Dictionary: QUIV'ER-ING – QUON'DAM

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QUIV'ER-ING, ppr.

Trembling, as with cold or fear; moving with a tremulous agitation.

QUIV'ER-ING-LY, adv.

With quivering.

QUIX-OT'IC, a.

Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance.

QUIX'OT-ISM, n.

Romantic and absurd notions; schemes or actions like those of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes.

QUIX'OT-RY, n.

Quixotism; visionary scheme. – Scott.

QUIZ, n. [Norm. quis, quiz, sought; Sp. quisicosa; from the root of question.]

An enigma; a riddle or obscure question.

QUIZ, v.t.

To puzzle. [A popular, but not an elegant word.]

QUOAD-HOC, n. [Quoad hoc; L.]

As to this; as it regards this particular thing named.

QUO-ANIMO, n. [Quo animo; L.]

With what intent; purpose.

QUOB, v.i. [W. çwapiaw, to strike.]

To move, as the fetus in utero; to throb. [Local, vulgar, and little used.]

QUOD-ERAT-DEMONSTRANDUM, n. [Quod erat demonstrandum; L.]

Which was the point to be proved.

QUOD'LI-BET, n. [L. what you please.]

A nice point; a subtilty. – Prior.

QUOD-LIB-E-TA'RI-AN, n.

One who talks and disputes on any subject at pleasure.

QUOD-LI-BET'IC-AL, a.

Not restrained to a particular subject; moved or discussed at pleasure for curiosity or entertainment.

QUOD-LI-BET'IC-AL-LY, adv.

At pleasure; for curiosity; so as to be debated for entertainment. – Brown. Dict.

QUOIF, n. [Fr. coiffe.]

A cap or hood. [See Coif.] – Shak.

QUOIF, v.t.

To cover or dress with a coif. [See Coif.] – Addison. [This word may be discarded with advantage.]

QUOIF'FURE, n.

A head dress. – Addison.

QUOIL, n. [or v. See COIL, the better word.]

QUOIN, n. [Fr. coin, a corner; Sp. cuña. See Coin.]

  1. A corner. – Mortimer.
  2. An instrument to raise any thing; a wedge employed to raise cannon to a proper level, and for other purposes. – Mar. Dict.
  3. In architecture, the corner of a brick or stone wall. – Encyc.

QUOIT, n. [D. coite.]

  1. A kind of horse-shoe to be pitched or thrown at a fixed object in play. In common practice, a plain flat stone is used for this purpose.
  2. In some authors, the discus of the ancients, thrown in trials of strength. – Dryden.

QUOIT, v.i.

To throw quoits; to play at quoits. – Dryden.

QUOIT, v.t.

To throw. [Not used.] – Shak.

QUOLL, n.

An animal of New Holland, resembling the polecat. – Dict. Nat. Hist.

QUON'DAM, a. [used adjectively. L.]

Having been formerly; former; as, a quondam king or friend. – Shak.