Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter Q - Page 11
Quoin (n.) (Gun.) To support the breech of a cannon.
Quoin (n.) (Print.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
Quoin (n.) (Naut.) To prevent casks from rolling.
Hollow quoin. See under Hollow.
Quoin post (Canals), The post of a lock gate which abuts against the wall.
Quoin (n.) Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase [syn: quoin, coign, coigne].
Quoin (n.) The keystone of an arch [syn: quoin, coign, coigne].
Quoin (n.) (Architecture) Solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone [syn: corner, quoin].
Quoit (n.) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.
Quoit (n.) pl. A game played with quoits. -- Shak.
Quoit (n.) The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
Quoit (n.) A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] -- J. Morley.
Quoit (v. i.) To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. -- Dryden.
Quoit (v. t.) To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] -- Shak.
Quoit (n.) Game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits.
Quoke () (Obs.) imp. of Quake. -- Chaucer.
Quoll (n.) (Zool.) A marsupial of Australia ({Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat.
Quondam (a.) Having been formerly; former; sometime. "This is the quondam king." -- Shak.
Quondam (n.) A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] "Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." -- Latimer.
Quondam (a.) Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)].
Quook () imp. of Quake. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Compare: Quob
Quob (v. i.) [Cf. Quaver.] [Written also quop and quab.] To throb; to quiver. [Local & Vulgar]
Quop (v. i.) See Quob.
Quorum (n.) 法定最低人數；被選出來的一群人；（總稱）（原英國法庭的）治安法官 Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present.
Note: The term arose from the Latin words, Quorum aliquem vestrum . . . unum esse volumus (of whom we wish some one of you to be one), which were used in the commission formerly issued to justices of the peace in England, by which commission it was directed that no business of certain kinds should be done without the presence of one or more of certain justices specially designated. Justice of the peace and of the quorum designates a class of justices of the peace in some of the United States.
Quorum (n.) A gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business.
Quorum. () Used substantively, quorum signifies the number of persons belonging to a legislative assembly, a corporation, society, or other body, required to transact business; there is a difference between an act done by a definite number of persons, and one performed by an indefinite number: in the first case a majority is required to constitute a quorum, unless the law expressly directs that another number may make one; in the latter case any number who may be present may act, the majority of those present having, as in other cases, the right to act. 7 Cowen, 402; 9 B. & C. 648; Ang. on Corp. 28.1.
Quorum. () Sometimes the law requires a greater number than a bare majority to form a quorum, in such case no quorum is present until such a number convene.
Quorum. () When an authority is confided to several persons for a private purpose, all must join in the act, unless otherwise authorized. 6 John. R. 38. Vide Authority, Majority; Plurality.
Quorum, (n.) A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it. In the United States Senate a quorum consists of the chairman of the Committee on Finance and a messenger from the White House; in the House of Representatives, of the Speaker and the devil.
Quota (n.) A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division. "Quota of troops and money." -- Motley.
Quota (n.) A share of effort required to be performed, or a share of resources required to be contributed to some common purpose.
Quota (n.) A prescribed number; "all the salesmen met their quota for the month".
Quota (n.) A proportional share assigned to each participant.
Quota (n.) A limitation on imports; "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated".
Quotable (a.) Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence. -- Quot`a*bil"i*ty, n. -- Poe.
Quotable (a.) Able or fit to be repeated or quoted; "what he said was not repeatable in polite company"; "he comes up with so many quotable phrases" [syn: repeatable, quotable] [ant: unquotable, unrepeatable].
Quotable (a.) Suitable for or worthy of quotation; "a quotable slogan"; "his remarks are not quotable in mixed company".
Quotation (n.) 引用，引證 [U]；引文；語錄 [C]；【商】（股票等的）行情；報價單，估價單 [C] The act of quoting or citing.
Quotation (n.) That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. -- Locke.
Quotation (n.) (Com.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.
Quotation (n.) Quota; share. [Obs.]
Quotation (n.) (Print.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc.
Quotation marks (Print.), Two inverted commas placed at the beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage quoted from an author in his own words.
Quotation (n.) A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation].
Quotation (n.) A passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation].
Quotation (n.) A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity.
Quotation (n.) The practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation".
