Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Quaint

Quaint (?), a. [OE. queint, queynte, coint, prudent, wise, cunning, pretty, odd, OF. cointe cultivated, amiable, agreeable, neat, fr. L. cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere to k...

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Quaintise

Quain″tise (?), n. [OF. cointise.] 1. Craft; subtlety; cunning. Chaucer. R. of Glouces.2. Elegance; beauty. Chaucer.

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Quaintly

Quaint″ly (?), adv. In a quaint manner. Shak.

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Quaintness

Quaint″ness, n. The quality of being quaint. Pope.

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Quair

Quair (?), n. [See 3d Quire.] A quire; a book. “The king's quhair.” James I. (of Scotland).

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Quake

Quake (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Quaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Quaking.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.] 1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated...

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Quake (2)

Quake, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.] To cause to quake. Shak.

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Quake (3)

Quake, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

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Quaker

Quak″er (?), n. 1. One who quakes.2. One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, — the members of which call themselves Friends. They ...

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Quakeress

Quak″er‐ess, n. A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.

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Quakerish

Quak″er‐ish, a. Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.

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Quakerism

Quak″er‐ism (?), n. The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.

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Quakerlike

Quak″er‐like (?), a. Like a Quaker.

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Quakerly

Quak″er‐ly, a. Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish. Macaulay.

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Quakery

Quak″er‐y (?), n. Quakerism. Hallywell.

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Quaketail

Quake″tail′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A wagtail.

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Quakiness

Quak″i‐ness (?), n. The state of being quaky; liability to quake.

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Quaking

Quak″ing, a. & n. from Quake, v.Quaking aspen(Bot.), an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles t...

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Quakingly

Quak″ing‐ly (?), adv. In a quaking manner; fearfully. Sir P. Sidney.

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Quaky

Quak″y (?), a. Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.

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Qualifiable

Qual″i‐fi′a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. Barrow.

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Qualification

Qual′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. qualification. See Qualify.] 1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or a...

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Qualificative

Qual″i‐fi‐ca‐tive (?), n. That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in thi...

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Qualificator

Qual″i‐fi‐ca′tor (?), n.(R. C. Ch.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.

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Qualified

Qual″i‐fied (?), a. 1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.Qualified fee(Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualifica...

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Qualifiedly

Qual″i‐fied′ly, adv. In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.

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Qualifiedness

Qual″i‐fied′ness, n. The state of being qualified.