Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Quod (3)

Quod (?), v. t. To put in quod, or prison; to lock up; to jug. Kipling.

650

Quoddies

Quod″dies (kwŏd″dĭz), n. pl. Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Bay.

651

Quodlibet

‖Quod″li‐bet (–lĭ‐bĕt), n.1. A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.These are your quodlibets, but no learning. P. Fletcher.2. (Mus.) A medley improvised by several perform...

652

Quodlibetarian

Quod′lib‐e‐ta″ri‐an (–lĭb‐ē̍‐tā″rĭ‐an), n. One who discusses any subject at pleasure.

653

Quodlibetical

Quod′li‐bet″ic‐al (–lĭ‐bĕt″ĭ‐kal), a. Not restricted to a particular subject; discussed for curiosity or entertainment. — Quod′li‐bet″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

654

Quoif

Quoif (kwoif or koif), n. & v. t. See Coif. Shak.

655

Quoiffure

Quoif″fure (kwoif″fū̍r or koif″–), n. See Coiffure.

656

Quoil

Quoil (kwoil or koil), n. See Coil.

657

Quoin

Quoin (kwoin or koin; 277), n. [See Coin, and cf. Coigne.] 1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material...

658

Quoit

Quoit (kwoit or koit), n. [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed) LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coeten a quoit....

659

Quoit (2)

Quoit, v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.

660

Quoit (3)

Quoit, v. t. To throw; to pitch. Shak.

661

Quoke

Quoke (kwōk), obs.imp. of Quake. Chaucer.

662

Quoll

Quoll (kwŏl), n.(Zoöl.) A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat.

663

Quondam

Quon″dam (kwŏn″dăm), a. Having been formerly; former; sometime. “This is the quondam king.” Shak.

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Quondam (2)

Quon″dam, n. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. “Make them quondams;... cast them out of their office.” Latimer.

665

Quook

Quook (kwo͝ok), imp. of Quake. Spenser.

666

Quop

Quop (kwŏp), v. i. See Quob.

667

Quorum

Quo″rum (kwō″rŭm), n. [L., of whom, gen. pl. of qui who, akin to E. who. See the Note below.] Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or cons...

668

Quota

Quo″ta (kwō″tȧ), n. [LL., fr. L. quota (sc. pars), fr. quotus which or what in number, of what number, how many, fr. quot how many, akin to quis, qui, who: cf. It. quota a share...

669

Quotable

Quot″a‐ble (kwōt″ȧ‐b'l), a. Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence.— Quot′a‐bil″i‐ty (–bĭl″ĭ‐ty̆), n.Poe.

670

Quotation

Quo‐ta″tion (kwō̍‐tā″shŭn), n. [From Quote.] 1. The act of quoting or citing.2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidenc...

671

Quotationist

Quo‐ta″tion‐ist (kwō̍‐tā″shŭn‐ĭst), n. One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.The narrow intellectuals of quotationists. Milton.

672

Quote

Quote (kwōt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Quoted; p. pr. & vb. n.Quoting.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotu...

673

Quote (2)

Quote (kwōt), n. A note upon an author. Cotgrave.

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Quoter

Quot″er (–ẽr), n. One who quotes the words of another.

675

Quoth

Quoth (kwōth or kwŭth), v. t. [AS. cweðan, imp. cwæð, pl. cwǣdon; akin to OS. queðan, OHG. quethan, quedan, Icel. kveða, Goth. qiþan. √22. Cf. Bequeath.] Said; spoke; uttered; —...