1  "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."
   2  
   3  Qua (conj.) In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.
   4  
   5  "Quab (n.) An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished."
   6  
   7  "Quab (v. i.) See Quob, v. i."
   8  
   9  Qua-bird (n.) The American night heron. See under Night.
  10  
  11  Quacha (n.) The quagga.
  12  
  13  Qvacked (imp. & p. p.) of Quack
  14  
  15  Quacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quack
  16  
  17  Quack (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
  18  
  19  Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
  20  
  21  "Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender."
  22  
  23  "Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise."
  24  
  25  Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
  26  
  27  "Quack (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan."
  28  
  29  "Quack (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor."
  30  
  31  Quackeries (pl. ) of Quackery
  32  
  33  "Quackery (n.) The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism."
  34  
  35  Quack grass () See Quitch grass.
  36  
  37  Quackish (a.) Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.
  38  
  39  Quackism (n.) Quackery.
  40  
  41  Quackled (imp. & p. p.) of Quackle
  42  
  43  Quackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quackle
  44  
  45  Quackle (v. i. & t.) To suffocate; to choke.
  46  
  47  "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."
  48  
  49  Quad (a.) Alt. of Quade
  50  
  51  "Quade (a.) Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind."
  52  
  53  Quad (n.) A quadrat.
  54  
  55  "Quad (n.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison."
  56  
  57  Quadrae (pl. ) of Quadra
  58  
  59  "Quadra (n.) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like."
  60  
  61  "Quadra (n.) A fillet, or listel."
  62  
  63  "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."
  64  
  65  Quadragenarious (a.) Consisting of forty; forty years old.
  66  
  67  "Quadragene (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance."
  68  
  69  Quadragesima (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
  70  
  71  Quadragesimal (a.) Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
  72  
  73  Quadragesimals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.
  74  
  75  "Quadrangle (n.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles."
  76  
  77  "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."
  78  
  79  "Quadrangular (a.) Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal."
  80  
  81  Quadrantes (pl. ) of Quadrans
  82  
  83  "Quadrans (n.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2."
  84  
  85  Quadrans (n.) The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
  86  
  87  Quadrant (n.) The fourth part; the quarter.
  88  
  89  "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."
  90  
  91  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.
  92  
  93  "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."
  94  
  95  "Quadrantal (a.) Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space."
  96  
  97  "Quadrantal (n.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure."
  98  
  99  Quadrantal (n.) A cube.
 100  
 101  "Quadrat (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines."
 102  
 103  "Quadrat (n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows."
 104  
 105  "Quadrate (a.) Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square."
 106  
 107  Quadrate (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
 108  
 109  Quadrate (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
 110  
 111  Quadrate (a.) Squared; suited; correspondent.
 112  
 113  "Quadrate (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square."
 114  
 115  "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."
 116  
 117  Quadrate (a.) The quadrate bone.
 118  
 119  Quadrated (imp. & p. p.) of Quadrate
 120  
 121  Quadrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadrate
 122  
 123  Quadrate (a.) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.
 124  
 125  "Quadrate (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing."
 126  
 127  "Quadratic (a.) Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square."
 128  
 129  Quadratic (a.) Tetragonal.
 130  
 131  "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."
 132  
 133  Quadratics (n.) That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.
 134  
 135  Quadratojugal (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
 136  
 137  Quadratojugal (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.
 138  
 139  Quadratojugal (n.) The quadratojugal bone.
 140  
 141  -trixes (pl. ) of Quadratrix
 142  
 143  -trices (pl. ) of Quadratrix
 144  
 145  "Quadratrix (n.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen."
 146  
 147  "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."
 148  
 149  Quadrature (a.) A quadrate; a square.
 150  
 151  "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."
 152  
 153  "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."
 154  
 155  Quadrel (n.) A square piece of turf or peat.
 156  
 157  "Quadrel (n.) A square brick, tile, or the like."
 158  
 159  "Quadrennial (a.) Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period."
 160  
 161  "Quadrennial (a.) Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games."
 162  
 163  Quadrennially (adv.) Once in four years.
 164  
 165  Quadrennium (n.) A space or period of four years.
 166  
 167  "Quadri- () A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules."
 168  
 169  Quadribasic (a.) Same as Tetrabasic.
 170  
 171  Quadrible (a.) Quadrable.
 172  
 173  Quadric (a.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.
 174  
 175  Quadric (n.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic.
 176  
 177  "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."
 178  
 179  Quadricapsular (a.) Having four capsules.
 180  
 181  "Quadriceps (n.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee."
 182  
 183  Quadricipital (n.) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
 184  
 185  Quadricorn (n.) Any quadricornous animal.
 186  
 187  "Quadricornous (a.) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle."
 188  
 189  Quadricostate (a.) Having four ribs.
 190  
 191  "Quadridentate (a.) Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf."
 192  
 193  Quadriennial (a.) Same as Quadrennial.
 194  
 195  "Quadrifarious (a.) Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves."
 196  
 197  "Quadrifid (a.) Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf."
 198  
 199  Quadrifoil (a.) Alt. of Quadrifoliate
 200  
 201  Quadrifoliate (a.) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
 202  
 203  "Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches."
 204  
 205  Quadrigae (pl. ) of Quadriga
 206  
 207  Quadriga (n.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
 208  
 209  Quadrigeminal (a.) Alt. of Quadrigeminous
 210  
 211  "Quadrigeminous (a.) Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts."
 212  
 213  Quadrigenarious (a.) Consisting of four hundred.
 214  
 215  Quadrijugate (a.) Same as Quadrijugous.
 216  
 217  "Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf."
 218  
 219  "Quadrilateral (a.) Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular."
 220  
 221  "Quadrilateral (n.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines."
 222  
 223  "Quadrilateral (n.) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano."
 224  
 225  Quadrilateralness (n.) The property of being quadrilateral.
 226  
 227  Quadriliteral (a.) Consisting of four letters.
 228  
 229  "Quadrille (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set."
 230  
 231  Quadrille (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille.
 232  
 233  "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."
 234  
 235  "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."
 236  
 237  Quadrilobate (a.) Alt. of Quadrilobed
 238  
 239  "Quadrilobed (a.) Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf."
 240  
 241  "Quadrilocular (a.) Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart."
 242  
 243  "Quadrin (n.) A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent."
 244  
 245  "Quadrinodal (a.) Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves."
 246  
 247  Quadrinomial (n.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
 248  
 249  Quadrinomical (a.) Quadrinomial.
 250  
 251  Quadrinominal (a.) Quadrinomial.
 252  
 253  Quadripartite (a.) Divided into four parts.
 254  
 255  Quadripartitely (adv.) In four parts.
 256  
 257  "Quadripartition (n.) A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number."
