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2. (Zo\'94l.) 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 ).

3. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail ( Turnix varius ). See Turnix .

4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird. [Obs.]

Shak.

Bustard quail (Zo\'94l.) , a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as T. taigoor , a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail ( T. ocellatus ). See Turnix . -- Button quail (Zo\'94l.) , one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as T. Sykesii , which is said to be the smallest game bird of India. -- Mountain quail . See under Mountain . -- Quail call , a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range. -- Quail dove ( Zo\'94l .), any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera. -- Quail hawk (Zo\'94l.) , the New Zealand sparrow hawk ( Hieracidea Nov\'91-Hollandi\'91 ). -- Quail pipe . See Quail call , above. -- Quail snipe (Zo\'94l.) , the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin snipe , and brown snipe . -- Sea quail (Zo\'94l.) , the turnstone. [Local, U. S.]

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Quaily <Xpage=1173>

Quail"y (?) , n. [Cf. Quail the bird.] (Zo\'94l.) The upland plover. [Canadian]

Quaint <Xpage=1173>

Quaint (?) , a. [OE. queint , queynte , coint , prudent, wise, cunning, pretty, odd, OF. cointe cultivated, amiable, agreeable, neat, fr. L. cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere to know; con + noscere (for gnoscere ) to know. See Know , and cf. Acquaint , Cognition .] 1. Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. [Obs.]

Clerks be full subtle and full quaint . Chaucer.

2. Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. [Archaic] " The queynte ring." " His queynte spear." Chaucer . " A shepherd young quaint ."

Chapman.

Every look was coy and wondrous quaint . Spenser.

To show bow quaint an orator you are. Shak.

3. Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.

Some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry. Macaulay.

An old, long-faced, long-bodied servant in quaint livery. W. Irving.

Syn. -- Quaint , Odd , Antique . Antique is applied to that which has come down from the ancients, or which is made to imitate some ancient work of art. Odd implies disharmony, incongruity, or unevenness. An odd thing or person is an exception to general rules of calculation and procedure, or expectation and common experience. In the current use of quaint , the two ideas of odd and antique are combined, and the word is commonly applied to that which is pleasing by reason of both these qualities. Thus, we speak of the quaint architecture of many old buildings in London; or a quaint expression, uniting at once the antique and the fanciful.

Quaintise <Xpage=1173>

Quain"tise (?) , n. [OF. cointise .] 1. Craft; subtlety; cunning. [Obs.]

Chaucer. R. of Glouces.

2. Elegance; beauty. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Quaintly <Xpage=1173>

Quaint"ly (?) , adv. In a quaint manner.

Shak.

Quaintness <Xpage=1173>

Quaint"ness , n. The quality of being quaint.

Pope.

Quair <Xpage=1173>

Quair (?) , n. [See 3d Quire .] A quire; a book. [Obs.] " The king's quhair . "

James I. (of Scotland).

Quake <Xpage=1173>

Quake (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Quaked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking .] [AS. cwacian ; cf. G. quackeln . Cf. Quagmire .] 1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. Quaking for dread."

Chaucer.

She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. Sir P. Sidney.

2. 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 . " Over quaking bogs."

Macaulay.

Quake <Xpage=1173>

Quake , v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake , v. t. ] To cause to quake. [Obs.]

Shak.

Quake <Xpage=1173>

Quake , n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

Quaker <Xpage=1173>

Quak"er (?) , n. 1. One who quakes.

2. 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.

Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of repentance . . . The trembling among the listening crowd caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and lay struggling as if for life. Encyc. Brit.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The nankeen bird. (b) The sooty albatross. (c) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus ( Edipoda ; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.

Quaker buttons . (Bot.) See Nux vomica . -- Quaker gun , a dummy cannon made of wood or other material; -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold to the doctrine, of nonresistance. -- Quaker ladies (Bot.) , a low American biennial plant ( Houstonia c\'91rulea ), with pretty four-lobed corollas which are pale blue with a yellowish center; -- also called bluets , and little innocents .

Quakeress <Xpage=1173>

Quak"er*ess , n. A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.

Quakerish <Xpage=1173>

Quak"er*ish , a. Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.

Quakerism <Xpage=1173>

Quak"er*ism (?) , n. The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.

Quakerlike <Xpage=1173>

Quak"er*like (?) , a. Like a Quaker.

Quakerly <Xpage=1173>

Quak"er*ly , a. Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.

Macaulay.

Quakery <Xpage=1173>

Quak"er*y (?) , n. Quakerism. [Obs.]

Hallywell.

Quaketail <Xpage=1173>

Quake"tail` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A wagtail.

Quakness <Xpage=1173>

Quak"ness (?) , n. The state of being quaky; liability to quake.

Quaking <Xpage=1173>

Quak"ing , a. & n. from Quake , v.

Quaking aspen (Bot.) , an American species of poplar ( Populus tremuloides ), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen . <-- #err in original written "Quaking asp"! --> -- Quaking bog , a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. -- Quaking grass . (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genus Briza , having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quaking grass; B. media and B. minor are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnake grass ( Glyceria Canadensis ).

Quakingly <Xpage=1173>

Quak"ing*ly (?) , adv. In a quaking manner; fearfully.

Sir P. Sidney.