Quotation, () Rights. The transcript of a part of a book or writing from a book or paper into another.
Quotation, () If the quotation is fair, and not so extensive as to extract the whole value or the most valuable part of an author, it will not be a violation of the copyright. It is mostly difficult to define what is a fair quotation. When the quotation is unfair, an injunction will lie to restrain the publication. See 17 Ves. 424; 1 Bell's Com. 121, 5th ed.
Quotation, () "That part of a work of one author found in another," observed Lord Ellenborough, "is not of itself piracy, or sufficient to support an action; a man may adopt part of the work of another; he may so make use of another's labors for the promotion of science, and the benefit of the public." 5 Esp. N. P. C. 170; 1 Campb. 94. See Curt. on Copyr. 242; 3 Myl. & Cr. 737, 738; 17 Ves. 422; 1 Campb. 94; 2 Story, R. 100; 2 Beav. 6, 7; Abridgment; Copyright.
Quotation, () Practice. The allegation of some authority or case, or passage of some law, in support of a position which it is desired to establish.
Quotation, () Quotations when properly made, assist the reader, but when misplaced, they are inconvenient. As to the manner of quoting or citing authorities, see Abbreviations; Citations.
Quotation, (n.) The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
The words erroneously repeated. Intent on making his quotation truer, He sought the page infallible of Brewer, Then made a solemn vow that we would be Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me! Stumpo Gaker
Quotationist (n.) One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.
The narrow intellectuals of quotationists. -- Milton.
Quoted (imp. & p. p.) of Quote.
Quoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quote.
Quote (v. t.) 引用；引述 [O1]；把……放在引號內【商】報（價），開（價）[（+at/ for）] To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
Quote (v. t.) To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
Quote (v. t.) (Com.) To name the current price of.
Quote (v. t.) To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Quote (v. t.) To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] "He's quoted for a most perfidious slave." -- Shak.
Syn: To cite; name; adduce; repeat.
Usage: Quote, Cite. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words.
Quote (n.) 【口】引語，引文 [（+from）]；引號 [P]；報價 A note upon an author. [Obs.] -- Cotgrave.
Quote (n.) A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else [syn: quotation mark, quote, inverted comma].
Quote (n.) A passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation].
Quote (v. i.) 引用；引證 [（+from）]；報價[（+for）] Repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [syn: quote, cite].
Quote (v.) Name the price of; "quote prices for cars".
Quote (v.) Refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" [syn: quote, cite].
Quote (v.) Put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague".
Quoter (n.) 引用者；估價者；報價者；保險單紅利計算員 One who quotes the words of another.
Quoter (n.) A communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations.
Quoth (v. t.) 【古】說 Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he. "Let me not live, quoth he." -- Shak.
Quotha (interj.) 【古】的確（表驚訝，諷刺，輕蔑） Indeed; forsooth.
To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves With mended morals, quotha, -- fine new lives ! -- Mrs. Browning.
Quotidian (a.) 每日的；司空見慣的；平凡的 Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
Quotidian (n.) 【醫】每日瘧 Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. -- Milton.
Quotidian (a.) Found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday].
Quotidian (n.) Something that occurs each day (as an intermittent fever).
Quotidian (a.) Of an everyday character; ordinary; commonplace. Quotidian is from Latin quotidianus, from quotidie, "daily," from quotus, "how many, as many, so many" + dies, "day."
Quotient (n.) (Arith.) 【數】商（數） The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three.
Quotient (n.) (Higher Alg.) The result of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
Quotient (n.) The ratio of two quantities to be divided.
Quotient (n.) The number obtained by division.
Quotient (n.) See coefficient of X.
Quotient, () The number obtained by dividing one number (the "numerator") by another (the "denominator"). If both numbers are rational then the result will also be rational.
Quotient, (n.) A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another -- usually about as many times as it can be got there.
Quotient (n.) [ C ] 程度 A particular degree or amount of something.
// This is a car with a high head-turning quotient (= a lot of people turn to look at it).
Quotient (n.) (Specialized) (Mathematics) （數學）商 The result of dividing one number by another.
Quotiety (n.) (Scholastic Philos.) 【數】率；係數 The relation of an object to number. -- Krauth-Fleming.
