Webster's Dictionary 1828

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QUAKERY

QUA'KERY, noun Quakerism.

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QUAKING

QUA'KING, participle present tense Shaking; trembling.QUA'KING, noun A shaking; tremulous agitation; trepidation.Daniel 10:7.

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QUAKING-GRASS

QUA'KING-GRASS, noun An herb.

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QUALIFIABLE

QUAL'IFIABLE, adjective [from qualify.] That may be qualified; that may be abated or modified.

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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...

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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...

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QUALIFIEDNESS

QUAL'IFIEDNESS, noun The state of being qualified or fitted.

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QUALIFIER

QUAL'IFIER, noun He or that which qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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QUALMISH

QU'ALMISH, adjective quamish. [supra.] Sick at the stomach; inclined to vomit; affected with nausea or sicklylanguor.

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QUALMISHNESS

QU'ALMISHNESS, noun Nausea.

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QUAMOCLIT

QUAM'OCLIT, noun A plant of the genus Ipomoea.

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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.]

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QUANTITATIVE

QUAN'TITATIVE, adjective [See Quantity.] Estimable according to quantity.

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QUANTITIVE

QUAN'TITIVE, adjective [See Quantity.] Estimable according to quantity.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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QUARANTINED

QUARANTINED, participle passive Restrained from communication with the shore for a limited period; as a ship or its crew and passengers.

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QUARANTINING

QUARANTINING, participle present tense Prohibiting from intercourse with the port; as a ship or its crew and passengers.

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QUARRE

QUARRE, for quarry, not in use.

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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...

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QUARRELER

QUAR'RELER, noun One who quarrels, wrangles or fights.

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QUARRELING

QUAR'RELING, participle present tense Disputing with vehemence or loud angry words; scolding; wrangling; fighting; finding fault; disagreeing.QUAR'RELING, noun [supra.] Contenti...