Part 63

~Pull in one's horns~, [_Colloquial._] Repress one's ardor, restrain one's pride, cease boasting, draw in one's horns.

~Pullulate~, _v. n._ Germinate, bud, shoot, sprout, vegetate, push, grow, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.

~Pullulation~, _n._ Germination, budding, sprouting.

~Pull up~, ~1.~ [_Active._] Draw up, haul up.

~2.~ [_Active._] Extirpate, eradicate, destroy, pluck up.

~3.~ [_Neuter._] Stop, halt.

~Pulmonary~, _a._ Pulmonic.

~Pulmonic~, _n._ Pulmonary.

~Pulp~, _n._ Soft part, soft mass.

~Pulpit~, _n._ Desk, sacred desk.

~Pulsate~, _v. n._ Beat, throb.

~Pulsation~, _n._ Beating, beat, throbbing, throb.

~Pulsatory~, _a._ Throbbing.

~Pulse~, _n._ ~1.~ Beating or throbbing of an artery.

~2.~ Legumes, fruit of leguminous plants.

~Pulverable~, _a._ Crumbling, brittle, friable, crisp, pulverizable, easily crumbled.

~Pulverizable~, _a._ PULVERABLE, that may be pulverized.

~Pulverize~, _v. a._ Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder.

~Pulverulent~, _a._ Dusty, powdery.

~Pun~, _n._ Quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words.

~Pun~, _v. n._ Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.

~Punch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perforate, bore, pierce.

~2.~ Push, poke.

~Punch~, _n._ ~1.~ Borer.

~2.~ Push, poke.

~3.~ Horse (_short and thick_).

~4.~ Buffoon (_of a puppet-show_), clown, harlequin, punchinello, merry-Andrew, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, pickle-herring, jack- pudding.

~Pummel~, _n._ [Written also and preferably _Pommel_.] Knob, protuberant part.

~Pummel~, _v. a._ [Written also and preferably _Pommel_.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, drub, bang, maul, thwack, WALLOP, LICK.

~Punchinello~, _n._ Buffoon, PUNCH.

~Punctilio~, _n._ Nicety (_of behavior_), nice point.

~Punctilious~, _a._ Nice, exact, particular, precise, scrupulous, over- scrupulous, punctual.

~Punctual~, _a._ ~1.~ Nice, exact, PUNCTILIOUS.

~2.~ Prompt, seasonable, timely.

~Punctuality~, _n._ ~1.~ Nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulous exactness.

~2.~ Promptness.

~Punctuate~, _v. a._ Point.

~Puncture~, _n._ Small hole.

~Puncture~, _v. a._ Prick, perforate.

~Pungency~, _n._ ~1.~ Acridness, acrimony, causticity, poignancy, piquancy, sharpness.

~2.~ Keenness, pointedness, smartness.

~Pungent~, _a._ ~1.~ Stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting, burning, hot, peppery, piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid, caustic.

~2.~ Acute, keen, acrimonious, severe, distressing, poignant.

~Punic~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the Carthaginians.

~2.~ Faithless, perfidious, treacherous, unworthy of trust.

~Punic faith~, Treachery, perfidiousness.

~Punish~, _v. a._ Chastise, castigate, lash, chasten, discipline, correct, scourge, whip.

~Punishment~, _n._ Chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty.

~Punitive~, _a._ Penal.

~Punk~, _n._ ~1.~ Prostitute, STRUMPET.

~2.~ Touchwood, spunk, agaric, amadou, German tinder.

~Punner~, _n._ PUNSTER.

~Punster~, _n._ Punner, quibbler.

~Puny~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, feeble, inferior.

~2.~ Little, small, petty, diminutive, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian.

~Pup~, _n._ Puppy, whelp, young dog.

~Pupa~, _n._ Chrysalis, aurelia.

~Pupil~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Anat._) Apple of the eye.

~2.~ Learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN, ELEVE.

~3.~ (_Law._) Ward.

~Pupilage~, _n._ Nonage, minority, boyhood, girlhood.

