Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Quaver (2)

Qua″ver, v. t. To utter with quavers.We shall hear her quavering them... to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison.

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Quaver (3)

Qua″ver, n. 1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.

300

Quaverer

Qua″ver‐er (?), n. One who quavers; a warbler.

301

Quay

Quay (?), n. [F. quai. See Key quay.] A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and ...

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Quay (2)

Quay (?), v. t. To furnish with quays.

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Quayage

Quay″age (?), n. Wharfage. [Also keyage.]

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Quayd

Quayd (?), p. p. of Quail. Spenser.

305

Que

Que (?), n. [Cf. 3d Cue.] A half farthing.

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Queach

Queach (?), n. [Cf. Quick.] A thick, bushy plot; a thicket. Chapman.

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Queach (2)

Queach, v. i. [Cf. E. quich, v. i., quick, v. i.; or AS. cweccan to shake.] To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i.

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Queachy

Queach″y (?), a. 1. Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving. “The queachy fens.” “Godwin's queachy sands.” Drayton.2. Like a queach; thic...

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Quean

Quean (?), n. [Originally, a woman, AS. cwene; akin to OS. quena, OHG. quena, Icel. kona, Goth qin�, and AS. cwén, also to Gr. � woman, wife, Skr. gnā goddess. Cf. Queen.] 1. A ...

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Queasily

Quea″si‐ly (?), adv. In a queasy manner.

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Queasiness

Quea″si‐ness, n. The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness. Shak.

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Queasy

Quea″sy (?), a. [Icel. kweisa pain; cf. Norw. kveis sickness after a debauch.] 1. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.2. Fastidious; squeamish...

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Quebec group

Que‐bec″ group′ (?). (Geol.) The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of the Canadian period have been divided in the American Lower Silurian system. See the Chart of...

314

Quebracho

‖Que‐bra″cho (?), n.(Bot.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnœa of the lung, or bronchial diseases...

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Quebrith

Queb″rith (?), n. [OE. quebrit, quibrith, Ar. kibrīt.] (Alchemy) Sulphur.

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Quech

{ Quech (?), Queck (?), } v. i. [Cf. Quick, Queach.] A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move.

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Queen

Queen (?), n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwēn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. quān wife, woman, Icel. kvān wife, queen, Goth. qēns. √221. See Quean.] 1. The wife of a k...

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Queen (2)

Queen, v. i. To act the part of a queen. Shak.

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Queen (3)

Queen, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Queened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Queening.] (Chess.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to ...

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Queen olive

Queen olive. [Cf. Sp. aceituna de la Reina olive of the Queen.] (Olive Trade) Properly, a kind of superior olive grown in the region of Seville, Spain. It is large size and oblo...

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Queen truss

Queen″ truss (?). (Arch.) A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.

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Queen-post

Queen″–post′ (?), n. One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post.

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Queencraft

Queen″craft′ (?), n. Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen.Elizabeth showed much queencraft in procuring the votes of the nobility. Fuller.

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Queendom

Queen″dom (?), n. The dominion, condition, or character of a queen. Mrs. Browning.