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Quick-scented (?), a. Acute of smell.
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Quickset (?), n. A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
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Quickset, a. Made of quickset.
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Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges. Walpole.
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Quickset, v. t. To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer.
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Quick-sighted (?), a. Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern. Locke.
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--Quick-sightedness, n.
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Quicksilver (?), n. [Quick living + silver; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See , a.] (Chem.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.
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Coloq. Quicksilver horizon , a mercurial artificial horizon. See under . -- Coloq. Quicksilver water , a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.
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Quicksilvered (?), a. Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
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Quicksilvering (?), n. The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
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Quickstep (?), n. (Mus.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
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Quick-witted (?), a. Having ready wit Shak.
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Quick-wittedness, n. Readiness of wit. “Celtic quick-wittedness.” M. Arnold.
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Quickwork (?), n. (Naut.) A term somewhat loosely used to denote: (a) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking. (b) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps. (c) The short planks between the portholes.
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Quid (?), n. [See .] A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.
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Quid (kwĭd), n.; pl. quid. [Etym. uncertain.] An English coin, a sovereign. [Slang, Eng.]
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They invited him to come to-morrow, . . . and bring half a quid with him. Charles Reade.
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Quid, v. t. (Man.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. Youatt.
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Quidam (?), n. [L.] Somebody; one unknown. Spenser.
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Quiddany (?), n. [L. cydoneum quince juice, quince wine. See .] A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
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Quiddative (?), a. [See .] Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative.
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Quiddit (?), n. [Cf. , , and .] A subtilty; an equivocation. [Obs.] Shak.
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By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause. Drayton.
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Quidditative (?), a. Quiddative.
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Quiddity (?), n.; pl. Quiddities (#). [LL. quidditas, fr. L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F. quiddité.] 1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? “ The degree of nullity and quiddity.” Bacon.
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The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. De Quincey.
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2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
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We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. Coleridge.
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Quiddle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quiddling (?).] [L. quid what.] To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.
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{ Quiddle (?), Quiddler (?), } n. One who wastes his energy about trifles. Emerson.
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Quidnunc (?), n. [L., what now?] One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. “The idle stories of quidnuncs.” Motley.
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Quiesce (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quiescing (?).] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See , a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart.
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{ Quiescence (?), Quiescency (?), } n. [L. quiescentia, fr. quiescens, p. pr.; cf. F. quiestence. See .] The state or quality of being quiescent. “Quiescence, bodily and mental.” H. Spencer.
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Deeds will be done; -- while be boasts his quiescence. R. Browning.
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Quiescent (?), a. [L. quiescens, -entis, p. pr. of quiescere: cf. F. quiescent. See .] 1. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
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2. Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
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In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism . . . is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist. Prof. Wilson.
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3. (Gram.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in “day” and “say.”
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Quiescent, n. (Gram.) A silent letter. M. Stuart.
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Quiescently, adv. In a quiescent manner.
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Quiet (?), a. [Compar. Quieter (?); superl. Quietest.] [L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See , and cf. , a., , , , a., , .] 1. In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
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They . . . were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. Judg. xvi. 2.
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2. Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
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3. Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience. “ So quiet and so sweet a style.” Shak.
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That son, who on the quiet state of man
Such trouble brought. Milton.
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4. Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
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The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4.
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I will sit as quiet as a lamb. Shak.
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5. Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.
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Syn. -- Still; tranquil; calm; unruffled; smooth; unmolested; undisturbed; placid; peaceful; mild; peaceable; meek; contented.
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Quiet (?), n. [L. quies, -etis. See , a.]
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1. The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.
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2. Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security.
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And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet. Milton.
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Coloq. At quiet , still; peaceful. -- Coloq. In quiet , quietly. “ I will depart in quiet.” Shak. -- Coloq. Out of quiet , disturbed; restless. [Obs.] “She is much out of quiet.” Shak.
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Quiet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quieting.] 1. To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.
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2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
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Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. Shak.
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Quiet, v. i. To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down.
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Quietage (?), n. Quietness. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Quieter (?), n. One who, or that which, quiets.
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Quietism (?), n. [Cf. F. quiétisme.] 1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.
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Quietist, n. [Cf. F. quiétiste.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See .
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Quietistic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.
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Quietly, adv. 1. In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.
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2. Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.
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3. Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
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4. Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.
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Quietness, n. The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.
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I would have peace and quietness. Shak.