 258  
 259  Quadripennate (a.) Having four wings; -- said of insects.
 260  
 261  Quadriphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.
 262  
 263  Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
 264  
 265  Quadrisection (n.) A subdivision into four parts.
 266  
 267  "Quadrisulcate (a.) Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal."
 268  
 269  Quadrisyllabic () Alt. of Quadri-syllabical
 270  
 271  "Quadri-syllabical () Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word."
 272  
 273  Quadrisyllable (n.) A word consisting of four syllables.
 274  
 275  Quadrivalence (n.) The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
 276  
 277  "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."
 278  
 279  "Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp."
 280  
 281  "Quadrivalve (n.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds."
 282  
 283  Quadrivalvular (a.) Having four valves; quadrivalve.
 284  
 285  Quadrivial (a.) Having four ways meeting in a point.
 286  
 287  "Quadrivial (n.) One of the four ""liberal arts"" making up the quadrivium."
 288  
 289  "Quadrivium (n.) The four ""liberal arts,"" arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium."
 290  
 291  Quadroon (n.) The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
 292  
 293  Quadroxide (n.) A tetroxide.
 294  
 295  "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."
 296  
 297  Quadrumane (n.) One of the Quadrumana.
 298  
 299  Quadrumanous (a.) Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
 300  
 301  Quadruped (a.) Having four feet.
 302  
 303  "Quadruped (n.) An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals."
 304  
 305  Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
 306  
 307  "Quadruple (a.) Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance."
 308  
 309  "Quadruple (n.) four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages."
 310  
 311  Quadrupled (imp. & p. p.) of Quadruple
 312  
 313  Quadrupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadruple
 314  
 315  Quadruple (v. t.) To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
 316  
 317  Quadruple (v. i.) To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
 318  
 319  Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
 320  
 321  Quadruplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Quadruplicate
 322  
 323  Quadruplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadruplicate
 324  
 325  Quadruplicate (v. t.) To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
 326  
 327  "Quadruplicate (a.) Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion."
 328  
 329  Quadruplicate (a.) Raised to the fourth power.
 330  
 331  Quadruplication (n.) The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
 332  
 333  "Quadruply (adv.) To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed."
 334  
 335  Quaere (v. imperative.) Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
 336  
 337  Quaestor (n.) Same as Questor.
 338  
 339  Quaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Quaff
 340  
 341  Quaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quaff
 342  
 343  Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
 344  
 345  Quaff (v. i.) To drink largely or luxuriously.
 346  
 347  "Quaffer (n.) One who quaffs, or drinks largely."
 348  
 349  Quag (n.) A quagmire.
 350  
 351  "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."
 352  
 353  "Quaggy (a.) Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy."
 354  
 355  "Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet."
 356  
 357  Quahog (n.) Alt. of Quahaug
 358  
 359  "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."
 360  
 361  Quaigh (n.) Alt. of Quaich
 362  
 363  Quaich (n.) A small shallow cup or drinking vessel.
 364  
 365  Qualled (imp. & p. p.) of Quail
 366  
 367  Qualling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quail
 368  
 369  "Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade."
 370  
 371  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.
 372  
 373  Quail (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
 374  
 375  "Quail (v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk."
 376  
 377  "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)."
 378  
 379  "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)."
 380  
 381  "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."
 382  
 383  Quail (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
 384  
 385  Quaily (n.) The upland plover.
 386  
 387  "Quaint (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily."
 388  
 389  Quaint (a.) Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
 390  
 391  "Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression."
 392  
 393  Quaintise (n.) Craft; subtlety; cunning.
 394  
 395  Quaintise (n.) Elegance; beauty.
 396  
 397  Quaintly (adv.) In a quaint manner.
 398  
 399  Quaintness (n.) The quality of being quaint.
 400  
 401  Quair (n.) A quire; a book.
 402  
 403  Quaked (imp. & p. p.) of Quake
 404  
 405  Quaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quake
 406  
 407  "Quake (v. i.) To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble."
 408  
 409  "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."
 410  
 411  Quake (v. t.) To cause to quake.
 412  
 413  Quake (n.) A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
 414  
 415  Quaker (n.) One who quakes.
 416  
 417  "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."
 418  
 419  Quaker (n.) The nankeen bird.
 420  
 421  Quaker (n.) The sooty albatross.
 422  
 423  Quaker (n.) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
 424  
 425  Quakeress (n.) A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
 426  
 427  Quakerish (a.) Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
 428  
 429  "Quakerism (n.) The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers."
 430  
 431  Quakerlike (a.) Like a Quaker.
 432  
 433  Quakerly (a.) Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.
 434  
 435  Quakery (n.) Quakerism.
 436  
 437  Quaketail (n.) A wagtail.
 438  
 439  Quakness (n.) The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
 440  
 441  "Quaking () a. & n. from Quake, v."
 442  
 443  Quakingly (adv.) In a quaking manner; fearfully.
 444  
 445  "Quaky (a.) Shaky, or tremulous; quaking."
 446  
 447  Qualifiable (a.) Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable.
 448  
 449  "Qualification (n.) The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified."
 450  
 451  "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."
 452  
 453  "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."
 454  
 455  "Qualificative (n.) That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement."
 456  
 457  Qualificator (n.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
 458  
 459  Qualified (a.) Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
 460  
 461  "Qualified (a.) Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement."
 462  
 463  Qualifiedly (adv.) In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.
 464  
 465  Qualifiedness (n.) The state of being qualified.
 466  
 467  "Qualifier (n.) One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains."
 468  
 469  Qualified (imp. & p. p.) of Qualify
 470  
 471  Qualifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Qualify
 472  
 473  "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."
 474  
 475  Qualify (v. t.) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
 476  
 477  "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."
 478  
 479  "Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors."
 480  
 481  Qualify (v. t.) To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.
 482  
 483  "Qualify (v. i.) To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment."
 484  
 485  "Qualify (v. i.) To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office."
 486  
 487  Qualitative (a.) Relating to quality; having the character of quality.
 488  
 489  Qualitied (a.) Furnished with qualities; endowed.
 490  
 491  Qualities (pl. ) of Quality
 492  
 493  "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."
 494  
 495  "Quality (n.) Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position."
 496  
 497  "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."
 498  
 499  Quality (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
 500  
 501  Quality (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
 502  
 503  Qualm (n.) Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
 504  
 505  "Qualm (n.) A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony."
 506  
 507  "Qualm (n.) Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea."
 508  
 509  Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
 510  
 511  Qualmish (a.) Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.
 512  
 513  Quamash (n.) See Camass.
 514  
 515  "Quamoclit (n.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomoea."
 516  
 517  Quandaries (pl. ) of Quandary
 518  
 519  Quandary (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
 520  
 521  "Quandary (v. t.) To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty."