~Puppy~, _n._ Pup, whelp, young dog.

~Purblind~, _a._ Dim-sighted, near-sighted, short-sighted, myopic.

~Purchase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Buy, bargain for.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Obtain, acquire, procure, get, gain.

~Purchase~, _n._ Bargain.

~Purchaser~, _n._ Buyer.

~Pure~, _a._ ~1.~ Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished, unpolluted, uncorrupted.

~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest, incorrupt, holy.

~3.~ Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.

~4.~ Modest, chaste.

~5.~ Mere, absolute, sheer.

~6.~ Classic, classical, Attic.

~Pureness~, _n._ PURITY.

~Purgative~, _a._ Cathartic, abstergent, cleansing, purifying, evacuant.

~Purgative~, _n._ Purge, physic, cathartic, purgative medicine.

~Purgatory~, _n._ Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.

~Purge~, _v. a._ Cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity.

~Purge~, _n._ PURGATIVE.

~Purging~, _n._ (_Med._) Diarrhœa, relax, flux.

~Purification~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleansing, purifying.

~2.~ Defecation, clearing, clarification, depuration.

~Purify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clear, clean, cleanse, clarify, purge, free from impurity, make pure.

~2.~ Defecate (_as liquors_).

~Purism~, _n._ Nicety (_in the use of words_), fastidiousness, squeamishness, daintiness, euphuism, affected elegance, finical style.

~Puritanic~, _a._ Strict, rigid, ascetic.

~Puritanical~, _a._ Strict, rigid, ascetic.

~Purity~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleanness, clearness, immaculateness.

~2.~ Innocence, virtue, guiltlessness, guilelessness, holiness, honesty, integrity.

~3.~ Genuineness, excellence.

~4.~ Modesty, chastity.

~Purl~, _v. n._ Murmur, ripple, gurgle.

~Purlieus~, _n. pl._ [_Used generally in a bad sense._] Environs, suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, outskirts, confines.

~Purloin~, _v. a._ Steal, rob, pilfer, filch, BOB, CABBAGE.

~Purport~, _n._ Design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit.

~Purport~, _v. a._ Intend, mean, signify, import.

~Purpose~, _n._ Aim, intent, intention, design, object, end, drift, view, final cause.

~Purpose~, _v. a._ Intend, design, mean, meditate, think of, have in mind, resolve upon, propose to one's self.

~Purpose~, _v. n._ Intend, design, mean, have in mind.

~Purposely~, _ad._ Intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose.

~Pursuance~, _n._ Pursuit, prosecution, following out.

~Pursuant to~, Agreeable to, conformable to, according to, in pursuance of.

~Pursue~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after, give chase to.

~2.~ Continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in, engage in, follow up.

~3.~ Seek, strive for, try to obtain.

~Pursuit~, _n._ ~1.~ Chase, race.

~2.~ Pursuance, prosecution, following out.

~Pursuit of~, ~1.~ Chase after.

~2.~ Prosecution of, search for, endeavor after.

~Pursy~, _a._ ~1.~ Fat, corpulent, fleshy, plump.

~2.~ Short-breathed, short-winded.

~Purulence~, _n._ ~1.~ Suppuration, secretion of pus.

~2.~ Pus, matter, purulent matter.

~Purulency~, _n._ ~1.~ Suppuration, secretion of pus.

~2.~ Pus, matter, purulent matter.

~Purvey~, _v. n._ Provide, cater, procure provisions, provide food.

~Purveyor~, _n._ Provider, caterer.

~Purview~, _n._ Limit, sphere, scope, extent.

~Pus~, _n._ Purulence, matter, purulent matter.

~Push~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Thrust, impel (_by pressure_), hustle, jostle, elbow, crowd.

~2.~ Urge, press forward.

~3.~ Force, press, drive.

~4.~ Importune, tease.

~Push~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Thrust, make a thrust.

~2.~ Endeavor, strive, try, exert one's self.

~3.~ Pullulate, bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put forth, shoot forth.

~Push~, _n._ ~1.~ Thrust.

