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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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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.Qual'i-fied, p. a. p. 1071Fitted by accomplishments or endowments; modified; limited. Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, and which ceases with the qualification, as a grant…Qual'i-fied-ly, adv. p. 1071In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.Qual'i-fied-ness, n. p. 1071The state of being qualified or fitted.Qual'i-fi'er, n. p. 1071One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers, or restrains.Qual'i-fy, v. t. p. 1071To 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…Qual'i-fy, v. i. p. 1071To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment. 2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath required on assuming an office.Qual'i-tā'tive, a. p. 1071Relating to quality. Qualitative analysis (Chem.), analysis for determining the constituent elements of a compound, without regard to quantity.Qual'i-fied, a. p. 1071Furnished with qualities; endowed. [Obs.] He was well qualified. And past all Argives for his spear. Chapman.Qual'i-ty, n. p. 1071The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature relatively considered; character; sort; rank. We obtained acquaintance with many citizens not of the meanest…Qual'i-ty-bind'ing, n. p. 1071A kind of worsted tape used for binding carpets, and the like. — Simmonds.Quai'ly, n. p. 1071A small, elliptical iron pan, holding about five gallons, used in the East Indies for manufacturing sago over a fire. Simmonds.Quälm, n. p. 1071A sudden attack of illness, faintness, distress, or pain; a turn of suffering; a throe; an agony. “Qualms of heart-sick agony.” Milton. 2. Hence, especially, a sudden fit or seizure of sickness at…Qualm'ish, a. p. 1071Sick at the stomach; inclined to vomit; affected with nausea or sickly languor.Quäilm'ish-ly, adv. p. 1071In a qualmish manner.Quäim'ish-ness, n. p. 1071Nausea.Quam'ash, n. p. 1071See CAMMAS.Quām'o-clīt, n. p. 1071(Bot.) A genus of climbing ornamental plants, allied to the convolvulus, found in the hot parts of America, also in India and China.Quän, n. p. 1071An imaginary coin of Cochin China, valued at about 3s. 6d. sterling, or about $0.85.Quan'da-ry or Quan-dā'ry, n. p. 1071A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.Quan'-da-ry or Quan-da'-ry, v. t. p. 1071To bring into a state of uncertainty or difficulty. [Obs.] Otway.Quänt, n. p. 1071A long pole furnished with a round cap or cot near the bottom to prevent it from sinking or sticking in the ground; especially, such a pole used by bargemen to push along their vessels.Quăn′tic, n. p. 1071(Math.) An homogeneous algebraic function, in general, called quadric, cubic, quartic, quintic, &c., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, &c., degrees. These are called binary…Quan'ti-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1071The modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity. The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to Sir William Hamilton; viz., in its extension to…Quan'ti-fy, v. t. p. 1071To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.Quăn′ti-tā′tive, a. p. 1071Relating to quantity. Quantitative analysis (Chem.), that method of analysis which determines the proportional quantity of each of the elements which make up a compound.Quan'ti-tīve, a. p. 1071Estimable according to quantity; quantitative. Digby.Quan'ti-tīve-ly, adv. p. 1071So as to be measurable by quantity.Quan'ti-ty, n. p. 1071The 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…Quan'tum, n. p. 1072Quantity; amount. [Rare.] “Without authenticating the value or the quantum of the charges.” Burke. Quantum meruit. [Lat., as much as he merited.] (Law.) A count in an action grounded on a promise…Quap, v. i. p. 1072To quiver or throb; to quob. See Quob.Qua'qua-vér'sal, a. p. 1072Turning or dipping in any direction. 2. (Geol.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.