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- English Word Quipus Definition of Quipu
- English Word Quirboilly Definition Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor.
- English Word Quire Definition See Choir.
- English Word Quire Definition To sing in concert.
- English Word Quire Definition A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.
- English Word Quirister Definition A chorister. See Chorister.
- English Word Quiritation Definition A crying for help.
- English Word Quirite Definition One of the Quirites.
- English Word Quirites Definition Roman citizens.
- English Word Quirk Definition A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.
- English Word Quirk Definition A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.
- English Word Quirk Definition A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
- English Word Quirk Definition An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.
- English Word Quirk Definition A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.
- English Word Quirk Definition A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.
- English Word Quirked Definition Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks.
- English Word Quirkish Definition Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk.
- English Word Quirky Definition Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.
- English Word Quirl Definition See Querl.
- English Word Quirpele Definition The Indian ferret.
- English Word Quirt Definition A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
- English Word Quish Definition See Cuish.
- English Word Quit Definition Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
- English Word Quit Definition Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.
- English Word Quit Definition of Quit
- English Word Quit Definition To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- English Word Quit Definition To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.
- English Word Quit Definition To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.
- English Word Quit Definition To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
- English Word Quit Definition To carry through; to go through to the end.