Chapter 1250

Quercitannic <Xpage=1176>

Quer`ci*tan"nic (?) , a. [L. quercus an oak + E. tannic .] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak bark and extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance.

Quercite <Xpage=1176>

Quer"cite (?) , n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5 , found in acorns, the fruit of the oak ( Quercus ). It has a sweet taste, and is regarded as a pentacid alcohol.

Quercitin <Xpage=1176>

Quer"ci*tin (?) , n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin .

Quercitrin <Xpage=1176>

Quer"cit*rin (?) , n. [Cf. F. quercitrin . See Quercitron .] (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak ( Quercus ) as a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a pigment and called quercitron .

Quercitron <Xpage=1176>

Quer"cit*ron (?) , n. [F. quercitron , the name of the name of tree; L. quercus an oak + citrus the citron tree .] 1. The yellow inner bark of the Quercus tinctoria , the American black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron oak, a large forest tree growing from Maine to eastern Texas.

2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin .

Quercus <Xpage=1176>

Quer"cus (?) , n. [L., an oak.] (Bot.) A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak .

Querele <Xpage=1176>

Quer"ele (?) , n. [See 2d Quarrel .] (O. Eng. Law) A complaint to a court. See Audita Querela . [Obs.]

Ayliffe.

Querent <Xpage=1176>

Que"rent (?) , n. [L. querens , p. pr. of queri to complain.] (O. Eng. Law) A complainant; a plaintiff.

Querent <Xpage=1176>

Que"rent , n. [L. quaerens , p. pr. of quaerere to search for, to inquire.] An inquirer. [Obs.]

Aubrey.

Quermonious <Xpage=1176>

Quer`*mo"ni*ous (?) , a. [L. querimonia a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See Querulous .] Complaining; querulous; apt to complain. -- Quer`i*mo"ni*ous*ly , adv. -- Quer`i*mo"ni*ous*ness , n.

Querimony <Xpage=1176>

Quer"i*mo*ny (?) , n. [L. querimonia .] A complaint or complaining. [Obs.]

E. Hall.

Querist <Xpage=1176>

Que"rist (?) , n. [See Query .] One who inquires, or asks questions.

Swift.

Querken <Xpage=1176>

Querk"en (?) , v. t. [Icel. kverk throat. <?/.] To stifle or choke. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Querl <Xpage=1176>

Querl (?) , v. t. [G. querlen , quirlen , to twirl, to turn round, fr. querl , querl , a twirling stick. Cf. Twirl .] To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope . [Local, U.S.]

Querl <Xpage=1176>

Querl , n. A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse . [Local, U. S.]

Quern <Xpage=1176>

Quern (?) , n. [AS. cweorn , cwyrn ; akin to D. kweern , OHG. quirn , Icel. kvern , Sw. qvarn , Dan. qu\'91rn , Goth. qairnus (in asiluqa\'a1rnus ), Lith. q\'8drnos , and perh. E. corn .] A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.

Shak.

They made him at the querne grind. Chaucer.

Querpo <Xpage=1176>

Quer"po (?) , n. The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo .

Dryden.

Querquedule <Xpage=1176>

Quer"que*dule (?) , n. [L. querquedula .] (Zool.) (a) A teal. (b) The pintail duck.

Querry <Xpage=1176>

Quer"ry (?) , n. A groom; an equerry. [Obs.]

Querulential <Xpage=1176>

Quer`u*len"tial (?) , a. Querulous. [R.]

Querulous <Xpage=1176>

Quer"u*lous (?) , a. [L. querulus and querulosus , fr. queri to complain. Cf. Cry , v. , Quarrel a brawl, Quarrelous .] 1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.]

land.

2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people .

Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous , jealous, exacting fondness. Macaulay.

3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice .

Syn. -- Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning; murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied.

-- Quer"u*lous*ly , adv. -- Quer"u*lous*ness , n.

Query <Xpage=1176>

Que"ry (?) , n. ; pl. Queries (#) . [L. quaere , imperative sing. of quaerere , quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire , Conquer , Exquisite , Quest , Require .] 1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

I shall conclude with proposing only some queries , in order to a . . . search to be made by others. Sir I. Newton.

