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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Quad'ri-válv'ū-lar, a. p. 1070Having four valves; quad-rivalve.Quad-riv'i-al, a. p. 1070Having four ways meeting in a point.Quad-riv'-i-al, n. p. 1070One of the four lesser arts making up the quadrivium.Quad-rīv'ĭ-ŭm, n. p. 1070The four lesser arts, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; — so called in the language of the schools. Brande.Quad-rōon', n. p. 1070The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.]Quad-róxide, n. p. 1070(Chem.) An oxide in which four equivalents of oxygen are combined with one equivalent of some other element.Quad'ru-māne, n. p. 1070(Zoöl.) An animal having four feet that correspond to the hands of a man, as a monkey. See MONKEY. [Written also quadruman.]Quad-ru'ma-nous, a. p. 1070Having four hands.Quag'ryne, n. p. 1070A gritstone with a calcareous cement.Quad'ru-ped, a. p. 1070Having four feet.Quad'ru-ped, n. p. 1070(Zoöl.) An animal having four feet, as the mammals and most reptiles; — often restricted to the mammals.Quad-ri'pe-dal, a. p. 1070Having four feet; going on four feet.Quad'ru-ple, a. p. 1070Fourfold; four times told; as, to make quadruple restitution for trespass or theft.Quad'ru-ple, n. p. 1070Four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive quadruple the amount in damages or profits.Quad'ru·ple, v. t. p. 1070To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to make four times as much, or as many.Quad'ru·ple, v. i. p. 1070To be multiplied by four; to become four times as much or many.Quad-ru'pli-cate, a. p. 1070Fourfold; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio or proportion. 2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [Rare.]Quad-ru'pli-cate, v. t. p. 1070To make fourfold; to double twice over; to quadruple.Quad'ru-pli-cā'tion, n. p. 1070The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.Quad'ru-ply, adv. p. 1070To a fourfold quantity; four-fold; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.Quære, v. t. p. 1070Inquire; question; see; — used only in the imperative mode as a prefix or memorandum signifying doubt or the desirableness of an investigation.Quæs'tor, n. p. 1070The same as QUESTOR.Quaff (kwăf), v. t. p. 1070To drink down; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts. He quaffs the muscadel. Shak. They, in communion sweet, Quaff immortality and joy. Milton.Quáff, v. i. p. 1070To drink largely or luxuriously. Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And quaff with blameless Ethiopia in the deep. Dryden.Quáff'er, n. p. 1070One who quaffs or drinks largely.Quāg, n. p. 1070A quagmire. [Rare.] See QUAGMIRE.Quāg'gá, n. p. 1070(Zoöl.) A hoofed mammal (Asinus [or equus] quagga) resembling the ass in form, and the zebra in color. It inhabits Southern Africa.Quāg'gy, a. p. 1070Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding to the feet, or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth.Quāg'mīre, n. p. 1070Soft, wet land, which has a surface firm enough to bear a person, but which shakes or yields under the feet. “A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access.” Palfrey.Quah'haug, n. p. 1070(Zoöl.) A species of clam (Venus mercenaria) having the inside shell tipped with purple. [New Eng.] [Written also quahog.]Quāich or Quāigh, n. p. 1070A small shallow cup or drinking vessel, with two ears for handles, generally of wood, but sometimes of silver. [Scot.] [Written also quegh.]Quāid, a. p. 1070Crushed, subdued, or depressed. [Obs.] Spenser.Quāil, v. i. p. 1070To become quelled; to sink into dejection; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose spirit; to be deprived of power of resistance; to give way; to shrink; to cower.…Quāil, v. i. p. 1070To curdle; to coagulate, as milk. [Obs.] Being put into milk, it will not suffer it to turn, or sour; it keeps it from quailing and curding. Holland.Quāil, v. t. p. 1070To crush; to depress; to sink; to subdue. [Obs.]Quāil, n. p. 1070(Ornith.) A gallinaceous bird (Coturnix vulgaris), closely allied to the partridge of Europe. Common Quail (Coturnix vulgaris). In the United States the name is loosely used for Ortyx Virginianus, or…Quāil'-egil or Quāil'-pipe, n. p. 1070A pipe or call for alluring quails into a net.Quāint, a. p. 1070Characterized by ingenuity or art; recondite; subtle; artificially elegant; nice; neat. “A shepherd young and quaint.” Chapman. 2. Hence, showing excess of art; far-fetched; affected; odd; whimsical.…Quäin'tīse, n. p. 1071Quaintness; artfulness; cunning. [Obs.] Robert of Gloucester.Quaint'ly, adv. p. 1071In a quaint manner; ingeniously; artfully; affectedly; oddly; fancifully. “Breathe his faults so quaintly.” Shak.Quāint'ness, n. p. 1071The quality of being quaint; ingenuity; affected art; oddness; strangeness. See QUAINT. There is a majesty in simplicity which is far above the quaintness of wit. Pope.Quāke, v. i. p. 1071To tremble; to be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, or emotion; to shudder. She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.…Quāke, v. t. p. 1071To frighten; to throw into agitation. [Obs.] Shak.Quāke, n. p. 1071A tremulous agitation; a shake; a trembling; a shudder.Quä'k'er, n. p. 1071One who quakes. 2. One of the religious sect the members of which are called also Friends. The violent enthusiasm of this sect, like all high passions, being too strong for the weak nerves to…Quaker gun p. 1071an imitation of a gun, made of wood or other material, and placed in the port-hole of a vessel, or the embrasure of a fort, in order to deceive the enemy;—so called from its inoffensive character.…Quāk'er-ing-ly, adv. p. 1071In a quaking manner; quakingly. [Obs.] Shak.Quäk'er-ish, a. p. 1071Like, or pertaining to, a Quaker.Quāk'er-ĭsm, n. p. 1071The peculiar character, manners, tenets, or worship of the Quakers. Milner.Quāk'er-ly, a. p. 1071Resembling Quakers. Goodman.Quāk'er-y, n. p. 1071Quakerism. [Obs.]Quāk'i-ness, n. p. 1071The state of quaking or shaking; as, the quakiness of a bog.Quāk'ing-bŏg, n. p. 1071Peat bog in a growing state, and so saturated with water that a considerable extent of surface will quake or shake when pressed on by the foot or other body. Brande.Quäk'ing-grass, n. p. 1071(Bot.) A graminaceous plant of several species, belonging to the genus Briza, whose spikelets have a tremulous motion.Quäk'ing-ly, adv. p. 1071In a shaking or trembling manner; with quaking. Never pen did more quakingly perform his office. Sidney.Quāk'y, a. p. 1071Shaky or tremulous.Quäl'i-fi-a-ble, a. p. 1071Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable.Qual/i-fi-cä'tion, n. p. 1071The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified. 2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment or any acquirement which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or enables him to…Quä'i-fi-cä'tive, n. p. 1071That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement. How many qualifications, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this his relation. Fuller.Qual/i-fi-cā'tor, n. p. 1071(Rom. Cath. Eccl. Courts.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial.