Webster's Dictionary 1828

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Q

Q is the seventeenth letter of the English Alphabet; an articulation borrowed from the oriental koph or qoph, Hebrew. It is supposed to be an articulation more deeply guttural t...

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QUAB

QUAB, nounA fish of Russian rivers, which delights in clear water.

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QUACHILTO

QUACHIL'TO, noun A Brazilian fowl of the moor-hen kind, of a fine black color variegated with white. It voice resembles the crowing of a cock.

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QUACK

QUACK, verb intransitive1. To cry like a duck or goose.2. To boast; to bounce; to talk noisily and ostentatiously; as, pretenders to medical skill quack of their cures.QUACK, no...

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QUACKENED

QUACK'ENED, adjective Almost choked or suffocated.

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QUACKERY

QUACK'ERY, noun The boastful pretensions or mean practice of an ignoramus, particularly in medicine; empiricism.

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QUACKISH

QUACK'ISH, adjective Like a quack; boasting of skill not possessed; trickish.

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QUACKISM

QUACK'ISM, noun The practice of quackery.

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QUACKLED

QUACK'LED,QUACK'SALVER, nounOne who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan.

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QUACKSALVER

QUACK'SALVER, n.One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan.

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QUAD

QUAD, adjective Evil; bad. [Not used.]

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QUADRAGENE

QUAD'RAGENE, noun [Latin quadrageni.] A papal indulgence multiplying remissions by forties.

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QUADRAGESIMA

QUADRAGES'IMA, noun [Latin quadragesimus, fortieth, from quatuor, four.]Lent; so called because it consists of forty days.

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QUADRAGESIMAL

QUADRAGES'IMAL, adjective [supra.] Belonging to Lent; used in Lent.

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QUADRAGESIMALS

QUADRAGES'IMALS, nounplural [supra.] Offerings formerly made to the mother church on mid-lent Sunday.

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QUADRANGLE

QUAD'RANGLE, noun [Latin quadratus, square, from quatuor, four, and angulus, angle.]In geometry, a quadrilateral figure; a square; a figure consisting of four sides and four ang...

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QUADRANGULAR

QUADRAN'GULAR, adjective [supra.]1. Square; having four sides and four angles.2. In botany, having four prominent angles, as a stem or leaf.

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QUADRANT

QUAD'RANT, noun [Latin quadrans, a fourth.]1. The fourth part; the quarter.2. In geometry, the quarter of a circle; the arc of a circle containing ninety degrees; also, the spac...

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QUADRANTAL

QUADRANT'AL, adjective [supra.] Pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as quadrantal space.QUADRANT'AL, noun [supra.] A vessel used by the Roma...

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QUADRAT

QUAD'RAT, noun [Latin quadratus, squared.]1. In printing, a piece of metal used to fill the void spaces between words, etc. Quadrats are of different sizes; as m-quadrats, etc.2...

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QUADRATE

QUAD'RATE, adjective1. Square; having four equal and parallel sides.2. Divisible into four equal parts.3. Square; equal; exact.4. Suited; fitted; applicable; correspondent.QUAD'...

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QUADRATIC

QUADRAT'IC, adjective Square; denoting a square or pertaining to it.Quadratic equation, in algebra, an equation in which the unknown quantity is of two dimensions, or raised to ...

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QUADRATRIX

QUAD'RATRIX, noun1. A square or squared figure.2. In geometry, a mechanical line by means of which we can find right lines equal to the circumference of circles or other curves ...

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QUADRATURE

QUAD'RATURE, noun [Latin quadratura.]1. The act of squaring; the reducing of a figure to a square. Thus the finding of a square which shall contain just as much area as a circle...

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QUADREL

QUAD'REL, noun In architecture, a kind of artificial stone made of chalky earth and dried in the shade for two years; so called from being square.

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QUADRENNIAL

QUADREN'NIAL, adjective [Latin quadriennium; quadra or quadrans, from quatuor, four, and annus, year.]1. Comprising four years; as a quadrennial period.2. Occurring once in four...

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QUADRENNIALLY

QUADREN'NIALLY, adverb Once in four years.