Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Quillback

Quill″back′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, orCarpiodes, cyprinus); — called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.

488

Quilled

Quilled (?), a. Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. “A sharp-quilled porcupine.” Shak.Quilled suture(Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the threads after being pa...

489

Quillet

Quil″let (?), n. [L. quidlibet what you please. Cf. Quiddit, and Quibble.] Subtilty; nicety; quibble. “Nice, sharp quillets of the law.” Shak.

490

Quilling

Quill″ing (?), n. (a) A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills. (b) One of the rounded plaits or flutings of s...

491

Quillwort

Quill″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containi...

492

Quilt

Quilt (?), n. [OE. quilte, OF. cuilte, L. culcita � bed, cushion, mattress. Cf. 2d Counterpoint, Cushion.] Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn b...

493

Quilt (2)

Quilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Quilted; p. pr. & vb. n.Quilting.] 1. To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wad...

494

Quilter

Quilt″er (?), n. One who, or that which, quilts.

495

Quilting

Quilt″ing, n. 1. The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.2. A quilting bee. See Bee, 2.3. The material used for making quilts.4. (Naut.) A coating of s...

496

Quin

Quin (?), n.(Zoöl.) A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food.

497

Quinaldine

Quin‐al″dine (?), n. [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and...

498

Quinary

Qui″na‐ry (?), a. [L. quinarius, from quini five each, akin to quinque five: cf. F. quinaire. See Five.] Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle.Quinary system(Zoöl.), a fa...

499

Quinate

Qui″nate (?), a. [L. quini five each.] (Bot.) Growing in sets of five; — said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

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Quinate (2)

Qui″nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of quinic acid. [Written also kinate.]

501

Quinazol

Quin″a‐zol (?), n. [Quinoline + azote.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline. [Written also chinazol.]

502

Quince

Quince (kwĭns), n. [Prob. a pl. from OE. quyne, coin, OF. coin, cooin, F. coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj., Cydonian, Gr. � Cydonian, � � a quince, fr. � Cydonia, ...

503

Quincewort

Quince″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort.

504

Quinch

Quinch (?), v. i. [Cf. OD. quincken to quiver, shake, Fries. quink hovering. Cf. Quich.] To stir; to wince. Spenser.

505

Quincuncial

Quin‐cun″cial (?), [L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx.]1. Having the form of a quincunx.2. (Bot.) Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated t...

506

Quincuncially

Quin‐cun″cial‐ly, adv. In the manner or order of a quincunx.

507

Quincunx

Quin″cunx (?), n. [L., fr. quinque five + uncia an ounce. The quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. See Five, and Ounce the weight.] 1. An arrangement of things by f...

508

Quindecagon

Quin‐dec″a‐gon (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen + Gr. � angle.] (Geom.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides.

509

Quindecemvir

‖Quin′de‐cem″vir (?), n.; pl. E. Quindecemvirs (#), L. Quindecemviri (#). [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whos...

510

Quindecemvirate

Quin′de‐cem″vi‐rate (?), n. [L. quindecimviratus.] The body or office of the quindecemviri.

511

Quindecone

Quin‐dec″one (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen.] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid. [Written also quindekone.]

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Quindecylic

Quin′de‐cyl″ic (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen + -yl.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pen...

513

Quindem

Quin″dem (?), n. A fifteenth part.