Quotum (n.) Part or proportion; quota. [R.] "A very small quotum." -- Max M["u]ller.
Quotum (n.) A quantity considered in proportion to a larger amount of which it forms part; a share, a proportion.
Quo warranto () (Law) A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers. -- Blackstone.
Compare: Koran
Koran (n.) 可蘭經（回教經典） The Scriptures of the Muslims, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuran or Quran, Also rarely Coran and Core.]
Note: The Koran is the sacred book of the Muslims (sometimes called Mohammedans by non-Muslims, a term considered offensive by some Muslims). It is the most important foundation on which Islam rests and it is held in the highest veneration by all Islamic sects. When being read it must be kept on a stand elevated above the floor. No one may read it or touch it without first making a legal ablution. It is written in the Arabic language, and its style is considered a model. The substance of the Koran is held to be uncreated and eternal. Mohammed was merely the person to whom the work was revealed. At first the Koran was not written, but entirely committed to memory. But when a great many of the best Koran reciters had been killed in battle, Omar suggested to Abu-Bekr (the successor of Mohammed) that it should be written down. Abu-Bekr accordingly commanded Zeid, an amanuensis of the prophet, to commit it to writing. This was the authorized text until 23 years after the death of the prophet. A number of variant readings had, however, crept into use. By order of the calif Osman in the year 30 of the Hejira, Zeid and three assistants made a careful revision which was adopted as the standard, and all the other copies were ordered to be burned. The Koran consists of 114 suras or divisions. These are not numbered, but each one has a separate name. They are not arranged in historical order. These suras purport to be the addresses delivered by Mohammed during his career at Mecca and Medina. As a general rule the shorter suras, which contain the theology of Islam, belong to the Meccan period; while the longer ones, relating to social duties and relationships, to Medina. The Koran is largely drawn from Jewish and Christian sources, the former prevailing. Moses and Jesus are reckoned among the prophets. The biblical narratives are interwoven with rabbinical legends. The customs of the Jews are made to conform to those of the Arabians. Islamic theology consists in the study of the Koran and its commentaries. A very fine collection of Korans, including one in Cufic (the old Arabic character), is to be found in the Khedival Library at Cairo, Egypt. [Century Dict. 1906]
Quran (n.) See Koran.
Quran (n.) The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book].
QWERTY (a.) 標準打字機鍵盤的；柯蒂鍵盤的 [from the keycaps at the upper left] Pertaining to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard after its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak or non-US-ASCII layouts or a { space-cadet keyboard or APL keyboard.
Historical note: The QWERTY layout is a fine example of a fossil. It is sometimes said that it was designed to slow down the typist, but this is wrong; it was designed to allow faster typing ? under a constraint now long obsolete. In early typewriters, fast typing using nearby type-bars jammed the mechanism. So Sholes fiddled the layout to separate the letters of many common digraphs (he did a far from perfect job, though; ?th?, ?tr?, ?ed?, and ?er?, for example, each use two nearby keys). Also, putting the letters of ?typewriter? on one line allowed it to be typed with particular speed and accuracy for demos. The jamming problem was essentially solved soon afterward by a suitable use of springs, but the keyboard layout lives on.
The QWERTY keyboard has also spawned some unhelpful economic myths about how technical standards get and stay established; R
QWERTY
AZERTY, ()
(From the top left row of letter keys of most keyboards) Pertaining to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard after its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak or foreign-language layouts (e.g. "keyboard AZERTY" in french-speaking countries) or a space-cadet keyboard or APL keyboard.
The QWERTY標準打字機鍵盤；柯蒂鍵盤 layout is a fine example of a fossil. It is sometimes said that it was designed to slow down the typist, but this is wrong; it was designed to allow *faster* typing - under a constraint now long obsolete. In early typewriters, fast typing using nearby type-bars jammed the mechanism. So Sholes fiddled the layout to separate the letters of many common digraphs (he did a far from perfect job, though; "th", "tr", "ed", and "er", for example, each use two nearby keys). Also, putting the letters of "typewriter" on one line allowed it to be typed with particular speed and accuracy for demos. The jamming problem was essentially solved soon afterward by a suitable use of springs, but the keyboard layout lives on.
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