Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Quiddity

Quid″di‐ty (?), n.; pl.Quiddities (#). [LL. quidditas, fr. L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F. quiddité.] 1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity,...

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Quiddle

Quid″dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Quiddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Quiddling (?).] [L. quid what.] To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indiff...

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Quiddle (2)

{ Quid″dle (?), Quid″dler (?), } n. One who wastes his energy about trifles. Emerson.

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Quidnunc

Quid″nunc (?), n. One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. “The idle stories of quidnuncs.” Motley.

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Quiesce

Qui‐esce″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Quiesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Quiescing (?).] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See Quiet, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have n...

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Quiescence

{ Qui‐es″cence (?), Qui‐es″cen‐cy (?), } n. [L. quiescentia, fr. quiescens, p. pr.; cf. F. quiestence. See Quiesce.] The state or quality of being quiescent. “Quiescence, bodily...

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Quiescent

Qui‐es″cent (?), a. [L. quiescens, -entis, p. pr. of quiescere: cf. F. quiescent. See Quiesce.] 1. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body o...

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Quiescent (2)

Qui‐es″cent, n.(Gram.) A silent letter. M. Stuart.

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Quiescently

Qui‐es″cent‐ly, adv. In a quiescent manner.

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Quiet

Qui″et (?), a. [Compar.Quieter (?); superl.Quietest.] [L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See While, and cf. Coy, ...

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Quiet (2)

Qui″et (?), n. [L. quies, -etis. See Quiet, a.]1. The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.2. Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; ...

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Quiet (3)

Qui″et, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Quieted; p. pr. & vb. n.Quieting.] 1. To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to l...

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Quiet (4)

Qui″et, v. i. To become still, silent, or calm; — often with down; as, be soon quieted down.

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Quietage

Qui″et‐age (?), n. Quietness. Spenser.

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Quieter

Qui″et‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, quiets.

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Quietism

Qui″et‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. quiétisme.] 1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.2. (Eccl. Hist.) The system of the Q...

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Quietist

Qui″et‐ist, n. [Cf. F. quiétiste.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.

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Quietistic

Qui′et‐is″tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.

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Quietly

Qui″et‐ly, adv. 1. In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.2. Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to...

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Quietness

Qui″et‐ness, n. The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.I would have peace and quietnes...

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Quietsome

Qui″et‐some (?), a. Calm; still. Spenser.

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Quietude

Qui″e‐tude, n. [L. quietudo: cf. F. quiétude.] Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. Shelley.

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Quietus

Qui‐e″tus (?), n. [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.] Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that whic...

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Quill

Quill (?), n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see Kayless); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir. cuille a quill.] 1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or on...

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Quill (2)

Quill, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Quilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Quilling.] 1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.His cravat seemed quilled into...

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Quill (3)

Quill, n.(Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.

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Quillaia bark

Quil‐la″ia bark′ (?). (Bot.) The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is us...