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Quib
(gcide) | Quib \Quib\, n. [Cf. Quip.]
A quip; a gibe.
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quibble
(encz) | quibble,dělat zbytečné kritické poznámky v: quibble,klička n: [přen.] quibble,kličkovat v: [přen.] quibble,obcházení pravdy n: quibble,obcházet pravdu v: quibble,vymlouvat se v: quibble,vytáčet se v: quibble,vytáčka n: quibble,zbytečná kritická poznámka n: |
quibbler
(encz) | quibbler,rýpal v: Zdeněk Brož |
quibbling
(encz) | quibbling,hašteřivý adj: Zdeněk Brožquibbling,malicherný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
squib
(encz) | squib,druh zábavné pyrotechniky Jaroslav Šedivýsquib,elektrický rozněcovač Jaroslav Šedivý |
squibb
(encz) | Squibb,Squibb n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
squibb
(czen) | Squibb,Squibbn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Equibalance
(gcide) | Equibalance \E`qui*bal"ance\, n. [Equi- + balance.]
Equal weight; equiponderance.
[1913 Webster]Equibalance \E`qui*bal"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Equibalanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing.]
To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to
counterbalance; to equiponderate.
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Equibalanced
(gcide) | Equibalance \E`qui*bal"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Equibalanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing.]
To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to
counterbalance; to equiponderate.
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Equibalancing
(gcide) | Equibalance \E`qui*bal"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Equibalanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing.]
To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to
counterbalance; to equiponderate.
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Quibble
(gcide) | Quibble \Quib"ble\, n. [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced
by quillet, or quiddity.]
1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or
evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
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Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. --
I. Watts.
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2. A pun; a low conceit.
[1913 Webster]Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Quibbling.]
1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon
words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or
impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or
discourse; to equivocate.
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2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth.
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Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
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Quibbled
(gcide) | Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Quibbling.]
1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon
words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or
impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or
discourse; to equivocate.
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2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth.
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Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
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Quibbler
(gcide) | Quibbler \Quib"bler\, n.
One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster.
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Quibbling
(gcide) | Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Quibbling.]
1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon
words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or
impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or
discourse; to equivocate.
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2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth.
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Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
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Quibblingly
(gcide) | Quibblingly \Quib"bling*ly\, adv.
Triflingly; evasively.
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Sesquibasic
(gcide) | Sesquibasic \Ses`qui*ba"sic\, a. [Sesqui- + basic.] (Chem.)
Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a
sesqui compound.
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Squib
(gcide) | Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed (skw[i^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.]
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to
contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate.
[Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Squib \Squib\ (skw[i^]b), n. [OE. squippen, swippen, to move
swiftly, Icel. svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS.
swipian to whip, and E. swift, a. See Swift, a.]
1. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with
powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air
while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
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Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.
--Waller.
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The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . .
. is punishable. --Blackstone.
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2. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
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3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a
brief, witty essay.
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Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes.
--Goldsmith.
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4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.]
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The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the
world are called libelers, lampooners, and
pamphleteers. --Tatler.
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5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Squibbed
(gcide) | Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed (skw[i^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.]
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to
contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate.
[Colloq.]
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Squibbing
(gcide) | Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed (skw[i^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.]
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to
contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate.
[Colloq.]
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quibble
(wn) | quibble
n 1: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising
irrelevant distinctions or objections [syn: quibble,
quiddity, cavil]
v 1: evade the truth of a point or question by raising
irrelevant objections
2: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble,
brabble] |
quibbler
(wn) | quibbler
n 1: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
objections [syn: quibbler, caviller, caviler,
pettifogger] |
squib
(wn) | squib
n 1: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a
broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise |
QUIBBLE
(bouvier) | QUIBBLE. A slight difficulty raised without necessity or propriety; a cavil.
2. No justly eminent member of the bar will resort to a quibble in his
argument. It is contrary to his oath, which is to be true to the court as
well as to the client; and bad policy because by resorting to it, he will
lose his character as a man of probity.
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