furnished
with quills; also, shaped like quills.
Quillet (n.) Subtilty;
nicety; quibble.
Quilling (n.) A band of
linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to
resemble a row of quills.
Quilling (n.) One of the
rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
Quillwort (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Quilted (imp. & p. p.) of
Quilt
Quilting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quilt
Quilt (v. t.) 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.
Quilt (v. t.) To wad, as a
garment, with warm soft material.
Quilt (v. t.) To stitch or
sew in lines or patterns.
Quilter (n.) One who, or
that which, quilts.
Quilting (n.) The act of
stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.
Quilting (n.) A quilting
bee. See Bee, 2.
Quilting (n.) The material
used for making quilts.
Quilting (n.) A coating of
strands of rope for a water vessel.
Quin (n.) A European
scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food.
Quinaldine (n.) 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.
Quinary (a.) Consisting of
five; arranged by fives.
Quiname (a.) Growing in
sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the
end of a common petiole.
Quinate (n.) A salt of
quinic acid.
Quinazol (n.) A complex
nitrogenous base related to cinnoline.
Quince (n.) 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.
Quince (n.) a quince tree
or shrub.
Quincewort (n.) The
squinancy. Called also quinsywort.
Quinch (v. i.) To stir; to
wince.
Quincuncial () Having the form of
a quincunx.
Quincuncial () 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
aestivation.
Quincuncially (adv.) In
the manner or order of a quincunx.
Quincunx (n.) 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.
Quincunx (n.) The position
of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150¡.
Quincunx (n.) A
quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See
Quincuncial, 2.
Quindecagon (n.) A plane
figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides.
Quindecemvirs (pl. ) of
Quindecemvir
Quindecemviri (pl. ) of
Quindecemvir
Quindecemvir (n.) One of a
sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the
Sibylline books.
Quindecemvirate (n.) The
body or office of the quindecemviri.
Quindecone (n.) An
unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially
as an oily liquid.
Quindecylic (n.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing
fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid.
Quindem (n.) A fifteenth
part.
Quindism (n.) A fifteenth.
Quinhydrone (n.) 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.
Quinia (n.) Quinine.
Quinible (n.) An interval
of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.
Quinic (a.) 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.
Quinicine (n.) An
uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with
which it is isomeric.
Quinidine (n.) 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.
Quinine (n.) 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.
Quininic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline
substance by the oxidation of quinine.
Quininism (n.) Alt. of
Quinism
Quinism (n.) See
Cinchonism.
Quinizarin () A yellow
crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with alizarin.
Quinizine (n.) any one of
a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics.
Quinnat (n.) The
California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon,
chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance.
Quinoa (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 (n.) A
hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
Quinoidine (n.) A brownish
resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark.
It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids.
Quinoline (n.) 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.
Quinologist (n.) One who
is versed in quinology.
Quinology (n.) The science
which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine.
Quinone (n.) 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.
Quinovic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona
bark.
Quinovin (n.) An amorphous
bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova
bitter, and quinova.
Quinoxaline (n.) Any one
of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain
aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones.
Quinoxyl (n.) The
hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.
Quinoyl (n.) A radical of
which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl.
Quinquagesima (a.)
Fiftieth.
Quinquangular (a.) Having
five angles or corners.
Quinquarticular (a.)
Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy
between Arminians and Calvinists.
Quinque- () A combining form
meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate,
five-toothed.
Quinqueangled (a.) Having
five angles; quinquangular.
Quinquedentate (a.) Alt.
of Quinquedentated
Quinquedentated (a.)
Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf.
Quinquefarious (a.)
Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous.
Quinquefid (a.) Sharply
cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid
leaf or corolla.
Quinquefoliate (a.) Alt.
of Quinquefoliated
Quinquefoliated (a.)
Having five leaves or leaflets.
Quinque foliolate (a.)
Having five leaflets.
Quinqueliteral (a.)
Consisting of five letters.
Quinquelobate (a.) Alt. of
Quinquelobared
Quinquelobared (a.) Cut
less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a
quinquelobate leaf or corolla.
Quinquelobed (a.) Same as
Quinquelobate.
Quinquelocular (a.) Having
five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp.
Quinquenerved (a.) Having
five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from
the end of the petiole.
Quinquennalia (n. pl.)
Public games celebrated every five years.
Quinquennial (a.)
Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting
five years. A quinquennial event.
Quinquennium (n.) Space of
five years.
Quinquepartite (a.)
Consisting of five parts.
Quinquepartite (a.)
Divided into five parts almost to the base.