~2.~ Trial, test, exigence, extremity, emergency, pinch.

~Pusillanimity~, _n._ Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, effeminacy, faint-heartedness.

~Pusillanimous~, _a._ Cowardly, timorous, recreant, effeminate, spiritless, weak, mean-spirited, faint-hearted, DOUGH-FACED.

~Pustule~, _n._ Ulcer, fester, imposthume, gathering, pimple, blotch, blain, sore.

~Put~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Place, set, lay, deposit, commit.

~2.~ Impose, enjoin, levy, inflict.

~3.~ Propose, offer, state, present, bring forward.

~4.~ Oblige, compel, force, constrain.

~5.~ Incite, urge, entice, induce.

~Put a Flea in one's ear~, Annoy by a cutting remark, sting by a sharp reply.

~Put about~, (_Naut._) Tack.

~Putative~, _a._ Reputed, supposed, commonly esteemed.

~Put away~, ~1.~ Lay away, set aside.

~2.~ Renounce, discard, reject, put off.

~3.~ Divorce.

~Put by~, ~1.~ Lay by, lay aside.

~2.~ Thrust aside, turn off.

~Put down~, ~1.~ Deposit, lay down.

~2.~ Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy.

~3.~ Degrade, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble.

~Put forth~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Exert, bring into play, bring into action.

~2.~ Extend, thrust out.

~3.~ Emit, send out, throw out.

~4.~ Publish, issue.

~Put forth~, [_Neuter._] ~1.~ Leave port, put to sea.

~2.~ Bud, shoot, germinate, pullulate, push, vegetate, grow.

~Put in~, [_Active._] Introduce, insert, interpose, bring in.

~Put in~, [_Neuter._] Make a harbor, enter a port.

~Put in for~, Make a claim, offer one's self for, be a candidate for.

~Put in one's oar~, [_Colloquial._] Interfere, meddle, intermeddle, THRUST ONE'S NOSE IN.

~Put off~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Discard, renounce, reject, cast aside, lay aside.

~2.~ Defeat, frustrate, disappoint, turn aside, baffle.

~3.~ Defer, delay, procrastinate, postpone.

~4.~ Get rid of, dispose of.

~Put off~, [_Neuter._] Leave shore, put to sea, put forth.

~Put on~, ~1.~ Invest with.

~2.~ Assume, take on.

~3.~ Impose, inflict.

~4.~ Impute to, charge upon.

~5.~ (_Law._) Rest upon, submit to.

~Put one's shoulder to the wheel~, Render assistance, lend a hand.

~Put out~, ~1.~ Eject, expel, banish.

~2.~ Extend, protrude, hold out, stretch forth.

~3.~ Emit, send out, throw out, shoot out.

~4.~ Extinguish.

~5.~ Publish, issue.

~6.~ Dislocate, luxate.

~7.~ Confuse, disconcert, interrupt.

~8.~ Offend, displease, anger, provoke.

~Put out of countenance~, Shame, mortify, abash, PUT TO SHAME.

~Put over~, ~1.~ Place in command of, give authority over.

~2.~ Defer, postpone, put off.

~Putter~, _v. n._ [_U. S._] Trifle, potter, busy one's self about trifles.

~Put to~, ~1.~ Unite, add to.

~2.~ Expose, refer to, give over to.

~Put to death~, Kill.

~Put to flight~, Cause to flee, scatter in flight.

~Put to it~, Distressed, perplexed, puzzled, embarrassed, staggered, posed, nonplussed, at one's wits' end, put to one's shifts.

~Put to rights~, Adjust, regulate, set in order, set to rights.

~Put to sea~, Set sail, put forth, put off.

~Put to shame~, Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush, put out of countenance, put down.

~Put to the blush~, PUT TO SHAME.

~Put up~, ~1.~ Store, pack away.

~2.~ Expose, offer publicly.

~3.~ Put away, lay away, set aside.

~Put up~, Lodge, stay, STOP, take lodgings.

~Put up with~, Endure (_without complaint_), bear, tolerate, suffer, POCKET, submit to, make the best of.

