Glossary.
Letter Q
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- QUAIL
- to faint, be languid, be afraid
- to cause to quail
- QUAINT
- curiously beautiful
- QUAKE
- to cause to quake or tremble
- QUALIFY
- to moderate
- QUALITY
- those of the same nature
- Rank or condition
- QUARREL
- a suit, cause
- QUARRY
- game, a heap of game
- QUART
- D'ECU a quarter crown
- QUARTER
- the post allotted to a soldier
- QUAT
- a pimple; used in contempt of a person
- QUEASY
- squeamish, unsettled
- QUELL
- murder
- QUENCH
- to grow cool
- QUERN
- a hand-mill
- QUEST
- enquiry, search, inquest, jury
- QUESTRIST
- one who goes in search of another
- QUICK
- so far gone in pregnancy that the child is alive
- QUICKEN
- to come to life
- QUILLET
- quidebet, a subtle case in law
- QUINTAIN
- a post for tilting at
- QUIP
- sharp jest, a taunt
- QUIRE
- to sing in concert
- QUIT
- to requite, respond
- QUIT
- past tense of the verb to quit, quitted
- QUITANCE
- requital
- QUIVER
- active
- QUOTE
- to note