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QUA'KERLY, a. Resembling quakers.
QUA'KERISM, n. The peculiar manners, tenets or worship of the quakers.
QUA'KER, n. One that quakes; but usually, one of the religious sect called frien...
QUAKE, v.i. 1. To shake; to tremble; to be agitated with quick but short motions...
QUA'INTNESS, n. 1. Niceness; petty neatness or elegance. There is a majesty in s...
QUA'INTLY, adv. 1. Nicely; exactly; with petty neatness or spruceness; as hair m...
QUAINT, a. [The latter word would lead us to refer quaint to the Latin accinctus...
QUA'ILING, ppr. Failing; languishing. Obs. QUA'ILING , n. The act of failing in ...
QUA'IL-PIPE, n. A pipe or call for alluring quails into a net; a kind of leather...
QUAIL, v.i. [Quail, in English, signifies to sink or languish, to curdle, and to...
QUAID, a. or pp. [for quailed.] Crushed, subdued, or depressed. [Not used.]
QUAHAUG, n. quaw'hog. In New England, the popular name of a large species of cla...
QUAG'MIRE, n. [that is, quake-mire.] Soft wet land, which has a surface firm eno...
QUAG'GY, a. [supposed to be from the root of quake.] Yielding to the feet or tre...
QU'AFFING, ppr. Drinking; swallowing draughts.
QU'AFFER, n. One that quaffs or drinks largely. QU'AFFER , v.t. To feel out. [No...