2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity .

3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.

Query <Xpage=1176>

Que"ry , v. i. 1. To ask questions; to make inquiry.

Each prompt to query , answer, and debate. Pope.

2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right .

Query <Xpage=1176>

Que"ry , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Queried (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Querying .] 1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.

2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.

3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.

4. To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Qu\'91re .

Quesal <Xpage=1176>

Que*sal" (?) , n (Zo\'94l.) The long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon ( Pharomachus mocinno , formerly Trogon resplendens ), native of Southern Mexico and Central America. Called also quetzal , and golden trogon .

&hand; The male is remarkable for the brilliant metallic green and gold colors of his plumage, and for his extremely long plumes, which often exceed three feet in length. <-- The feathers were valued as part of the dress of Inca kings -->

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Quest <Xpage=1177>

Quest (?) , n. [OF. queste , F. qu\'88te , fr. L. quaerere , quaesitum , to seek for, to ask. Cf. Query , Question .] 1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc .

Upon an hard adventure yet in quest . Spenser.

Cease your quest of love. Shak.

There ended was his quest , there ceased his care. Milton.

2. Request; desire; solicitation.

Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion. Herbert.

3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.

The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out. Shak.

4. Inquest; jury of inquest.

What lawful quest have given their verdict ? Shak.

Quest <Xpage=1177>

Quest , v. t. [Cf. OF. quester , F. qu\'88ter . See Quest , n. ] To search for; to examine. [R.]

Sir T. Herbert.

Quest <Xpage=1177>

Quest , v. i. To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg. [R.]

If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay.

Questant <Xpage=1177>

Quest"ant (?) , n. [OF. questant , F. gu\'88tant , p. pr.] One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. [Obs.]

Shak.

Quester <Xpage=1177>

Quest"er (?) , n. One who seeks; a seeker. [Obs.]

Question <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion (?) , n. [F., fr. L. quaestio , fr. quaerere , quaesitum , to seek for, ask, inquire. See Quest , n. ] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer .

2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question ; he obeyed without question .

There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. John iii. 25.

It is to be to question , whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith. Bacon.

3. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture.

Blackstone.

He that was in question for the robbery. Shak . The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question . Macaulay.

4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.

But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ? Milton.

5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question .

6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.]

Shak.

In question , in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question . -- Leading question . See under Leading . -- Out of question , unquestionably. " Out of question , 't is Maria's hand." Shak. -- Out of the question . See under Out . -- Past question , beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly; unquestionably. -- Previous question , a question put to a parliamentary assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at once, without further debate, on the subject under consideration. The form of the question is: "Shall the main question be now put?" If the vote is in the affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted upon as it then stands, without further general debate or the submission of new amendments. In the House of Representatives of the United States, and generally in America, a negative decision operates to keep the business before the body as if the motion had not been made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to postpone consideration for the day, and until the subject may be again introduced. In American practice, the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is made by a friend of the measure. In English practice, the object is to get rid of the subject for the time being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting against it. Cushing . -- To beg the question . See under Beg . -- To the question , to the point in dispute; to the real matter under debate.

Syn. -- Point; topic; subject.

Question <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Questioned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Questioning .] [Cf. F. questionner . See Question , n. ] 1. To ask questions; to inquire.

He that questioneth much shall lean much. Bacon.

2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]

I pray you, think you question with the Jew. Shak.

Question <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion , v. t. 1. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness .

2. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.

And most we question what we most desire. Prior.

3. To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to. "But have power and right to question thy bold entrance on this place."

Milton.

4. To talk to; to converse with.

With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me. Shak.

Syn. -- To ask; interrogate; catechise; doubt; controvert; dispute. -- Question, Inquire, Interrogate. To inquire is merely to ask for information, and implies no authority in the one who asks. To interrogate is to put repeated questions in a formal or systematic fashion to elicit some particular fact or facts. To question has a wider sense than to interrogate , and often implies an attitude of distrust or opposition on the part of the questioner.