Quinquereme (n.) A galley
having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.
Quinquesyllable (n.) A
word of five syllables.
Quinquevalve (a.) Alt. of
Quinquevalvular
Quinquevalvular (a.)
Having five valves, as a pericarp.
Quinquevirs (pl. ) of
Quinquevir
Quinqueviri (pl. ) of
Quinquevir
Quinquevir (n.) One of
five commissioners appointed for some special object.
Quinquina (n.) Peruvian
bark.
Quinquivalent (a.) Same as
Pentavalent.
Quinsy (n.) 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 (n.) A set or
sequence of five, as in piquet.
Quint (n.) The interval of
a fifth.
Quintain (n.) An object to
be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
Quintal (n.) A
hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf.
Cental.
Quintal (n.) A metric
measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds
avoirdupois.
Quintan (a.) Occurring as
the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning
inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
Quintan (n.) An
intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in
which the intermission lasts three days.
Quintel (n.) See Quintain.
Quintessence (n.) The
fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils,
under Ferment.
Quintessence (n.) Hence:
An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and
essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
Quintessence (v. t.) To
distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.
Quintessential (a.) Of the
nature of a quintessence; purest.
Quintet (n.) Alt. of
Quintette
Quintette (n.) A
composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who
sing or play five-part music.
Quintic (a.) Of the fifth
degree or order.
Quintic (n.) A quantic of
the fifth degree. See Quantic.
Quintile (n.) The aspect
of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72¡.
Quintilllion (n.)
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 (n.) See Quintain.
Quintine (n.) The
embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument.
Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.
Quintole (n.) A group of
five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
Quintuple (a.) Multiplied
by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.
Quintupled (imp. & p. p.)
of Quintuple
Quintupling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quintuple
Quintuple (v. t.) To make
fivefold, or five times as much or many.
Quittuple-nerved (a.) Alt.
of Quintuple-ribbed
Quintuple-ribbed (a.) The
same as Quinquenerved.
Quinzaine (n.) The
fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning.
Quinze (n.) A game at
cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
Quip (n.) A smart,
sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.
Quipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Quip
Quipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quip
Quip (v. t.) To taunt; to
treat with quips.
Quip (v. i.) To scoff; to
use taunts.
Quipo (n.) Same as Quipu.
Quipus (pl. ) of Quipu
Quipu (n.) 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.
Quirboilly (n.) Leather
softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes
exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor.
Quire (n.) See Choir.
Quire (v. i.) To sing in
concert.
Quire (n.) 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 (n.) A
chorister. See Chorister.
Quiritation (n.) A crying
for help.
Quirite (n.) One of the
Quirites.
Quirites (n. pl.) Roman
citizens.
Quirk (n.) 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.
Quirk (n.) A fit or turn;
a short paroxysm; a caprice.
Quirk (n.) A smart retort;
a quibble; a shallow conceit.
Quirk (n.) An irregular
air; as, light quirks of music.
Quirk (n.) A piece of
ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court,
yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.
Quirk (n.) A small
channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give
relief to a convex rounded molding.
Quirked (a.) Having, or
formed with, a quirk or quirks.
Quirkish (a.) Consisting
of quirks; resembling a quirk.
Quirky (a.) Full of
quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.
Quirl (n. & v.) See Querl.
Quirpele (n.) The Indian
ferret.
Quirt (n.) A rawhide whip
plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
Quish (n.) See Cuish.
Quit (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana
quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
Quit (v.) Released from
obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.
Quit (imp. & p. p.) of
Quit
Quitted () of Quit
Quitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quit
Quit (a.) To set at rest;
to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to
liberate.
Quit (a.) To release from
obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.
Quit (a.) 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.
Quit (a.) To meet the
claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used
reflexively.
Quit (a.) To carry
through; to go through to the end.
Quit (a.) 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.
Quit (v. i.) To away; to
depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
Quitch (n.) Same as Quitch
grass.
Quitch (n.) Figuratively:
A vice; a taint; an evil.
Quitch grass () 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 (n.) 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.
Quitclaimed (imp. & p. p.)
of Quitclaim
Quitclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quitclaim
Quitclaim (v. t.) To
release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without
covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.
Quite (v. t. & i.) See
Quit.
Quite (a.) Completely;
wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object
is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
Quite (a.) To a great
extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
Quitly (adv.) Quite.
Quitrent (n.) A rent
reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from
other service.
Quits (interj.) See the
Note under Quit, a.
Quittable (a.) Capable of
being quitted.