 522  
 523  Quandong (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.
 524  
 525  Quandy (n.) The old squaw.
 526  
 527  "Quannet (n.) A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane."
 528  
 529  Quant (n.) A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
 530  
 531  "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."
 532  
 533  Quantification (n.) Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.
 534  
 535  Quantity (v. t.) To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
 536  
 537  Quantitative (a.) Relating to quantity.
 538  
 539  Quantitive (a.) Estimable according to quantity; quantitative.
 540  
 541  Quantitively (adv.) So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.
 542  
 543  Quantities (pl. ) of Quantity
 544  
 545  "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."
 546  
 547  "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."
 548  
 549  "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."
 550  
 551  Quantity (n.) The relative duration of a tone.
 552  
 553  "Quantity (n.) That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable."
 554  
 555  "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."
 556  
 557  Quantivalence (n.) Valence.
 558  
 559  Quantivalent (a.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence.
 560  
 561  Quanta (pl. ) of Quantum
 562  
 563  Quantum (n.) Quantity; amount.
 564  
 565  "Quantum (n.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary."
 566  
 567  Quap (v. i.) To quaver.
 568  
 569  Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
 570  
 571  "Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater."
 572  
 573  Quar (n.) A quarry.
 574  
 575  Quarantine (n.) A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
 576  
 577  "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."
 578  
 579  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.
 580  
 581  Quarantined (imp. & p. p.) of Quarantine
 582  
 583  Quarantining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarantine
 584  
 585  "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."
 586  
 587  "Quarl (n.) A medusa, or jellyfish."
 588  
 589  Quarrel (n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
 590  
 591  Quarrel (n.) Any small square or quadrangular member
 592  
 593  "Quarrel (n.) A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally."
 594  
 595  "Quarrel (n.) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square."
 596  
 597  Quarrel (n.) A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
 598  
 599  Quarrel (n.) A glazier's diamond.
 600  
 601  Quarrel (n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
 602  
 603  "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."
 604  
 605  "Quarrel (n.) Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation."
 606  
 607  Quarrel (n.) Earnest desire or longing.
 608  
 609  Quarreled (imp. & p. p.) of Quarrel
 610  
 611  Quarrelled () of Quarrel
 612  
 613  Quarreling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarrel
 614  
 615  Quarrelling () of Quarrel
 616  
 617  Quarrel (v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
 618  
 619  "Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight."
 620  
 621  "Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot."
 622  
 623  Quarrel (v. t.) To quarrel with.
 624  
 625  "Quarrel (v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights."
 626  
 627  Quarrel (n.) One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
 628  
 629  "Quarrelet (n.) A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2."
 630  
 631  "Quarreling (a.) Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood."
 632  
 633  Quarrellous (a.) Quarrelsome.
 634  
 635  Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
 636  
 637  Quarried (a.) Provided with prey.
 638  
 639  Quarrier (n.) A worker in a stone quarry.
 640  
 641  Quarry (n.) Same as 1st Quarrel.
 642  
 643  Quarry (a.) Quadrate; square.
 644  
 645  Quarries (pl. ) of Quarry
 646  
 647  "Quarry (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds."
 648  
 649  Quarry (n.) A heap of game killed.
 650  
 651  "Quarry (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks."
 652  
 653  "Quarry (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy."
 654  
 655  "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)."
 656  
 657  Quarried (imp. & p. p.) of Quarry
 658  
 659  Quarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarry
 660  
 661  "Quarry (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble."
 662  
 663  Quarry-faced (a.) Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.
 664  
 665  Quarrymen (pl. ) of Quarry-man
 666  
 667  Quarry-man (n.) A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.
 668  
 669  "Quart (n.) The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth."
 670  
 671  "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."
 672  
 673  Quart (n.) A vessel or measure containing a quart.
 674  
 675  "Quart (n.) In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4."
 676  
 677  "Quartan (a.) Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever."
 678  
 679  "Quartan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days."
 680  
 681  "Quartan (n.) A measure, the fourth part of some other measure."
 682  
 683  "Quartane (n.) Butane, each molecule of which has four carbon atoms."
 684  
 685  "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."
 686  
 687  Quarte (n.) Same as 2d Carte.
 688  
 689  Quartene (n.) Same as Butylene.
 690  
 691  "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."
 692  
 693  "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."
 694  
 695  "Quarter (n.) The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds."
 696  
 697  "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."
 698  
 699  "Quarter (n.) The fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full."
 700  
 701  "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."
 702  
 703  "Quarter (n.) That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp."
 704  
 705  "Quarter (n.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin."
 706  
 707  "Quarter (n.) A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter."
 708  
 709  "Quarter (n.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys."
 710  
 711  "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."
 712  
 713  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.
 714  
 715  "Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris."
 716  
 717  "Quarter (v. t.) A small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in the United States more commonly called stud."
 718  
 719  "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."
 720  
 721  Quarter (v. t.) Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
 722  
 723  Quarter (v. t.) A station at which officers and men are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural.
 724  
 725  Quarter (v. t.) Place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the plural.
 726  
 727  "Quarter (v. t.) A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters."
 728  
 729  "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."
 730  
 731  Quarter (v. t.) Friendship; amity; concord.
 732  
 733  Quartered (imp. & p. p.) of Quartter
 734  
 735  Quartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quartter
 736  
 737  Quartter (v. t.) To divide into four equal parts.
 738  
 739  Quartter (v. t.) To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
 740  
 741  "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."
 742  
 743  Quartter (v. t.) To furnish as a portion; to allot.
 744  
 745  "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."
 746  
 747  Quarter (v. i.) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
 748  
 749  "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."
 750  
 751  Quarterage (n.) A quarterly allowance.
 752  
 753  "Quarter-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one."
 754  
 755  "Quarterfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils."
 756  
 757  Quarterhung (a.) Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
 758  
 759  "Quartering (a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object."
 760  
 761  "Quartering (a.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other."
 762  
 763  Quartering (n.) A station.
 764  
 765  Quartering (n.) Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
 766  
 767  Quartering (n.) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
 768  
 769  "Quartering (n.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer."
 770  
 771  "Quartering (n.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.)"
 772  
 773  "Quarterly (a.) Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons."
 774  
 775  "Quarterly (a.) Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting."
 776  
 777  Quarterlies (pl. ) of Quarterly
 778  
 779  "Quarterly (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year."
 780  
 781  "Quarterly (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly."
 782  
 783  "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."
 784  
 785  "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."
 786  
 787  "Quartermaster (n.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master."
 788  
 789  "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.)."
 790  
 791  Quartern (n.) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf.
 792  
 793  "Quarteron (n.) A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred."
 794  
 795  Quarteron (n.) Alt. of Quarteroon
 796  
 797  Quarteroon (n.) A quadroon.
 798  
 799  Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.
