QUAKERY
QUA'KERY, noun Quakerism.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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QUAKING
QUA'KING, participle present tense Shaking; trembling.QUA'KING, noun A shaking; tremulous agitation; trepidation.Daniel 10:7.
QUAKING-GRASS
QUA'KING-GRASS, noun An herb.
QUALIFIABLE
QUAL'IFIABLE, adjective [from qualify.] That may be qualified; that may be abated or modified.
QUALIFICATION
QUALIFICA'TION, noun1. Any natural endowment or any acquirement which fits a person for a place, office or employment, or enables him to sustain any character with success. Inte...
QUALIFIED
QUAL'IFIED, participle passive Fitted by accomplishments or endowments; modified.Qualified fee, in law, a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, and whi...
QUALIFIEDNESS
QUAL'IFIEDNESS, noun The state of being qualified or fitted.
QUALIFIER
QUAL'IFIER, noun He or that which qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
QUALIFY
QUAL'IFY, verb transitive [Latin qualis, such, and facio, to make.]1. To fit for any place, office, occupation or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill or other accomp...
QUALIFYING
QUAL'IFYING, participle present tense Furnishing with the necessary qualities, properties or accomplishments for a place, station or business; furnishing with legal power; abati...
QUALITY
QUAL'ITY, noun [Latin qualitas, from qualis, such.]1. Property; that which belongs to a body or substance, or can be predicated of it. Qualities are natural or accidental. thus ...
QUALM
QU'ALM, noun quam.1. A rising in the stomach, as it is commonly called; a fit of nausea, or a disposition or effort of the stomach to eject its contents.2. A sudden fit or seizu...
QUALMISH
QU'ALMISH, adjective quamish. [supra.] Sick at the stomach; inclined to vomit; affected with nausea or sicklylanguor.
QUALMISHNESS
QU'ALMISHNESS, noun Nausea.
QUAMOCLIT
QUAM'OCLIT, noun A plant of the genus Ipomoea.
QUANDARY
QUAN'DARY, noun Doubt; uncertainty; a state of difficulty or perplexity.QUAN'DARY, verb transitive To bring into a state of uncertainty or difficulty. [Not used.]
QUANTITATIVE
QUAN'TITATIVE, adjective [See Quantity.] Estimable according to quantity.
QUANTITIVE
QUAN'TITIVE, adjective [See Quantity.] Estimable according to quantity.
QUANTITY
QUAN'TITY, noun [Latin quantitas, from quantus, how much, or as much as.]1. That property of any thing which may be increased or diminished.This definition is defective, and as ...
QUANTUM
QUAN'TUM, noun [Latin] The quantity; the amount.Quantum meruit, in law, an action grounded on a promise that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as ...
QUARANTINE
QUAR'ANTINE, noun [Latin quartus, fourth; Eng. quart. See Quart and Square.]1. Properly, the space of forty days; appropriately, the term of forty days during which a ship arriv...
QUARANTINED
QUARANTINED, participle passive Restrained from communication with the shore for a limited period; as a ship or its crew and passengers.
QUARANTINING
QUARANTINING, participle present tense Prohibiting from intercourse with the port; as a ship or its crew and passengers.
QUARRE
QUARRE, for quarry, not in use.
QUARREL
QUAR'REL, noun [Latin queror, to complain, that is, to cry out with a loud voice. Hence we see the primary sense is the same as brawl. The Latin queror coincides in elements wit...
QUARRELER
QUAR'RELER, noun One who quarrels, wrangles or fights.
QUARRELING
QUAR'RELING, participle present tense Disputing with vehemence or loud angry words; scolding; wrangling; fighting; finding fault; disagreeing.QUAR'RELING, noun [supra.] Contenti...