~Putrefy~, _v. a._ Corrupt, rot, render putrid.

~Putrefy~, _v. n._ Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid.

~Putrescence~, _n._ Rottenness.

~Putrid~, _a._ Rotten, decayed, corrupt, putrefied, carious.

~Puzzle~, _v. a._ Perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger, pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify.

~Puzzle~, _n._ ~1.~ Riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point.

~2.~ Perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus.

~Pygmean~, _a._ Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, stunted, Liliputian, pygmy.

~Pygmy~, _n._ Dwarf, hop o' my thumb.

~Pygmy~, _a._ Dwarfish, PYGMEAN.

~Pyre~, _n._ Funeral pile.

~Pyriform~, _a._ Pear-shaped.

~Pyroligneous spirit~, _n._ Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.

~Pyrosis~, _n._ (_Med._) Water-brash, water-qualm.

~Pyrotechnic~, _a._ Of fire-works.

~Pyrotechnical~, _a._ Of fire-works.

~Pyrotechnics~, _n._ Pyrotechny.

~Pyrotechnist~, _n._ Manufacturer of fire-works.

~Pyrotechny~, _n._ Pyrotechnics.

~Pyroxylic acid~, _n._ PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.

~Pyroxylic spirit~, _n._ Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, methylic alcohol, pyroxylic acid, pyroligneous spirit.

~Pyroxyline~, _n._ Gun-cotton.

~Pyrrhonism~, _n._ Scepticism, unbelief, incredulity, universal doubt.

~Pyrrhonist~, _n._ Sceptic, doubter.

~Pyx~, _n._ Box (_especially that in which the host is kept_), tabernacle.

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~Quack~, _n._ Charlatan, empiric, mountebank, impostor, pretender, HUMBUG.

~Quackery~, _n._ Charlatanism, charlatanry, empiricism, humbug, mummery, imposition, pretension.

~Quadrangular~, _a._ Four-cornered.

~Quadrate~, _n._ Square.

~Quadrate with~, Fit, suit, agree with, correspond with, tally with, coincide with, comport with, square with, fall in with, chime in with.

~Quadrilateral~, _a._ Four-sided.

~Quadruped~, _n._ Four-footed animal.

~Quadruple~, _a._ Fourfold.

~Quære~, _v. n._ [L. _imperative_.] Inquire, seek, question, see.

~Quaff~, _v. a._ Drink (_copiously_).

~Quaggy~, _a._ Boggy, marshy, swampy.

~Quagmire~, _n._ Bog, fen, slough, morass, marsh, swamp.

~Quail~, _v. n._ Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirits, be cast down.

~Quaint~, _a._ Odd, strange, singular, whimsical, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique, curious, droll, fantastic, fanciful, far- fetched, out of the way.

~Quake~, _v. n._ Shake, tremble, shudder, quiver.

~Quaker~, _n._ Friend.

~Qualification~, _n._ ~1.~ Fitness, suitableness, capability, endowment, accomplishment.

~2.~ Modification, limitation, restriction.

~3.~ Abatement, diminution, mitigation, allowance, grains of allowance.

~Qualify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fit, adapt, capacitate, propose, empower, enable, make fit, make suitable, make capable.

~2.~ Modify, limit, restrict, restrain.

~3.~ Soften, abate, diminish, mitigate, ease, assuage, moderate, temper.

~Quality~, _n._ ~1.~ Property, attribute, nature, characteristic, peculiarity.

~2.~ Disposition, humor, temper, mood, character.

~3.~ Rank, condition, station, standing, status.

~4.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Nobility, gentry, NOBLESSE, aristocracy, persons of rank.

~5.~ Brand, chop.

~Qualm~, _n._ ~1.~ Throe, pang, agony, sudden attack.

~2.~ Sickness (_of the stomach_), nausea.

~3.~ Twinge (_of conscience_), scruple.

~Qualmish~, _a._ Sick (_at the stomach_), inclined to vomit, queasy.