Questionability <Xpage=1177>

Ques`tion*a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The state or condition of being questionable.

Stallo.

Questionable <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*a*ble (?) , a. 1. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry. [R.]

Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. Shak.

2. Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious.

It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body. T . Baker.

Syn. -- Disputable; debatable; uncertain; doubtful; problematical; suspicious.

Questionableness <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*a*ble*ness , n. The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.

Questionably <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*a*bly , adv. In a questionable manner.

Questionary <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*a*ry (?) , a. Inquiring; asking questions; testing. " Questionary epistles."

Pope.

Questionary <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*a*ry , n. One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.

Questioner <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*er (?) , n. One who asks questions; an inquirer. "Little time for idle questioners ."

Tennyson.

Questionist <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*ist , n. 1. A questioner; an inquirer. [Obs.]

2. (Eng. Univ.) A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination.

Questionless <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*less , a. Unquestioning; incurious. [R.]

Questionless <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tion*less , adv. Beyond a question or doubt; doubtless; certainly. [R.]

South.

What it was in the apostles' time, that, questionless , it must be still. Milton.

Questman <Xpage=1177>

Quest"man (?) , n. ; pl. Questmen (<?/) . One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically: (a) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman. Blount . [Obs.] (b) A collector of parish rents. Blount . [Obs.]

Questmonger <Xpage=1177>

Quest"mon`ger (?) , n. One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Questor <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tor (?) , n. [L. quaestor , contr. fr. quaesitor , fr. quaerere , quaesitum , to seek for, ask: cf. F. questeur .] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written also qu\'91stor .]

&hand; At an early period there were also public accusers styled questors , but the office was soon abolished.

Questorship <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tor*ship , n. The office, or the term of office, of a questor.

Questrist <Xpage=1177>

Quest"rist (?) , n. [See Quest .] A seeker; a pursuer. [Obs.] "Hot questrists after him."

Shak.

Questuary <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tu*a*ry (?) , a. [L. quaestuarius , from quaestus gain, profit, quaerere , quaesitum , to seek for, earn.] Studious of profit. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Questuary <Xpage=1177>

Ques"tu*a*ry , n. One employed to collect profits. [R.] "The pope's questuaries ."

Jer. Taylor.

Quet <Xpage=1177>

Quet (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

Queue <Xpage=1177>

Queue (?) , n. [F. See Cue .] (a) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail. (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere.

Queue <Xpage=1177>

Queue , v. t. To fasten, as hair, in a queue.

Quey <Xpage=1177>

Quey (?) , n. [Cf. Dan. qvie .] A heifer. [Scot.]

Quib <Xpage=1177>

Quib (?) , n. [Cf. Quip .] A quip; a gibe.

Quibble <Xpage=1177>

Quib"ble (?) , n. [Probably fr. quib , quip , but influenced by quillet , or quiddity .] 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts.

2. A pun; a low conceit.

Quibble <Xpage=1177>

Quib"ble , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Quibbled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling (?) .] 1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

2. To pun; to practice punning.

Cudworth.

Syn. -- To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.

Quibbler <Xpage=1177>

Quib"bler (?) , n. One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster.

Quibblingly <Xpage=1177>

Quib"bling*ly (?) , adv. Triflingly; evasively.

Quica <Xpage=1177>

Qui"ca (?) , n. [From the native Brazilian name.] (Zo\'94l.) A small South American opossum ( Didelphys quica ), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.

Quice <Xpage=1177>

Quice (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Queest .

Quich <Xpage=1177>

Quich (?) , v. i. [Cf. Quinch .] To stir. [Obs.]

He could not move nor quich at all. Spenser.

Quick <Xpage=1177>

Quick (?) , a. [ Compar. Quicker (?) ; superl. Quickest .] [As. cwic , cwicu , cwucu , cucu , living; akin to OS. quik , D. kwik , OHG. quec , chec , G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living, Goth. qius , Lith. q&ymac;vas , Russ. zhivoi , L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j\'c6va living, j\'c6v to live. Cf. Biography , Vivid , Quitch grass , Whitlow .] 1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate .