Chapter 1251

Not fully quyke , ne fully dead they were. Chaucer.

The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. 2 Tim. iv. 1.

Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. Herbert.

&hand; In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases.

2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit."

Shak.

3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick

Oft he her his charge of quick return Repeated. Milton.

4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper .

The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended. Latimer.

5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. Shak.

6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear . "To have an open ear, a quick eye."

Shak.

They say that women are so quick . Tennyson.

7. Pregnant; with child.

Shak.

Quick grass . (Bot.) See Quitch grass . -- Quick match . See under Match . -- Quick vein (Mining) , a vein of ore which is productive, not barren. -- Quick vinegar , vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material. -- Quick water , quicksilver water. -- Quick with child , pregnant with a living child.

Syn. -- Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly.

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Quick (?) , adv. In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick ; get back quick .

If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed. Locke.

Quick <Xpage=1177>

Quick , n. 1. That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.

The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick . Evelyn.

2. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick ; to thrust a sword to the quick , to taunt one to the quick ; -- used figuratively.

This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick . Latimer.

How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference ! Fuller.

3. (Bot.) Quitch grass.

Tennyson .

Quick <Xpage=1177>

Quick , v. t. & i. [See Quicken .] To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Quickbeam <Xpage=1177>

Quick"beam` (?) , n. [A. S. cwicbe\'a0m .] See Quicken tree .

Quicken <Xpage=1177>

Quick"en (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. quickened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quickening .] [AS. cwician . See Quick , a. ] 1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. Shak.

Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. South.

2. To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.

3. (Shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced .

Syn. -- To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed.

Quicken <Xpage=1177>

Quick"en , v. i. 1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.

The heart is the first part that quickens , and the last that dies. Ray.

And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. Pope.

When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun. Tennyson.

2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened .

Quickener <Xpage=1177>

Quick"en*er , n. One who, or that which, quickens.

Quickening <Xpage=1177>

Quick"en*ing , n. 1. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.

2. (Physiol.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.

Quickens <Xpage=1177>

Quick"ens (?) , n. (Bot.) Quitch grass.

Quicken tree <Xpage=1177>

Quick"en tree` (?) . [Probably from quick , and first applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. quickenbaum , quizenbaum , quitschenbaum . Cf. Quitch grass .] (Bot.) The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam , and quickenbeam . See Rowan tree .

Quickhatch <Xpage=1177>

Quick"hatch` (?) , n. [From the American Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) The wolverine.

Quicklime <Xpage=1177>

Quick"lime (?) , n. [See Quick , a. ] (Chem.) Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime , 2 .

Quickly <Xpage=1177>

Quick"ly , adv. Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.

Quickness <Xpage=1177>

Quick"ness , n. 1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.]

Touch it with thy celestial quickness . Herbert.

2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit .

This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness . Shak.

His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. Macaulay.

3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.

Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still ? Locke

4. Sharpness; pungency of taste.

Mortimer.

Syn. -- Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.

Quicksand <Xpage=1177>

Quick"sand` (?) , n. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it.

Life hath quicksands , -- Life hath snares! Longfellow.

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Quick-scented <Xpage=1178>

Quick"-scent`ed (?) , a. Acute of smell.

Quickset <Xpage=1178>

Quick"set` (?) , n. A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.

Quickset <Xpage=1178>

Quick"set` , a. Made of quickset.

Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges. Walpole.

Quickset <Xpage=1178>

Quick"set` , v. t. To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch .

Mortimer.

Quick-sighted <Xpage=1178>

Quick"-sight`ed (?) , a. Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.

Locke.

-- Quick"-sight`ed*ness , n.

Quicksilver <Xpage=1178>

Quick"sil`ver (?) , n. [ Quick living + silver ; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber , L. argentum vivum . See Quick , a. ] (Chem.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

Quicksilver horizon , a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon . -- Quicksilver water , a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.

Quicksilvered <Xpage=1178>

Quick"sil`vered (?) , a. Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.

Quicksilvering <Xpage=1178>

Quick"sil`ver*ing (?) , n. The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

Quickstep <Xpage=1178>

Quick"step` (?) , n. (Mus.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.

Quick-witted <Xpage=1178>

Quick"-wit`ted (?) , a. Having ready wit

Shak.

Quick-wittedness <Xpage=1178>

Quick"-wit`ted*ness , n. Readiness of wit. "Celtic quick-wittedness ."

M. Arnold.

Quickwork <Xpage=1178>

Quick"work` (?) , 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.

Quid <Xpage=1178>

Quid (?) , n. [See Cud .] A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco .

Quid <Xpage=1178>

Quid , v. t. (Man.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses.

Youatt.

Quidam <Xpage=1178>

Qui"dam (?) , n. [L.] Somebody; one unknown.

Spenser.

Quiddany <Xpage=1178>

Quid"da*ny (?) , n. [L. cydoneum quince juice, quince wine. See Quince .] A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.

Quiddative <Xpage=1178>

Quid"da*tive (?) , a. [See Quiddity .] Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative.

Quiddit <Xpage=1178>

Quid"dit (?) , n. [Cf. Quiddity , Quillet , and Quibble .] A subtilty; an equivocation. [Obs.]

Shak.

By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause. Drayton.

Quidditative <Xpage=1178>

Quid"di*ta*tive (?) , a. Quiddative.

Quiddity <Xpage=1178>

Quid"di*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Quiddities (#) . [LL. quidditas , fr. L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who : cf. F. quiddit\'82 .] 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.

The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. De Quincey.

2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.

We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. Coleridge.

Quiddle <Xpage=1178>

Quid"dle (?) , 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.

Quiddle, Quiddler <Xpage=1178>

Quid"dle (?) , Quid"dler (?) , n. One who wastes his energy about trifles.

Emerson.

Quidnunc <Xpage=1178>

Quid"nunc (?) , 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.

Quiesce <Xpage=1178>

Qui*esce" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Quiesced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quiescing (?) .] [L. quiescere , akin to quies rest, quiet. See Quiet , a. & n. ] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.

M. Stuart.

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Qui*es"cence (?) , Qui*es"cen*cy (?) , n. [L. quiescentia , fr. quiescens , p. pr.; cf. F. quiestence . See Quiesce .] The state or quality of being quiescent. " Quiescence , bodily and mental."

H. Spencer.

Deeds will be done; -- while be boasts his quiescence . R. Browning.

Quiescent <Xpage=1178>

Qui*es"cent (?) , a. [L. quiescens , -entis , p. pr. of quiescere : cf. F. quiescent . See Quiesce .] 1. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid .

2. Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.

In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism . . . is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist. Prof. Wilson.

3. (Gram.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in " day " and " say ."

Quiescent <Xpage=1178>

Qui*es"cent , n. (Gram.) A silent letter.

M. Stuart.

Quiescently <Xpage=1178>

Qui*es"cent*ly , adv. In a quiescent manner.

Quiet <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et (?) , 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 While , and cf. Coy , a. , Quiesce , Quietus , Quit , a. , Quite , Requiem .] 1. In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.

They . . . were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. Judg. xvi. 2.

2. Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.

3. Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience. " So quiet and so sweet a style."

Shak.

That son, who on the quiet state of man Such trouble brought. Milton.

4. Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.

The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4.

I will sit as quiet as a lamb. Shak.

5. Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.

Syn. -- Still; tranquil; calm; unruffled; smooth; unmolested; undisturbed; placid; peaceful; mild; peaceable; meek; contented.

Quiet <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et (?) n. [L. quies , -etis . See Quiet , a. ]

1. The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet .

2. Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security.

And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet . Milton.

At quiet , still; peaceful. -- In quiet , quietly. " I will depart in quiet ." Shak. -- Out of quiet , disturbed; restless. [Obs.] "She is much out of quiet ."

Shak.

Quiet <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et , 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.

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.

Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. Shak.

Quiet <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et , v. i. To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down ; as, be soon quieted down .

Quietage <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et*age (?) , n. Quietness. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Quieter <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et*er (?) , n. One who, or that which, quiets.

Quietism <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. qui\'82tisme .] 1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.

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.

Quietist <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et*ist , n. [Cf. F. qui\'82tiste .] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism .

Quietistic <Xpage=1178>

Qui`et*is"tic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.

Quietly <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et*ly , adv. 1. In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly .

2. Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly ; to sleep quietly .

3. Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils .

4. Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room .

Quietness <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et*ness , n. The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.

I would have peace and quietness . Shak.

Quietsome <Xpage=1178>

Qui"et*some (?) , a. Calm; still. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Quietude <Xpage=1178>

Qui"e*tude , n. [L. quietudo : cf. F. qui\'82tude .] Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.

Shelley.

Quietus <Xpage=1178>

Qui*e"tus (?) , n. [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet , a. , and cf. Quit , a. ] Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; ( Fig. ) rest; death.

When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

Quill <Xpage=1178>

Quill (?) , n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see Kayless ); 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.

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.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. (b) The pen of a squid. See Pen .

4. (Mus.) (a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. (b) The tube of a musical instrument.