 800  
 801  Quarter round () An ovolo.
 802  
 803  Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaff
 804  
 805  "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."
 806  
 807  Quartet (n.) Alt. of Quartette
 808  
 809  "Quartette (n.) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument."
 810  
 811  Quartette (n.) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts.
 812  
 813  Quartette (n.) A stanza of four lines.
 814  
 815  Quartic (a.) Of the fourth degree.
 816  
 817  Quartic (n.) A quantic of the fourth degree. See Quantic.
 818  
 819  Quartic (n.) A curve or surface whose equation is of the fourth degree in the variables.
 820  
 821  Quartile (n.) Same as Quadrate.
 822  
 823  "Quartine (n.) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside."
 824  
 825  Quarto (a.) Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.
 826  
 827  Quartos (pl. ) of Quarto
 828  
 829  "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."
 830  
 831  Quartridge (n.) Quarterage.
 832  
 833  "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."
 834  
 835  Quartziferous (a.) Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.
 836  
 837  Quartzite (n.) Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz rock.
 838  
 839  "Quartzoid (n.) A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base."
 840  
 841  "Quartzose (a.) Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz."
 842  
 843  quartzous (a.) Quarzose.
 844  
 845  Quartzy (a.) Quartzose.
 846  
 847  Quas (n.) A kind of beer. Same as Quass.
 848  
 849  Quaschi (n.) Alt. of Quasje
 850  
 851  Quasje (n.) The brown coati. See Coati.
 852  
 853  Quash (n.) Same as Squash.
 854  
 855  Quashed (imp. & p. p.) of Quash
 856  
 857  Quashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quash
 858  
 859  "Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment."
 860  
 861  "Quash (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush."
 862  
 863  "Quash (v. t.) To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion."
 864  
 865  "Quash (v. i.) To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise."
 866  
 867  Quashee (n.) A negro of the West Indies.
 868  
 869  "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."
 870  
 871  Quasimodo (n.) The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.
 872  
 873  "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."
 874  
 875  "Quassation (n.) The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken."
 876  
 877  "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."
 878  
 879  "Quassin (n.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite."
 880  
 881  Quat (n.) A pustule.
 882  
 883  "Quat (n.) An annoying, worthless person."
 884  
 885  Quat (v. t.) To satiate; to satisfy.
 886  
 887  Quata (n.) The coaita.
 888  
 889  Quatch (a.) Squat; flat.
 890  
 891  Quater-cousin (n.) A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred.
 892  
 893  "Quaternary (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four."
 894  
 895  "Quaternary (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man."
 896  
 897  Quaternary (n.) The number four.
 898  
 899  "Quaternary (n.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology."
 900  
 901  "Quaternate (a.) Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves."
 902  
 903  Quaternion (n.) The number four.
 904  
 905  "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."
 906  
 907  Quaternion (n.) A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
 908  
 909  "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."
 910  
 911  "Quaternion (v. t.) To divide into quaternions, files, or companies."
 912  
 913  Quaternity (n.) The number four.
 914  
 915  "Quaternity (n.) The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the theological term trinity."
 916  
 917  Quateron (n.) See 2d Quarteron.
 918  
 919  Quatorzain (n.) A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet.
 920  
 921  "Quatorze (n.) The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points."
 922  
 923  Quatrain (n.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.
 924  
 925  "Quatre (n.) A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips"
 926  
 927  Quatrefeuille (n.) Alt. of Quatrefoil
 928  
 929  Quatrefoil (n.) Same as Quarterfoil.
 930  
 931  Quatuor (n.) A quartet; -- applied chiefly to instrumental compositions.
 932  
 933  Quave (n.) See Quaver.
 934  
 935  Quave (v. i.) To quaver.
 936  
 937  Quavemire (n.) See Quagmire.
 938  
 939  Quavered (imp. & p. p.) of Quaver
 940  
 941  Quavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quaver
 942  
 943  Quaver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
 944  
 945  "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"
 946  
 947  Quaver (v. t.) To utter with quavers.
 948  
 949  "Quaver (n.) A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music."
 950  
 951  Quaver (n.) An eighth note. See Eighth.
 952  
 953  Quaverer (n.) One who quavers; a warbler.
 954  
 955  "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."
 956  
 957  Quay (v. t.) To furnish with quays.
 958  
 959  Quayage (n.) Wharfage.
 960  
 961  Quayd () p. p. of Quail.
 962  
 963  Que (n.) A half farthing.
 964  
 965  "Queach (n.) A thick, bushy plot; a thicket."
 966  
 967  "Queach (v. i.) To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i."
 968  
 969  "Queachy (a.) Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving."
 970  
 971  Queachy (a.) Like a queach; thick; bushy.
 972  
 973  Quean (n.) A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.
 974  
 975  Quean (n.) A low woman; a wench; a slut.
 976  
 977  Queasily (adv.) In a queasy manner.
 978  
 979  Queasiness (n.) The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness.
 980  
 981  Queasy (a.) Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.
 982  
 983  Queasy (a.) Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
 984  
 985  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.
 986  
 987  "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."
 988  
 989  Quebrith (n.) Sulphur.
 990  
 991  Quech (v. i.) Alt. of Queck
 992  
 993  "Queck (v. i.) A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move."
 994  
 995  Queen (n.) The wife of a king.
 996  
 997  "Queen (n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots."
 998  
 999  "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."
1000  
1001  "Queen (n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites."
1002  
1003  "Queen (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen."
1004  
1005  "Queen (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades."
1006  
1007  "Queen (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing."
1008  
1009  Queen (v. i.) To act the part of a queen.
1010  
1011  Queened (imp. & p. p.) of Queen
1012  
1013  Queening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Queen
1014  
1015  "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."
1016  
1017  Queencraft (n.) Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen.
1018  
1019  "Queendom (n.) The dominion, condition, or character of a queen."
1020  
1021  "Queenfish (n.) A California sciaenoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish."
1022  
1023  "Queenhood (n.) The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness."
1024  
1025  "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."
1026  
1027  Queenliness (n.) The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.
1028  
1029  "Queenly (a.) Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen."
1030  
1031  "Oueen-post (n.) One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post."
1032  
1033  "Queenship (n.) The state, rank, or dignity of a queen."
1034  
1035  "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."
1036  
1037  Queen truss () A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.
1038  
1039  "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."
1040  
1041  "Queer (a.) Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction."
