Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter Q - Page 3
Quair (n.) A quire; a book.
[Obs.] "The king's quhair." -- James I. (of Scotland).
Quake (v. t.) To cause to quake. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Quake (n.) [C] 顫抖，哆嗦；地震；震動，搖晃 A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
Quaked (imp. & p. p.) of Quake
Quaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quake
Quake (v. i.) 顫抖，哆嗦 [（+at/ with/ for）]；震動；搖晃 To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. "Quaking for dread." -- Chaucer.
She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Quake (v. i.) To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking bogs." -- Macaulay.
Quake (n.) Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity [syn: earthquake, quake, temblor, seism].
Quake (v.) Shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate].
Quake (v.) Shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" [syn: tremor, quake].
Quake (n.) A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993.
Quaker (n.) One who quakes.
Quaker (n.) One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.
Quaker (n.) The nankeen bird.
Quaker (n.) The sooty albatross.
Quaker (n.) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
Quakeress (n.) A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
Quakerish (a.) Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
Quakerism (n.) The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
Quakerlike (a.) Like a Quaker.
Quakerly (a.) Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.
Quakery (n.) Quakerism.
Quaketail (n.) A wagtail.
Quakness (n.) The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
Quaking () a. & n. from Quake, v.
Quakingly (adv.) In a quaking manner; fearfully.
Quaky (a.) Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.
Qualifiable (a.) Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable.
Qualification (n.) 合格條件，資格，限制 The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
Qualification (n.) That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.
Qualification (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.
Qualification (n.) (Training) (B1) [ C ] 合格證書，資格證明 An official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc.
// You'll never get a good job if you don't have any qualifications.
// Do you have any teaching/ legal/ medical/ secretarial/ academic qualifications?
Qualification (n.) (Training) (B2) [ C or U ] 資歷，資格；條件；合格性 An ability, characteristic, or experience that makes you suitable for a particular job or activity.
// Some nursing experience is a necessary qualification for this job.
// [ + to infinitive ] One of the qualifications you need to work here is a sense of humour!
Qualification (n.) (Limit) [ C ] 限制（附加的限制條件） An extra piece of information that limits the effect of something that you say or write.
// [ + that ] The doctor said I can leave hospital today, but with the qualification that I have to come back every day to get the dressing changed.
Qualificative (n.) That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
Qualificator (n.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
Qualified (a.) Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
Qualified (a.) Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualifiedly (adv.) In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.
Qualifiedness (n.) The state of being qualified.
Qualifier (n.) One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
Qualified (imp. & p. p.) of Qualify
Qualifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Qualify
Qualify (v. t.) 使有資格，使合格，限定，限制，准予 To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.
Qualify (v. t.) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
Qualify (v. t.) To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.
Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
Qualify (v. t.) To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.
Qualify (v. i.) 取得資格，有資格 To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
Qualify (v. i.) To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
Qualitative (a.) Relating to quality; having the character of quality. -- Qual"i*ta*tive*ly, adv.
Qualitative analysis (Chem.), Analysis which merely determines the constituents of a substance without any regard to the quantity of each ingredient; -- contrasted with quantitative analysis.
Analysis, (n.; pl.) Analyses. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
Analysis, (n.; pl.) Analyses. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
Analysis, (n.; pl.) Analyses. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
Analysis, (n.; pl.) Analyses. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
Analysis, (n.; pl.) Analyses. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
Analysis, (n.; pl.) Analyses. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
Analysis, (n.; pl.) Analyses. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.
Qualitative (a.) Involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture" [ant: quantitative].
Qualitative (a.) Relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities.
Qualitied (a.) Furnished with qualities; endowed.
Qualities (n. pl. ) of Quality
Quality (n.) 品質，質 [U]；特性 [C]；品質；實質 [C]；身分，地位 [U]；才能，本領：[U] 高位，顯赫的社會地位 [U]；音色，音質 [U]；【邏】（命題的）質；【主英】（內容比較嚴肅的）大報；高級報刊 The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.
Quality (n.) Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
Quality (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
Quality (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
Quality (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
Quality (a.) [Z] [B] 優良的，優質的，高級的；上流社會的；（報刊）內容嚴肅的 Of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: {choice}, {prime(a)}, {prize}, {quality}, {select}].
Quality (a.) Of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family".
Quality (n.) An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"-- Shakespeare.
Quality (n.) A degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: {quality}, {caliber}, {calibre}].
Quality (n.) A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" [syn: {quality}, {character}, {lineament}].
Quality (n.) (Music) The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" [syn: {timbre}, {timber}, {quality}, {tone}].
Quality (n.) High social status; "a man of quality".
Qualm (n.) Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
Qualm (n.) A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
Qualm (n.) Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Qualmish (a.) Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.
Quamash (n.) See Camass.
Quamoclit (n.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomoea.
Quandaries (n. pl. ) of Quandary
Quandary (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Quandary (v. t.) To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
Quandong (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.
Quandy (n.) The old squaw.
Quannet (n.) A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.
Quant (n.) A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
Quantic (n.) A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic / is a binary cubic.
Quantification (n.) Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.
Quantity (v. t.) To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
Quantitative (a.) Relating to quantity.
Quantitive (a.) Estimable according to quantity; quantitative.
Quantitively (adv.) So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.