~Quandary~, _n._ Difficulty, perplexity, doubt, puzzle, uncertainty, embarrassment, nonplus, strait, dilemma.

~Quantity~, _n._ ~1.~ Amount, aggregate, sum.

~2.~ Part, portion, share.

~3.~ Length, duration.

~Quantum sufficit~, [L.] Enough, as much as suffices.

~Quarrel~, _n._ Brawl, feud, affray, fray, contention, altercation, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling out.

~Quarrel~, _v. n._ Wrangle, squabble, bicker, BRAWL, dispute, spar, jangle, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation, be at variance, have a bone to pick, pick a quarrel.

~Quarrelling~, _n._ QUARREL.

~Quarrelsome~, _a._ Irascible, choleric, irritable, petulant, cross, contentious, disputatious, litigious.

~Quarry~, _n._ ~1.~ Stone-pit, stone-bed.

~2.~ Prey (_especially that of the hunting falcon_), game, object of the chase.

~Quart~, _n._ Two pints, fourth part of a gallon.

~Quarter~, _n._ ~1.~ Fourth part.

~2.~ District, region, territory, locality, place.

~3.~ Mercy (_granted by a conqueror_).

~Quarter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide in four equal parts.

~2.~ Divide, separate into parts or compartments.

~3.~ Lodge, BILLET, furnish with quarters (_as soldiers_).

~Quarter~, _v. n._ Lodge, abide, have lodgings.

~Quarters~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Stations, posts, cantonments.

~2.~ Lodging, dwelling, abode, habitation, headquarters.

~Quartz~, _n._ Silex, silica, ROCK-CRYSTAL.

~Quash~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, subdue, quell, repress, suppress, extinguish, put down.

~2.~ (_Law._) Annul, nullify, overthrow, cancel, make void.

~Quasi~, [L.] Apparently, as if, as though, as it were, in a certain sense, to a certain extent, in a manner.

~Quaver~, _v. n._ Tremble, shake, quiver.

~Quaver~, _n._ (_Mus._) ~1.~ Shake.

~2.~ Eighth-note, eighth of a semibreve, quarter of a minim, half of a crotchet.

~Quay~, _n._ Wharf.

~Quean~, _n._ Jade, hussy, base woman, sorry wench.

~Queasy~, _a._ ~1.~ Qualmish, sick (_at the stomach_), inclined to vomit.

~2.~ Fastidious, squeamish, difficult, over-nice, over-delicate, hard to please.

~Queer~, _a._ Odd, strange, singular, droll, whimsical, quaint, curious, fantastic, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique.

~Quell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Subdue, suppress, crush, reduce, overcome.

~2.~ Repress, restrain, check, smother, curb, bridle, lay, rein in.

~3.~ Quiet, calm, still, compose, lull, hush, tranquillize, pacify.

~4.~ Moderate, assuage, mitigate, allay, appease, alleviate, mollify, soften, dull, soothe, blunt, deaden.

~Quench~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Extinguish, put out.

~2.~ Destroy, still, stifle, repress, check, suppress, put an end to.

~3.~ Allay, slake, cool.

~Querimonious~, _a._ QUERULOUS.

~Querist~, _n._ Inquirer, interrogator, investigator.

~Querulous~, _a._ Complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant, peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding.

~Query~, _n._ Question, inquiry, interrogatory.

~Query~, _v. n._ Make inquiry, ask questions.

~Query~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Question, inquire into.

~2.~ Doubt, controvert, dispute, hesitate to believe, consider questionable.

~Quest~, _n._ Search.

~Question~, _n._ ~1.~ Interrogation, examination.

~2.~ Interrogatory, query, inquiry.

~3.~ Discussion, disquisition, investigation, trial.

~4.~ Dispute, controversy, doubt.

~5.~ Proposition, motion, topic, point.

~Question~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Interrogate, ask, catechise, examine, inquire of, put questions to.

~2.~ Doubt, query, controvert, dispute, call in question, hesitate to believe, consider questionable.

~Questionable~, _a._ Doubtful, uncertain, equivocal, problematical, disputable, controvertible, debatable.

~Quibble~, _n._ ~1.~ Evasion (_by verbal subtlety_), cavil, subterfuge, prevarication, equivocation, sophism, quiddity, trifling nicety.

~2.~ Pun, clinch, CALEMBOUR, play upon words.

~Quibble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Cavil, shuffle, prevaricate, equivocate, practise evasion, evade the truth.

~2.~ Pun, play upon words.

~Quick~, _a._ ~1.~ Active, nimble, agile, alert, brisk, prompt, ready.

~2.~ Rapid, swift, speedy, fleet, hasty, expeditious, hurried, flying.

~3.~ Dexterous, adroit, skilful, expert, apt.

~4.~ Acute, clever, sharp, shrewd, keen, intelligent, sagacious, discerning.

~5.~ Hasty, choleric, passionate, testy, irritable, touchy, waspish, petulant, irascible, peppery, snappish.

~Quick~, _ad._ QUICKLY.

~Quicken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vivify, revive, resuscitate, reinvigorate, refresh, make alive, give life to.

~2.~ Hasten, accelerate, speed, hurry, expedite, despatch.

~3.~ Stimulate, sharpen, excite, incite.

~Quickens~, _n._ QUICK-GRASS.

~Quicken-tree~, _n._ Rowan-tree, mountain ash (_European_), fowler's service-tree (_Pyrus aucuparia_ or _Sorbus aucuparia_).

~Quick-grass~, _n._ Knot-grass, dog-wheat, dog's-grass, couch-grass, wheat-grass, twitch-grass, quitch-grass, quickens (_Triticum repens_).

~Quick-lime~, _n._ Caustic lime.

~Quickly~, _ad._ Speedily, swiftly, rapidly, soon, quick, immediately, with haste, with celerity, without delay, post-haste.

~Quickness~, _n._ ~1.~ Celerity, expedition, velocity, speed, speediness, fleetness, rapidity, swiftness, despatch.

~2.~ Activity, briskness, nimbleness, readiness, promptness, promptitude, alertness, agility, smartness.

~3.~ Dexterity, adroitness, expertness, dexterousness, aptness, aptitude, facility, knack.

~4.~ Sharpness, penetration, keenness, acuteness, sagacity, shrewdness.

~Quick-sighted~, _a._ Sharp-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-eyed, eagle- eyed, hawk-eyed.

~Quicksilver~, _n._ Mercury, hydrargyrum.

~Quick-witted~, _a._ Witty, smart, nimble-witted.

~Quid~, _n._ [_Low._] Cud.

~Quiddity~, _n._ ~1.~ Essence, nature.

~2.~ Quibble, cavil, evasion, sophism, subterfuge, prevarication, equivocation, trifling nicety.

~Quiddle~, _v._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Dawdle, waste time in trifles, be busy about trifles.

~Quiddle~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Trifler, dawdler.

~Quiddler~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Trifler, dawdler.

~Quid pro quo~, [L.] Equivalent.

~Quidnunc~, _n._ Newsmonger.

~Quiescence~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, repose, quiet, quietude, stillness, calmness, calm, tranquillity, peace.

~2.~ Suspense, intermission, remission, dormancy, abeyance.

~Quiescent~, _a._ ~1.~ Quiet, resting, still, dormant, motionless, at rest, at a stand, stock-still, standing still.

~2.~ Silent, not sounded.

~Quiet~, _n._ Rest, repose, stillness, peace, tranquillity, calm, calmness, quietude, quiescence, quietness.

~Quiet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stop, suspend, arrest, interrupt, intermit, discontinue, put a stop to.

~2.~ Tranquillize, calm, compose, lull, pacify, appease, soothe, sober.

~3.~ Still, silence, hush.

~4.~ Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, mollify, alleviate, soften, dull, blunt.

~Quietness~, _n._ QUIET.

~Quietude~, _n._ QUIET.

~Quietus~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, repose, death.

~2.~ Acquittance, final discharge.

~Quill-driver~, _n._ ~1.~ Writer, scribbler.

