Emily Dickinson Lexicon
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.
One who talks and disputes on any subject at pleasure.
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.]
- A corner. – Mortimer.
- An instrument to raise any thing; a wedge employed to raise cannon to a proper level, and for other purposes. – Mar. Dict.
- In architecture, the corner of a brick or stone wall. – Encyc.
QUOIT, n. [D. coite.]
- 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.
- 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.