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Quietsome (?), a. Calm; still. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Quietude, n. [L. quietudo: cf. F. quiétude.] Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. Shelley.
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Quietus (?), n. [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See , a., and cf. , a.] Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
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When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin. Shak.
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Quill (?), n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see ); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir. cuille a quill.] 1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
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2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill. Sir H. Wotton.
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3. (Zoöl.) (a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. (b) The pen of a squid. See .
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4. (Mus.) (a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. (b) The tube of a musical instrument.
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He touched the tender stops of various quills. Milton.
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5. Something having the form of a quill; as: (a) The fold or plain of a ruff. (b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. (c) (Mach.) A hollow spindle.
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6. (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
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Coloq. Quill bit , a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a gouge. -- Coloq. Quill driver , one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk. [Jocose] -- Coloq. Quill nib , a small quill pen made to be used with a holder. Simmonds.
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Quill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quilling.] 1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
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His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. Goldsmith.
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2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. Judd.
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Quillaia bark (?). (Bot.) The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
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Quillback (?), n. (Zoöl.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus cyprinus syn. Carpiodes cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.
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Quilled (?), a. Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. “A sharp-quilled porcupine.” Shak.
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Coloq. Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.
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Quillet (?), n. [L. quidlibet what you please. Cf. , and .] Subtilty; nicety; quibble. “Nice, sharp quillets of the law.” Shak.
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Quilling (?), n. (a) A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills. (b) One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
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Quillwort (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in the mud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the shape of the leaves.
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Quilt (?), n. [OE. quilte, OF. cuilte, L. culcita � bed, cushion, mattress. Cf. 2d , .] 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.
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The beds were covered with magnificent quilts. Arbuthnot.
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Quilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quilting.] 1. To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat. Dryden.
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2. To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.
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3. To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
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Quilter (?), n. One who, or that which, quilts.
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Quilting, n. 1. The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.
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2. A quilting bee. See , 2.
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3. The material used for making quilts.
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4. (Naut.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
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Quin (?), n. (Zoöl.) A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. [Prov. Eng.]
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Quinaldine (?), n. [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline. [Written also chinaldine.]
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Quinary (?), a. [L. quinarius, from quini five each, akin to quinque five: cf. F. quinaire. See .] Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle.
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Coloq. Quinary system (Zoöl.), a fanciful classification based on the hypothesis that each group contains five types.
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Quinate (?), a. [L. quini five each.] (Bot.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.
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Quinate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of quinic acid. [Written also kinate.]
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Quinazol (?), n. [Quinoline + azote.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline. [Written also chinazol.]
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Quince (kwĭns), n. [Prob. a pl. from OE. quyne, coin, OF. coin, cooin, F. coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj., Cydonian, Gr. � Cydonian, � � a quince, fr. � Cydonia, a city in Crete, � the Cydonians. Cf. .] 1. The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves.
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2. (Bot.) a quince tree or shrub.
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Coloq. Japan quince (Bot.), an Eastern Asiatic shrub (Cydonia Japonica, formerly Pyrus Japonica) and its very fragrant but inedible fruit. The shrub has very showy flowers, usually red, but sometimes pink or white, and is much grown for ornament. -- Coloq. Quince curculio (Zoöl.), a small gray and yellow curculio (Conotrachelus cratægi) whose larva lives in quinces. -- Coloq. Quince tree (Bot.), the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris) which produces the quince.
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Quincewort (?), n. (Bot.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort.
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Quinch (?), v. i. [Cf. OD. quincken to quiver, shake, Fries. quink hovering. Cf. .] To stir; to wince. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Quincuncial (?), [L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See .]
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1. Having the form of a quincunx.
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2. (Bot.) Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial æstivation.
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Coloq. Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next.
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Quincuncially, adv. In the manner or order of a quincunx.
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Quincunx (?), n. [L., fr. quinque five + uncia an ounce. The quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. See , and the weight.] 1. An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.
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2. (Astrol.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150°. Hutton.
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3. (Bot.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in æstivation. See , 2.
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Quindecagon (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen + Gr. � angle.] (Geom.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides.
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Quindecemvir (?), n.; pl. E. Quindecemvirs (#), L. Quindecemviri (#). [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
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Quindecemvirate (?), n. [L. quindecimviratus.] The body or office of the quindecemviri.
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Quindecone (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen.] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid. [Written also quindekone.]
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