Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Q

Q (kū), the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in som...

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Qua

Qua (?), conj. [L., abl. of qui who.] In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have to deal. London Spectator.

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Qua-bird

Qua″–bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The American night heron. See under Night.

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Quab

Quab (?), n. [Cf. D. kwab eelpout, Dan. quabbe, G. quabbe, quappe, LG. quabbe a fat lump of flesh, and L. capito a kind of fish with a large head, fr. caput the head, also E. sq...

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Quab (2)

Quab, v. i. See Quob, v. i.

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Quacha

Qua″cha (?), n.(Zoöl.) The quagga.

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Quack

Quack (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Qvacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Quacking.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken, quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.]1. To utter a sound like th...

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Quack (2)

Quack, n. 1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. Chaucer.2. [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ig...

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Quack (3)

Quack, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.

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Quack grass

Quack″ grass′ (?). (Bot.) See Quitch grass.

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Quackery

Quack″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Quackeries (�). The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle.

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Quackish

Quack″ish, a. Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery. Burke.

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Quackism

Quack″ism (?), n. Quackery. Carlyle.

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Quackle

Quac″kle (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.Quackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Quackling (?).] [Cf.Querken.] To suffocate; to choke.

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Quacksalver

Quack″sal‐ver (?), n. [D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one's salves. See Quack, Salve, n.] One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the effi...

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Quad

{ Quad (?), Quade (?) }, a. [Akin to AS. cwǣd, cwead, dung, evil, G. kot, dung, OHG. quāt.] Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind.Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. Ch...

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Quad (2)

Quad, n.(Print.) A quadrat.

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Quad (3)

Quad, n.(Arch.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison.

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Quadra

‖Quad″ra (?), n.; pl.Quadræ (#). (Arch.) (a) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. (b) A fillet, or listel.

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Quadrable

Quad″ra‐ble (?), a. [See Quadrate.] (Math.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; — said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, a...

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Quadragenarious

Quad′ra‐ge‐na″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each.] Consisting of forty; forty years old.

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Quadragene

Quad″ra‐gene (?), n. [LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each, akin to quadraginta forty.] (R. C. Ch.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancie...

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Quadragesima

‖Quad′ra‐ges″i‐ma (?), n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.Qua...

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Quadragesimal

Quad′ra‐ges″i‐mal (?), a. [Cf. F. quadragésimal.] Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.

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Quadragesimals

Quad′ra‐ges″i‐mals (?), n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.

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Quadrangle

Quad″ran′gle (?), n. [F., fr. L. quadrangulum; quattuor four + angulus an angle. See Four, and Angle a corner.]1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently fou...

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Quadrangular

Quad‐ran″gu‐lar (?), a. [Cf. F. quadrangulaire.] Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal. — Quad‐ran″gu‐lar‐ly, adv.