Quaky <Xpage=1173>

Quak"y (?) , a. Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.

Qualifiable <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fi`a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable.

Barrow.

Qualification <Xpage=1173>

Qual`i*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. qualification . See Qualify .] 1. The 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 which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.

There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive. Burke.

3. 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 .

Qualificative <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fi*ca*tive (?) , n. That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.

How many qualificatives , correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this relation. Fuller.

Qualificator <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fi*ca`tor (?) , n. [LL.] (R. C. Ch.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.

Qualified <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fied (?) , a. 1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.

2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement .

Qualified fee (Law) , a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale . -- Qualified indorsement (Law) , an indorsement which modifies the liability of the indorser that would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument. Story . -- Qualified negative (Legislation) , a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive. Qualified property (Law) , that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment.

Syn. -- Competent; fit; adapted. -- Qualified , Competent . Competent is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; qualified with respect to specific acquirements and training.

Qualifiedly <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fied`ly , adv. In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.

Qualifiedness <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fied`ness , n. The state of being qualified.

Qualifier <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fi`er (?) , One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

Qualify <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fy (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Qualified (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Qualifying (?) .] [F. qualifier , LL. qualificare , fr. L. qualis how constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Quality , and -Fy .] 1. 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.

He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. Macaulay.

2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.

It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. Sir T. Browne.

3. 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 .

4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.

I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage. Shak.

5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]

In short space he has them qualified . Spenser.

Syn. -- To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.

Qualify <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*fy , v. i. 1. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.

2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.

Qualitative <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*ta*tive (?) , a. [Cf. LL. gualitativus , F. qualitatif .] Relating to quality; having the character of quality. -- Qual"i*ta*tive*ly , adv.

Qualitative analysis (Chem.) , analysis which merely determines the constituents of a substance without any regard to the quantity of each ingredient; -- contrasted with quantitative analysis .

Qualitied <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*tied (?) , a. Furnished with qualities; endowed. [Obs.] "He was well qualitied ."

Chapman.

Quality <Xpage=1173>

Qual"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Qualities (#) . [F. qualit\'82 , L. qualitas , fr. qualis how constituted, as; akin to E. which . See Which .] 1. 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.

We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest quality . Bacon

2. Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.

I made that inquiry in quality of an antiquary. Gray.

3. 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.

&hand; Qualities , in metaphysics, are primary or secondary . Primary are those essential to the existence, and even the conception, of the thing, as of matter or spirit Secondary are those not essential to such a conception.

4. An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.

He had those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding. Clarendon.

5. Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. "Persons of quality ."

Bacon.

Quality binding , a kind of worsted tape used in Scotland for binding carpets, and the like. The quality , those of high rank or station, as distinguished from the masses , or common people; the nobility; the gentry.

I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they will look in their traveling habits. Addison.

Syn. -- Property; attribute; nature; peculiarity; character; sort; rank; disposition; temper.

Qualm <Xpage=1173>

Qualm (?) , n. [AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. qualm . See Quail to cower.] 1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.]

thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead]. Chaucer.

2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony."

Milton.

3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.

For who, without a qualm , hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked? Roscommon.

4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.

Dryden.

Qualmish <Xpage=1173>

Qualm"ish , a. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.

Shak.

-- Qualm"ish*ly , adv. -- Qualm"ish*ness , n.

Quamash <Xpage=1173>

Quam"ash (?) , n. (Bot.) See Camass .

Quamoclit <Xpage=1173>

Quam"o*clit (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a bean + <?/ to bend, to slope.] (Bot.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine ( Quamoclit vulgaris , now called Ipom\'d2a Quamoclit ). The genus is now merged in Ipom\'d2a.

Quandary <Xpage=1173>

Quan"da*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Quandaries (#) . [Prob. fr. OE. wandreth adversity, perplexity, Icel. wandr\'91&edh;i difficulty, trouble, fr. vandr difficult.] A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.

Quandary <Xpage=1173>

Quan"da*ry , v. t. To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty. [Obs.]

Otway.

Quandong <Xpage=1173>

Quan"dong (?) , n. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree ( Fusanus acuminatus ) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang .

Quandy <Xpage=1173>

Quan"dy (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) The old squaw. [Local, U. S.]

Quannet <Xpage=1173>

Quan"net (?) , n. A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.

Quant <Xpage=1173>

Quant (?) , n. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.

Quantic <Xpage=1173>

Quan"tic (?) , n. [L. quantus how much. See Quantity .] (Math.) 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 .

Quantification <Xpage=1173>

Quan`ti*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [See Quantity .] 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 negative propositions. De Quincey.

Quantity <Xpage=1173>

Quan"ti*ty (?) v. t. [L. quantus now much + -fy .] To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

Quantitative <Xpage=1173>

Quan"ti*ta*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. quantitatif .] Relating to quantity. -- Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly , adv.

Quantitative analysis (Chem.) , analysis which determines the amount or quantity of each ingredient of a substance, by weight or by volume; -- contrasted with qualitative analysis .

Quantitive <Xpage=1173>

Quan"ti*tive (?) , a. [See Quantity .] Estimable according to quantity; quantitative.

Sir K. Digby.

Quantitively <Xpage=1173>

Quan"ti*tive*ly , adv. So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.

Quantity <Xpage=1173>