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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...
QU'AFFED, pp. Drank; swallowed in large draughts.
QU'AFF, v.t. To drink; to swallow in large draughts. He quaffs the muscadel. The...
QUAESTOR. [See Questor .]
QUAERE, [L.] Inquire; better written query, which see.
QUAD'RUPLY, adv. To a fourfold quantity; as, to be quadruply recompensed.
QUADRUPLICA'TION, n. The act of making fourfold and taking four times the simple...
QUADRU'PLICATE, a. Fourfold; four times repeated; as a quadruplicate ratio or pr...
QUAD'RUPLE, a. [L. quadruplus; quadra, quatuor, and plico, to fold.] Fourfold; f...
QUAD'RUPED, a. [L. quadrupes; quadra, quatuor, four, and pes, foot.] Having four...