1042  
1043  Queer (n.) Counterfeit money.
1044  
1045  Queerish (a.) Rather queer; somewhat singular.
1046  
1047  Queerly (adv.) In a queer or odd manner.
1048  
1049  Queerness (n.) The quality or state of being queer.
1050  
1051  Queest (n.) The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat.
1052  
1053  Quegh (n.) A drinking vessel. See Quaich.
1054  
1055  Queint (a.) See Quaint.
1056  
1057  Queint () imp. & p. p. of Quench.
1058  
1059  Queintise (n.) See Quaintise.
1060  
1061  Quelled (imp. & p. p.) of Quell
1062  
1063  Quelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quell
1064  
1065  Quell (v. i.) To die.
1066  
1067  Quell (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
1068  
1069  Quell (v. t.) To take the life of; to kill.
1070  
1071  Quell (v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
1072  
1073  "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."
1074  
1075  Quell (n.) Murder.
1076  
1077  "Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller."
1078  
1079  Queller (n.) One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
1080  
1081  Quellio (n.) A ruff for the neck.
1082  
1083  Quelquechose (n.) A trifle; a kickshaw.
1084  
1085  Queme (v. t. & i.) To please.
1086  
1087  Quemeful (a.) Kindly; merciful.
1088  
1089  Quenched (imp. & p. p.) of Quench
1090  
1091  Quenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quench
1092  
1093  "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."
1094  
1095  "Quench (v. t.) To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering."
1096  
1097  Quench (v. i.) To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.
1098  
1099  Quenchable (a.) Capable of being quenched.
1100  
1101  "Quencher (n.) One who, or that which, quenches."
1102  
1103  "Quenchless (a.) Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury."
1104  
1105  "Quenelle (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing."
1106  
1107  Quenouille training () A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.
1108  
1109  "Quercitannic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak bark and extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance."
1110  
1111  "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."
1112  
1113  "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."
1114  
1115  "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."
1116  
1117  "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."
1118  
1119  "Quercitron (n.) Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin."
1120  
1121  Quercus (n.) A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak.
1122  
1123  Querele (n.) A complaint to a court. See Audita Querela.
1124  
1125  Querent (n.) A complainant; a plaintiff.
1126  
1127  Querent (n.) An inquirer.
1128  
1129  Quermonious (a.) Complaining; querulous; apt to complain.
1130  
1131  Querimony (n.) A complaint or complaining.
1132  
1133  "Querist (n.) One who inquires, or asks questions."
1134  
1135  Querken (v. t.) To stifle or choke.
1136  
1137  "Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope."
1138  
1139  "Querl (n.) A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse."
1140  
1141  "Quern (n.) A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills."
1142  
1143  Querpo (n.) The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo.
1144  
1145  Querquedule (n.) A teal.
1146  
1147  Querquedule (n.) The pintail duck.
1148  
1149  Querry (n.) A groom; an equerry.
1150  
1151  Querulential (a.) Querulous.
1152  
1153  Querulous (v.) Given to quarreling; quarrelsome.
1154  
1155  "Querulous (v.) Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people."
1156  
1157  "Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice."
1158  
1159  Queries (pl. ) of Query
1160  
1161  Query (n.) A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
1162  
1163  "Query (n.) A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity."
1164  
1165  Query (n.) An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
1166  
1167  Query (v. i.) To ask questions; to make inquiry.
1168  
1169  "Query (v. i.) To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right."
1170  
1171  Queried (imp. & p. p.) of Query
1172  
1173  Querying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Query
1174  
1175  "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."
1176  
1177  Query (v. t.) To address questions to; to examine by questions.
1178  
1179  Query (v. t.) To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
1180  
1181  "Query (v. t.) To write "" query"" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere."
1182  
1183  "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."
1184  
1185  "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."
1186  
1187  Quest (n.) Request; desire; solicitation.
1188  
1189  "Quest (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively."
1190  
1191  Quest (n.) Inquest; jury of inquest.
1192  
1193  Quest (n.) To search for; to examine.
1194  
1195  Quest (v. i.) To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
1196  
1197  Questant (n.) One who undertakes a quest; a seeker.
1198  
1199  Quester (n.) One who seeks; a seeker.
1200  
1201  "Question (n.) The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer."
1202  
1203  "Question (n.) Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question."
1204  
1205  "Question (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture."
1206  
1207  Question (n.) That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
1208  
1209  "Question (n.) Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question."
1210  
1211  Question (n.) Talk; conversation; speech; speech.
1212  
1213  Questioned (imp. & p. p.) of Question
1214  
1215  Questioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Question
1216  
1217  Question (n.) To ask questions; to inquire.
1218  
1219  Question (n.) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
1220  
1221  "Question (v. t.) To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness."
1222  
1223  Question (v. t.) To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
1224  
1225  Question (v. t.) To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.
1226  
1227  Question (v. t.) To talk to; to converse with.
1228  
1229  Questionability (n.) The state or condition of being questionable.
1230  
1231  "Questionable (a.) Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry."
1232  
1233  Questionable (a.) Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious.
1234  
1235  "Questionableness (n.) The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious."
1236  
1237  Questionably (adv.) In a questionable manner.
1238  
1239  Questionary (a.) Inquiring; asking questions; testing.
1240  
1241  Questionary (n.) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
1242  
1243  Questioner (n.) One who asks questions; an inquirer.
1244  
1245  Questionist (n.) A questioner; an inquirer.
1246  
1247  Questionist (n.) A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination.
1248  
1249  Questionless (a.) Unquestioning; incurious.
1250  
1251  Questionless (adv.) Beyond a question or doubt; doubtless; certainly.
1252  
1253  Questmen (pl. ) of Questman
1254  
1255  "Questman (n.) One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures."
1256  
1257  Questman (n.) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
1258  
1259  Questman (n.) A collector of parish rents.
1260  
1261  "Questmonger (n.) One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits."
1262  
1263  "Questor (n.) An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state."
1264  
1265  "Questorship (n.) The office, or the term of office, of a questor."
1266  
1267  Questrist (n.) A seeker; a pursuer.
1268  
1269  Questuary (a.) Studious of profit.
1270  
1271  Questuary (n.) One employed to collect profits.
1272  
1273  Quet (n.) The common guillemot.
1274  
1275  Queue (n.) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.
1276  
1277  Queue (n.) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
1278  
1279  "Queue (v. t.) To fasten, as hair, in a queue."
1280  
1281  Quey (n.) A heifer.
1282  
1283  Quib (n.) A quip; a gibe.
1284  
1285  Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
1286  
1287  Quibble (n.) A pun; a low conceit.
1288  
1289  Quibbled (imp. & p. p.) of Quibble
1290  
1291  Quibbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quibble
1292  
1293  "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."
1294  
1295  Quibble (v. i.) To pun; to practice punning.
1296  
1297  "Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster."
1298  
1299  Quibblingly (adv.) Triflingly; evasively.
1300  
1301  "Quica (n.) A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit."
1302  
1303  Quice (n.) See Queest.
1304  
1305  Quich (v. i.) To stir.
1306  
1307  Quick (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.
1308  
1309  Quick (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.
1310  
1311  "Quick (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick."