~2.~ Clerk, scribe, secretary, amanuensis.

~Quinia~, _n._ Quinine.

~Quinine~, _n._ ~1.~ Quinia.

~2.~ Sulphate of quinia, sulphate of quinine.

~Quinquina~, _n._ Cinchona, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, Cinchona bark.

~Quintessence~, _n._ Essence, essential part.

~Quip~, _n._ Taunt, jibe, jeer, sally, quirk, crank, repartee, retort, sharp saying, caustic or cutting remark.

~Quirk~, _n._ ~1.~ Evasion, shift, make-shift, loophole, quibble, pretence, pretext, excuse.

~2.~ Taunt, jibe, jeer, sally, QUIP.

~Quit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver, clear, release, free, acquit, absolve, set free, deliver from, discharge from.

~2.~ Pay, discharge, settle, liquidate.

~3.~ Leave (_with the purpose of never returning_), vacate, withdraw from, go away from, retire from, depart from, get away from.

~4.~ Abandon, desert, forsake, resign, renounce, relinquish, forswear, cast off, give over, give up.

~Quit~, _a._ Clear, free, absolved, released, acquitted, discharged.

~Quitch-grass~, _n._ QUICK-GRASS.

~Quite~, _ad._ ~1.~ Completely, wholly, entirely, totally, perfectly.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Very, considerably, in a great degree, to a great extent.

~Quit scores~, Settle mutual accounts, quit from mutual obligations, clear mutually from all demands.

~Quittance~, _n._ Discharge, acquittance.

~Quiver~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Quake, shake, quaver, bicker, be tremulous.

~2.~ Tremble, shudder, shiver.

~Quivering~, _n._ Trembling, tremulous motion.

~Quixotic~, _a._ Visionary, imaginary, wild, fanciful, freakish, Utopian, chimerical, fantastical, absurdly romantic.

~Quiz~, _n._ ~1.~ Puzzle (_by way of sport_), enigma, riddle, knotty question.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Jester, buffoon, odd fellow.

~Quiz~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Puzzle (_for sport_), ridicule, run upon, make fun of, make sport of.

~2.~ Stare at (_in mockery_), peer at.

~Quo ad hoc~, [L.] As to this, as far as this is concerned.

~Quoit~, _n._ Discus, disk.

~Quondam~, _a._ [L.] [_Colloquial._] Former, late, CI-DEVANT, old- time, in former times.

~Quota~, _n._ Portion, share, contingent, proportion, proportional part.

~Quotation~, _n._ Citation, extract.

~Quote~, _v. a._ Cite, adduce, extract.

~Quoth~, _v. n._ Said.

~Quotidian~, _a._ Daily, diurnal.

~Quotidian~, _a._ (_Med._) Quotidian fever.

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~Rabbit~, _n._ Cony (_Lepus cuniculus_).

~Rabble~, _n._ ~1.~ Mob, rout, rabble-rout, tumultuous crowd.

~2.~ Populace, commonalty, CANAILLE, herd, dregs of the people, the common people, scum of society, lowest class of people, lower classes, the masses, riff-raff, swinish multitude, ignoble vulgar, vulgar herd, RAG-TAG-AND-BOB-TAIL.

~Rabid~, _a._ Furious, raging, mad.

~Race~, _n._ ~1.~ Generation, lineage, stock, breed, family connection.

~2.~ Tribe, family, clan.

~3.~ Trial of speed, contest in running.

~4.~ Course, career, progress.

~5.~ Chase, pursuit.

~6.~ Mill-race.

~Race~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Run swiftly.

~2.~ Contend in running.

~Race-course~, _n._ Ring, racing ground.

~Race-horse~, _n._ ~1.~ Racer.

~2.~ (_Ornith._) Steamer-duck (_Micropterus brachypterus_).

~Racer~, _n._ ~1.~ Runner.

~2.~ Race-horse, courser.

~Rachitic~, _a._ Rickety.

~Rachitis~, _n._ (_Med._) Rickets, inflammation of the spine.