Webster's Dictionary 1828

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QUASSIA

QUAS'SIA, noun A plant, or rather a genus of plants of three species, the amara, simaruba, and excelsa or polygama, natives of South America and of some of the isles of the West...

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QUAT

QUAT, noun A pustule or pimple. [Not used.]

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QUATER-COUSINS

QUATER-COUSINS, noun ka'ter-cuzns. [Latin quatuor, four, and cousin.]Those within the first four degrees of kindred.

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QUATERN

QUAT'ERN, adjective [Latin quaterni, four, from quatuor, four.]Consisting of four; fourfold; growing by fours; as quatern leaves.

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QUATERNARY

QUATERN'ARY, noun [Latin quaternarius, from quatuor, four.]The number four.QUATERN'ARY, adjective Consisting of four.

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QUATERNION

QUATERN'ION, noun [Latin quaternio, from quatuor, four.]1. The number four.2. A file of four soldiers. Acts 12:4.QUATERN'ION, verb transitive To divide into files or companies.

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QUATERNITY

QUATERN'ITY, noun [supra.] The number four.

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QUATRAIN

QUAT'RAIN, noun [Latin quatror, four.]A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.

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QUAVE

QUAVE, for quaver, is not used.

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QUAVEMIRE

QUAVEMIRE, for quagmire, is not used.

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QUAVER

QUA'VER, verb intransitive1. To shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid vibrations, as in singing; to sing with tremulous modulations of voice.2. To tremble; to vibra...

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QUAVERED

QUA'VERED, adjective or participle passive Distributed into quavers.

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QUAVERER

QUA'VERER, noun A warbler.

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QUAVERING

QUA'VERING, participle present tense Shaking the voice or the sound of an instrument.QUA'VERING, noun The act of shaking the voice, or of making rapid vibrations of sound on an ...

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QUAY

QUAY, noun ke.A key; a mole or wharf, constructed in harbors for securing vessels and receiving goods unladen or to be shipped on board.QUAY, verb transitive To furnish with quays.

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QUEACH

QUEACH, noun A thick bushy plot. obsoleteQUEACH, verb intransitive To stir; to move. obsolete [See Quick.]

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QUEACHY

QUE'ACHY, adjective [from queach.]1. Shaking; moving, yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground.The queachy fens.Godwin's queachy sands.[This word is still ...

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QUEAN

QUEAN, nounA worthless woman; a slut; a strumpet. [Not in common use.]

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QUEASINESS

QUE'ASINESS, noun s as z. [from queasy.] Nausea; qualmishness; inclination to vomit.

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QUEASY

QUE'ASY, adjective s as z.1. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.2. Fastidious; squeamish; delicate.3. Causing nausea; as a queasy question.

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QUECK

QUECK, verb intransitiveTo shrink; to flinch. obsolete

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QUEEN

QUEEN, noun1. The consort of a king; a queen consort.2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a queen-regent; as Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scotland.3. The...

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QUEEN-APPLE

QUEE'N-APPLE, noun A kind of apple, so called.

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QUEEN-DOWAGER

QUEEN-DOW'AGER, noun The window of a king.

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QUEEN-GOLD

QUEE'N-GOLD, noun A royal duty or revenue belonging to every queen of England during her marriage to the king.

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QUEENING

QUEE'NING, noun An apple.

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QUEENLIKE

QUEE'NLIKE, adjective Resembling a queen.