1312  
1313  "Quick (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper."
1314  
1315  Quick (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
1316  
1317  "Quick (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear."
1318  
1319  Quick (superl.) Pregnant; with child.
1320  
1321  "Quick (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick."
1322  
1323  "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."
1324  
1325  "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."
1326  
1327  Quick (n.) Quitch grass.
1328  
1329  Quick (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.
1330  
1331  Quickbeam (n.) See Quicken tree.
1332  
1333  quickened (imp. & p. p.) of Quicken
1334  
1335  Quickening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quicken
1336  
1337  "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."
1338  
1339  "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."
1340  
1341  "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."
1342  
1343  "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."
1344  
1345  "Quicken (v. i.) To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened."
1346  
1347  "Quickener (n.) One who, or that which, quickens."
1348  
1349  Quickening (n.) The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
1350  
1351  "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."
1352  
1353  Quickens (n.) Quitch grass.
1354  
1355  "Quicken tree () The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree."
1356  
1357  Quickhatch (n.) The wolverine.
1358  
1359  "Quicklime (a.) Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2."
1360  
1361  Quickly (adv.) Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
1362  
1363  Quickness (n.) The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
1364  
1365  "Quickness (n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit."
1366  
1367  Quickness (n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
1368  
1369  Quickness (n.) Sharpness; pungency of taste.
1370  
1371  "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."
1372  
1373  Quick-scented (a.) Acute of smell.
1374  
1375  "Quickset (n.) A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn."
1376  
1377  Quickset (a.) Made of quickset.
1378  
1379  "Quickset (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch."
1380  
1381  Quick-sighted (a.) Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.
1382  
1383  Quicksilver (a.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.
1384  
1385  "Quicksilvered (a.) Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil."
1386  
1387  Quicksilvering (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
1388  
1389  "Quickstep (n.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing."
1390  
1391  Quick-witted (a.) Having ready wit
1392  
1393  Quick-wittedness (n.) Readiness of wit.
1394  
1395  Quickwork (n.) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
1396  
1397  Quickwork (n.) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
1398  
1399  Quickwork (n.) The short planks between the portholes.
1400  
1401  "Quid (n.) A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco."
1402  
1403  "Quid (v. t.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses."
1404  
1405  Quidam (n.) Somebody; one unknown.
1406  
1407  "Quiddany (n.) A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade."
1408  
1409  "Quiddative (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative."
1410  
1411  Quiddit (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation.
1412  
1413  Quidditative (a.) Quiddative.
1414  
1415  Quiddities (pl. ) of Quiddity
1416  
1417  "Quiddity (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?"
1418  
1419  Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
1420  
1421  Quiddled (imp. & p. p.) of Quiddle
1422  
1423  Quiddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiddle
1424  
1425  "Quiddle (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle."
1426  
1427  Quiddle (n.) Alt. of Quiddler
1428  
1429  Quiddler (n.) One who wastes his energy about trifles.
1430  
1431  "Quidnunc (n.) One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on."
1432  
1433  Quiesced (imp. & p. p.) of Quiesce
1434  
1435  Quiescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiesce
1436  
1437  "Quiesce (a. & n.) To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound."
1438  
1439  Quiescence (n.) Alt. of Quiescency
1440  
1441  Quiescency (n.) The state or quality of being quiescent.
1442  
1443  "Quiescent (a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid."
1444  
1445  Quiescent (a.) Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
1446  
1447  "Quiescent (a.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in ""day"" and ""say."""
1448  
1449  Quiescent (n.) A silent letter.
1450  
1451  Quiescently (adv.) In a quiescent manner.
1452  
1453  "Quiet (a.) In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air."
1454  
1455  Quiet (a.) Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
1456  
1457  "Quiet (a.) Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience."
1458  
1459  Quiet (a.) Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
1460  
1461  "Quiet (a.) Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement."
1462  
1463  "Quiet (a.) The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet."
1464  
1465  "Quiet (a.) Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security."
1466  
1467  Quieted (imp. & p. p.) of Quiet
1468  
1469  Quieting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiet
1470  
1471  "Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence."
1472  
1473  "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."
1474  
1475  "Quiet (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down."
1476  
1477  Quietage (n.) Quietness.
1478  
1479  "Quieter (n.) One who, or that which, quiets."
1480  
1481  Quietism (n.) Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
1482  
1483  "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."
1484  
1485  "Quietist (n.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism."
1486  
1487  "Quietistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism."
1488  
1489  "Quietly (adv.) In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly."
1490  
1491  "Quietly (adv.) Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly."
1492  
1493  "Quietly (adv.) Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils."
1494  
1495  "Quietly (adv.) Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room."
1496  
1497  "Quietness (n.) The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness."
1498  
1499  Quietsome (a.) Calm; still.
1500  
1501  Quietude (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
1502  
1503  "Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death."
1504  
1505  "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."
1506  
1507  "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."
1508  
1509  Quill (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
1510  
1511  Quill (n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
1512  
1513  Quill (n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
1514  
1515  Quill (n.) The tube of a musical instrument.
1516  
1517  Quill (n.) Something having the form of a quill
1518  
1519  Quill (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff.
1520  
1521  "Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle."
1522  
1523  Quill (n.) A hollow spindle.
1524  
1525  Quilled (imp. & p. p.) of Quill
1526  
1527  Quilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quill
1528  
1529  "Quill (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle."
1530  
1531  "Quill (v. t.) To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn."
1532  
1533  "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."
1534  
1535  "Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback."
1536  
1537  "Quilled (a.) Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills."
1538  
1539  Quillet (n.) Subtilty; nicety; quibble.
1540  
1541  "Quilling (n.) A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills."
1542  
1543  Quilling (n.) One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
1544  
1545  "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."
1546  
1547  "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."
1548  
1549  Quilted (imp. & p. p.) of Quilt
1550  
1551  Quilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quilt
1552  
1553  "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."
1554  
1555  "Quilt (v. t.) To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material."
1556  
1557  Quilt (v. t.) To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
1558  
1559  "Quilter (n.) One who, or that which, quilts."
1560  
1561  "Quilting (n.) The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt."
1562  
1563  "Quilting (n.) A quilting bee. See Bee, 2."
1564  
1565  Quilting (n.) The material used for making quilts.
1566  
1567  Quilting (n.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
1568  
1569  "Quin (n.) A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food."
1570  
1571  "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."
1572  
1573  Quinary (a.) Consisting of five; arranged by fives.
1574  
1575  Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.
1576  
1577  Quinate (n.) A salt of quinic acid.
1578  
1579  Quinazol (n.) A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline.
1580  
1581  "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."