Quantities (n. pl. ) of Quantity
Quantity (n.) The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size. Hence, in specific uses:
Quantity (n.) (Logic) The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations.
Quantity (n.) (Gram.) The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable.
Quantity (n.) (Mus.) The relative duration of a tone.
Quantity (n.) That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.
Note: Quantity is discrete when it is applied to separate objects, as in number; continuous, when the parts are connected, either in succession, as in time, motion, etc., or in extension, as by the dimensions of space, viz., length, breadth, and thickness.
Quantity (n.) A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.
The quantity of extensive and curious information which he had picked up during many months of desultory, but not unprofitable, study. -- Macaulay.
Quantity of estate (Law), Its time of continuance, or degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. -- Wharton (Law Dict. )
Quantity of matter, In a body, its mass, as determined by its weight, or by its momentum under a given velocity.
Quantity of motion (Mech.), In a body, the relative amount of its motion, as measured by its momentum, varying as the product of mass and velocity.
Known quantities (Math.), Quantities whose values are given.
Unknown quantities (Math.), Quantities whose values are sought.
Quantity (n.) How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount].
Quantity (n.) An adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition".
Quantity (n.) The concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable.
QUANTITY, () pleading. That which is susceptible of measure.
QUANTITY, () It is a general rule that, when the declaration alleges an injury to goods and chattels, or any contract relating to them, their quantity should be stated. Gould on Pl. c. 4, Sec. 35. And in actions for the recovery of real estate, the quantity of the land should be specified. Bract. 431, a; 11 Co. 25 b, 55 a; Doct. Pl. 85, 86; 1 East, R. 441; 8 East, R. 357; 13 East, R. 102; Steph. Pl. 314, 315.
Quantivalence (n.) Valence.
Quantivalent (a.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence.
Quanta (n. pl. ) of Quantum
Quantum (n.) Quantity; amount.
Quantum (n.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
Quap (v. i.) To quaver.
Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.
Quar (n.) A quarry.
Quarantined (imp. & p. p.) of Quarantine
Quarantining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarantine
Quarantine (v. t.) 使隔離；使受檢疫；使孤立；與……斷絕關係 To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
Quarantine (n.) 隔離；檢疫；隔離區；檢疫所 A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
Note: Quarantine is now applied also to any forced stoppage of travel or communication on account of malignant contagious disease, on land as well as by sea.
Quarantine (n.) (Eng. Law) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
Quarantine flag, A yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an infectious disease; -- called also the yellow jack, and yellow flag.
Quarantine (n.) Enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease.
Quarantine (n.) Isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease.
Quarantine (v.) (v. i.) 實行隔離 Place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England".
Quarantine (), Commerce, crim. law. The space of forty days, or a less quantity of time, during which the crew of a ship or vessel coming from a port or place infected or supposed to be infected with disease, are required to remain on board after their arrival, before they can be permitted to land.
Quarantine () The object of the quarantine is to ascertain whether the crew are infected or not.
Quarantine () To break the quarantine without legal authority is a misdemeanor. 1 Russ. on Cr. 133.
Quarantine () In cases of insurance of ships, the insurer is responsible when the insurance extends to her being moored in port 24 hours in safety, although she may have arrived, if before the 24 hours are expired she is ordered to perform quarantine, if any accident contemplated by the policy occur 1 Marsh. on Ins. 264.
Quarantine (), Inheritances, rights. The space of forty days during which a widow has a right to remain in her late husband's principal mansion, immediately after his death. The right of the widow is also called her quarantine.
Quarantine () In some, perhaps all the states of the United States, provision has been expressly made by statute securing to the widow this right for a greater or lesser space of time in Massachusetts, Mass. Rev. St. 411, and New York, 4 Kent, Com. 62, the widow is entitled to the mansion house for forty days. In Ohio, for one year, Walk. Intr. 231, 324. In Alabama, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Virginia, she may occupy till dower is assigned; in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey and Virginia, she may also occupy the plantation or messuage. In Pennsylvania the statute of 9 Hen. III., c. 7, is in force, Rob. Dig. 176, by which it is declared that "a widow shall tarry in the chief house of her husband forty days after his death, within which, her dower shall be assigned her." In Massachusetts the widow is entitled to support for forty days in North Carolina for one year.
Quarantine () Quarantine is a personal right, forfeited by implication of law, by a second marriage. Co. Litt. 82. See Ind. Rev. L. 209; 1 Virg. Rev. C. 170,; Ala. L. 260; Misso. St. 229; Ill. Rev. L. 237; N. J. Rev. C. 397 1 Ken. Rev. L. 573. See Bac. Ab. Dower, B; Co. Litt. 32, b; Id, 34, b 2 Inst. 16, 17.
Quarl (n.) (Zool.) A medusa, or jellyfish. [R.]
The jellied quarl that flings At once a thousand streaming stings. -- J. R. Drake.
Quarrel (n.) [C] （古代用的）方鏃箭 An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head. [Obs.]
To shoot with arrows and quarrel. -- Sir J. Mandeville.
Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels. -- Sir W. Scott.
Quarrel (n.) (Arch.) Any small square or quadrangular member; as:
Quarrel (n.) (Arch.)A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.
Quarrel (n.) (Arch.) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square.
Quarrel (n.) (Arch.) A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
Quarrel (n.) A glazier's diamond. -- Simmonds.