Quittal (n.) Return;
requital; quittance.
Quittance (v. t.)
Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
Quittance (v. t.)
Recompense; return; repayment.
Quittance (v. t.) To
repay; to requite.
Quitter (n.) One who
quits.
Quitter (n.) A deliverer.
Quittor (n.) A chronic
abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from
inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
Quitture (n.) A discharge;
an issue.
Quiver (a.) Nimble;
active.
Quivered (imp. & p. p.) of
Quiver
Quivering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quiver
Quiver (v. i.) To shake or
move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to
shiver.
Quiver (n.) The act or
state of quivering; a tremor.
Quiver (n.) A case or
sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
Quivered (a.) Furnished
with, or carrying, a quiver.
Quivered (a.) Sheathed, as
in a quiver.
Quiveringly (adv.) With
quivering motion.
Qui vive () The challenge of a
French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: "Who comes
there?"
Quixotic (a.) Like Don
Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.
Quixotically (adv.) In a
quixotic way.
Quixotism (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 (n.) Quixotism;
visionary schemes.
Quiz (n.) A riddle or
obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
Quiz (n.) One who quizzes
others; as, he is a great quiz.
Quiz (n.) An odd or absurd
fellow.
Quiz (n.) An exercise, or
a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.
Quizzed (imp. & p. p.) of
Quiz
Quizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quiz
Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to
banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport
of, as by obscure questions.
Quiz (v. t.) To peer at;
to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
Quiz (v. t.) To instruct
in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
Quiz (v. i.) To conduct a
quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
Quizzer (n.) One who
quizzes; a quiz.
Quizzical (a.) Relating to
quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive.
Quizzism (n.) The act or
habit of quizzing.
Quob (v. i.) To throb; to
quiver.
Quod (n.) A quadrangle or
court, as of a prison; hence, a prison.
Quod (v.) Quoth; said. See
Quoth.
Quoddies (n. pl.) Herring
taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of
Passamaquoddy Ray.
Quodlibet (n.) A nice
point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
Quodlibet (n.) A medley
improvised by several performers.
Quodlibetarian (n.) One
who discusses any subject at pleasure.
Quodlibetical (a.) Not
restricted to a particular subject; discussed for curiosity or entertainment.
Quoif (n. & v. t.) See
Coif.
Quoifffure (n.) See
Coiffure.
Quoil (n.) See Coil.
Quoin (n.) Originally, a
solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected
pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
Quoin (n.) A wedgelike
piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes
Quoin (n.) to support and
steady a stone.
Quoin (n.) To support the
breech of a cannon.
Quoin (n.) To wedge or
lock up a form within a chase.
Quoin (n.) To prevent
casks from rolling.
Quoit (n.) 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.
Quoit (n.) A game played
with quoits.
Quoit (n.) The discus of
the ancients. See Discus.
Quoit (n.) A cromlech.
Quoit (v. i.) To throw
quoits; to play at quoits.
Quoit (v. t.) To throw; to
pitch.
Quoke () imp. of Quake.
Quoll (n.) A marsupial of
Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat.
Quondam (a.) Having been
formerly; former; sometime.
Quondam (n.) A person
dismissed or ejected from a position.
Quook () imp. of Quake.
Quop (v. i.) See Quob.
Quorum (n.) 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.
Quota (n.) A proportional
part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Quotable (a.) Capable or
worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence.
Quotation (n.) The act of
quoting or citing.
Quotation (n.) That which
is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as
evidence or illustration.
Quotation (n.) The naming
or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the
price named.
Quotation (n.) Quota;
share.
Quotation (n.) 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.
Quotationist (n.) One who
makes, or is given to making, quotations.
Quoted (imp. & p. p.) of
Quote
Quoting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quote
Quote (v. t.) 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.
Quote (v. t.) To cite a
passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to
quote Shakespeare.
Quote (v. t.) To name the
current price of.
Quote (v. t.) To notice;
to observe; to examine.
Quote (v. t.) To set down,
as in writing.
Quote (n.) A note upon an
author.
Quoter (n.) One who quotes
the words of another.
Quoth (v. t.) 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.
Quotha (interj.) Indeed;
forsooth.
Quotidian (a.) Occurring
or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
Quotidian (n.) Anything
returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns
every day.
Quotient (n.) 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.
Quotient (n.) The result
of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
Quotiety (n.) The relation
of an object to number.
Quotum (n.) Part or
proportion; quota.
Quo warranto () A writ brought
before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation
acts, or exercises certain powers.
Quran (n.) See Koran.
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