1582  
1583  Quince (n.) a quince tree or shrub.
1584  
1585  Quincewort (n.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort.
1586  
1587  Quinch (v. i.) To stir; to wince.
1588  
1589  Quincuncial () Having the form of a quincunx.
1590  
1591  "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."
1592  
1593  Quincuncially (adv.) In the manner or order of a quincunx.
1594  
1595  "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."
1596  
1597  "Quincunx (n.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150�."
1598  
1599  "Quincunx (n.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2."
1600  
1601  "Quindecagon (n.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides."
1602  
1603  Quindecemvirs (pl. ) of Quindecemvir
1604  
1605  Quindecemviri (pl. ) of Quindecemvir
1606  
1607  Quindecemvir (n.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
1608  
1609  Quindecemvirate (n.) The body or office of the quindecemviri.
1610  
1611  "Quindecone (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid."
1612  
1613  "Quindecylic (n.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid."
1614  
1615  Quindem (n.) A fifteenth part.
1616  
1617  Quindism (n.) A fifteenth.
1618  
1619  "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."
1620  
1621  Quinia (n.) Quinine.
1622  
1623  "Quinible (n.) An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals."
1624  
1625  "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."
1626  
1627  "Quinicine (n.) An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric."
1628  
1629  "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."
1630  
1631  "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."
1632  
1633  "Quininic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine."
1634  
1635  Quininism (n.) Alt. of Quinism
1636  
1637  Quinism (n.) See Cinchonism.
1638  
1639  Quinizarin () A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with alizarin.
1640  
1641  "Quinizine (n.) any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics."
1642  
1643  "Quinnat (n.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance."
1644  
1645  "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."
1646  
1647  Quinogen (n.) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
1648  
1649  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.
1650  
1651  "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."
1652  
1653  Quinologist (n.) One who is versed in quinology.
1654  
1655  "Quinology (n.) The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine."
1656  
1657  "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."
1658  
1659  "Quinovic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark."
1660  
1661  "Quinovin (n.) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova."
1662  
1663  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.
1664  
1665  Quinoxyl (n.) The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.
1666  
1667  "Quinoyl (n.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl."
1668  
1669  Quinquagesima (a.) Fiftieth.
1670  
1671  Quinquangular (a.) Having five angles or corners.
1672  
1673  "Quinquarticular (a.) Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists."
1674  
1675  "Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed."
1676  
1677  Quinqueangled (a.) Having five angles; quinquangular.
1678  
1679  Quinquedentate (a.) Alt. of Quinquedentated
1680  
1681  "Quinquedentated (a.) Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf."
1682  
1683  Quinquefarious (a.) Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous.
1684  
1685  "Quinquefid (a.) Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla."
1686  
1687  Quinquefoliate (a.) Alt. of Quinquefoliated
1688  
1689  Quinquefoliated (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets.
1690  
1691  Quinque foliolate (a.) Having five leaflets.
1692  
1693  Quinqueliteral (a.) Consisting of five letters.
1694  
1695  Quinquelobate (a.) Alt. of Quinquelobared
1696  
1697  "Quinquelobared (a.) Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla."
1698  
1699  Quinquelobed (a.) Same as Quinquelobate.
1700  
1701  "Quinquelocular (a.) Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp."
1702  
1703  Quinquenerved (a.) Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
1704  
1705  Quinquennalia (n. pl.) Public games celebrated every five years.
1706  
1707  "Quinquennial (a.) Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event."
1708  
1709  Quinquennium (n.) Space of five years.
1710  
1711  Quinquepartite (a.) Consisting of five parts.
1712  
1713  Quinquepartite (a.) Divided into five parts almost to the base.
1714  
1715  "Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme."
1716  
1717  Quinquesyllable (n.) A word of five syllables.
1718  
1719  Quinquevalve (a.) Alt. of Quinquevalvular
1720  
1721  "Quinquevalvular (a.) Having five valves, as a pericarp."
1722  
1723  Quinquevirs (pl. ) of Quinquevir
1724  
1725  Quinqueviri (pl. ) of Quinquevir
1726  
1727  Quinquevir (n.) One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
1728  
1729  Quinquina (n.) Peruvian bark.
1730  
1731  Quinquivalent (a.) Same as Pentavalent.
1732  
1733  "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."
1734  
1735  "Quint (n.) A set or sequence of five, as in piquet."
1736  
1737  Quint (n.) The interval of a fifth.
1738  
1739  Quintain (n.) An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
1740  
1741  "Quintal (n.) A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental."
1742  
1743  "Quintal (n.) A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois."
1744  
1745  "Quintan (a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever."
1746  
1747  "Quintan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days."
1748  
1749  Quintel (n.) See Quintain.
1750  
1751  "Quintessence (n.) The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment."
1752  
1753  "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."
1754  
1755  Quintessence (v. t.) To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.
1756  
1757  Quintessential (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
1758  
1759  Quintet (n.) Alt. of Quintette
1760  
1761  "Quintette (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music."
1762  
1763  Quintic (a.) Of the fifth degree or order.
1764  
1765  Quintic (n.) A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic.
1766  
1767  "Quintile (n.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72�."
1768  
1769  "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."
1770  
1771  Quintin (n.) See Quintain.
1772  
1773  "Quintine (n.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine."
1774  
1775  Quintole (n.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
1776  
1777  Quintuple (a.) Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.
1778  
1779  Quintupled (imp. & p. p.) of Quintuple
1780  
1781  Quintupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quintuple
1782  
1783  "Quintuple (v. t.) To make fivefold, or five times as much or many."
1784  
1785  Quittuple-nerved (a.) Alt. of Quintuple-ribbed
1786  
1787  Quintuple-ribbed (a.) The same as Quinquenerved.
1788  
1789  "Quinzaine (n.) The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning."
1790  
1791  Quinze (n.) A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
1792  
1793  "Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe."
1794  
1795  Quipped (imp. & p. p.) of Quip
1796  
1797  Quipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quip
1798  
1799  Quip (v. t.) To taunt; to treat with quips.
1800  
1801  Quip (v. i.) To scoff; to use taunts.
1802  
1803  Quipo (n.) Same as Quipu.
1804  
1805  Quipus (pl. ) of Quipu
1806  
1807  "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."
1808  
1809  "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."
1810  
1811  Quire (n.) See Choir.
1812  
1813  Quire (v. i.) To sing in concert.
1814  
1815  "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."
1816  
1817  Quirister (n.) A chorister. See Chorister.
1818  
1819  Quiritation (n.) A crying for help.
1820  
1821  Quirite (n.) One of the Quirites.
1822  
1823  Quirites (n. pl.) Roman citizens.
1824  
1825  "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."
1826  
1827  Quirk (n.) A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.
1828  
1829  Quirk (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
1830  
1831  "Quirk (n.) An irregular air; as, light quirks of music."
1832  
1833  "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."
1834  
1835  "Quirk (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding."
1836  
1837  "Quirked (a.) Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks."
1838  
1839  Quirkish (a.) Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk.
1840  
1841  "Quirky (a.) Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer."
1842  
1843  Quirl (n. & v.) See Querl.
1844  
1845  Quirpele (n.) The Indian ferret.
1846  
1847  Quirt (n.) A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
1848  
1849  Quish (n.) See Cuish.
1850  
1851  "Quit (n.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit."
1852  
1853  "Quit (v.) Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted."
1854  
1855  Quit (imp. & p. p.) of Quit
1856  
1857  Quitted () of Quit
1858  
1859  Quitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quit
1860  
1861  "Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate."
1862  
1863  "Quit (a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit."
1864  
1865  "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."
1866  
1867  "Quit (a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively."
1868  
1869  Quit (a.) To carry through; to go through to the end.
1870  
1871  "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."
1872  
1873  Quit (v. i.) To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
1874  
1875  Quitch (n.) Same as Quitch grass.
1876  
1877  Quitch (n.) Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.
1878  
1879  "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."
1880  
1881  "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."
1882  
1883  Quitclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Quitclaim
1884  
1885  Quitclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quitclaim
1886  
1887  "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."
1888  
1889  Quite (v. t. & i.) See Quit.
1890  
1891  "Quite (a.) Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken."
1892  
1893  Quite (a.) To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
1894  
1895  Quitly (adv.) Quite.
1896  
1897  "Quitrent (n.) A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service."
1898  
1899  "Quits (interj.) See the Note under Quit, a."
1900  
1901  Quittable (a.) Capable of being quitted.
1902  
1903  Quittal (n.) Return; requital; quittance.
1904  
1905  Quittance (v. t.) Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
1906  
1907  Quittance (v. t.) Recompense; return; repayment.
1908  
1909  Quittance (v. t.) To repay; to requite.
1910  
1911  Quitter (n.) One who quits.
1912  
1913  Quitter (n.) A deliverer.
1914  
1915  "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."
1916  
1917  Quitture (n.) A discharge; an issue.
1918  
1919  Quiver (a.) Nimble; active.
1920  
1921  Quivered (imp. & p. p.) of Quiver
1922  
1923  Quivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiver
1924  
1925  Quiver (v. i.) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
1926  
1927  Quiver (n.) The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
1928  
1929  Quiver (n.) A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
1930  
1931  "Quivered (a.) Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver."
1932  
1933  "Quivered (a.) Sheathed, as in a quiver."
1934  
1935  Quiveringly (adv.) With quivering motion.
1936  
1937  "Qui vive () The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: ""Who comes there?"""
1938  
1939  Quixotic (a.) Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.
1940  
1941  Quixotically (adv.) In a quixotic way.
1942  
1943  "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."
1944  
1945  Quixotry (n.) Quixotism; visionary schemes.
1946  
1947  Quiz (n.) A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
1948  
1949  "Quiz (n.) One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz."
1950  
1951  Quiz (n.) An odd or absurd fellow.
1952  
1953  "Quiz (n.) An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination."
1954  
1955  Quizzed (imp. & p. p.) of Quiz
1956  
1957  Quizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiz
1958  
1959  "Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions."
1960  
1961  Quiz (v. t.) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
1962  
1963  "Quiz (v. t.) To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4."
1964  
1965  "Quiz (v. i.) To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4."
1966  
1967  Quizzer (n.) One who quizzes; a quiz.
1968  
1969  Quizzical (a.) Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive.
1970  
1971  Quizzism (n.) The act or habit of quizzing.
1972  
1973  Quob (v. i.) To throb; to quiver.
1974  
1975  "Quod (n.) A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison."
1976  
1977  Quod (v.) Quoth; said. See Quoth.
1978  
1979  "Quoddies (n. pl.) Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray."
1980  
1981  Quodlibet (n.) A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
1982  
1983  Quodlibet (n.) A medley improvised by several performers.
1984  
1985  Quodlibetarian (n.) One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
1986  
1987  Quodlibetical (a.) Not restricted to a particular subject; discussed for curiosity or entertainment.
1988  
1989  Quoif (n. & v. t.) See Coif.
1990  
1991  Quoifffure (n.) See Coiffure.
1992  
1993  Quoil (n.) See Coil.
1994  
1995  "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."
1996  
1997  "Quoin (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes"
1998  
1999  Quoin (n.) to support and steady a stone.
2000  
2001  Quoin (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.
2002  
2003  Quoin (n.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
2004  
2005  Quoin (n.) To prevent casks from rolling.
2006  
2007  "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."
2008  
2009  Quoit (n.) A game played with quoits.
2010  
2011  Quoit (n.) The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
2012  
2013  Quoit (n.) A cromlech.
2014  
2015  Quoit (v. i.) To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
2016  
2017  Quoit (v. t.) To throw; to pitch.
2018  
2019  Quoke () imp. of Quake.
2020  
2021  "Quoll (n.) A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat."
2022  
2023  Quondam (a.) Having been formerly; former; sometime.
2024  
2025  Quondam (n.) A person dismissed or ejected from a position.
2026  
2027  Quook () imp. of Quake.
2028  
2029  Quop (v. i.) See Quob.
2030  
2031  "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."
2032  
2033  Quota (n.) A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
2034  
2035  "Quotable (a.) Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence."
2036  
2037  Quotation (n.) The act of quoting or citing.
2038  
2039  "Quotation (n.) That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration."
2040  
2041  "Quotation (n.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named."
2042  
2043  Quotation (n.) Quota; share.
2044  
2045  "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."
2046  
2047  "Quotationist (n.) One who makes, or is given to making, quotations."
2048  
2049  Quoted (imp. & p. p.) of Quote
2050  
2051  Quoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quote
2052  
2053  "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."
2054  
2055  "Quote (v. t.) To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare."
2056  
2057  Quote (v. t.) To name the current price of.
2058  
2059  Quote (v. t.) To notice; to observe; to examine.
2060  
2061  "Quote (v. t.) To set down, as in writing."
2062  
2063  Quote (n.) A note upon an author.
2064  
2065  Quoter (n.) One who quotes the words of another.
2066  
2067  "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."
2068  
2069  Quotha (interj.) Indeed; forsooth.
2070  
2071  "Quotidian (a.) Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever."
2072  
2073  "Quotidian (n.) Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day."
2074  
2075  "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."
2076  
2077  Quotient (n.) The result of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
2078  
2079  Quotiety (n.) The relation of an object to number.
2080  
2081  Quotum (n.) Part or proportion; quota.
2082  
2083  "Quo warranto () A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers."
2084  
2085  Quran (n.) See Koran.
2086