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quill
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Quill
(gcide) | Quill \Quill\, n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see
Kayless); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir.
cuille a quill.]
1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the
rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
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2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the
point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the
proper subject of his quill. --Sir H. Wotton.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
(b) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
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4. (Mus.)
(a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings
of certain instruments.
(b) The tube of a musical instrument.
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He touched the tender stops of various quills.
--Milton.
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5. Something having the form of a quill; as:
(a) The fold or plain of a ruff.
(b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood,
upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a
shuttle.
(c) (Mach.) A hollow spindle.
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6. (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or
of cinchona.
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Quill bit, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed
split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a
gouge.
Quill driver, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk.
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Quill nib, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder.
--Simmonds.
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Quill
(gcide) | Quill \Quill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quilling.]
1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings;
as, to quill a ruffle.
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His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith.
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2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.
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quill
(wn) | quill
n 1: pen made from a bird's feather [syn: quill, quill pen]
2: a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
3: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [syn:
flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather]
4: the hollow spine of a feather [syn: quill, calamus,
shaft] |
quill
(devil) | QUILL, n. An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly
wielded by an ass. This use of the quill is now obsolete, but its
modern equivalent, the steel pen, is wielded by the same everlasting
Presence.
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tranquillise
(mass) | tranquillise
- upokojiť, utíšiť |
tranquillize
(mass) | tranquillize
- upokojiť |
tranquilly
(mass) | tranquilly
- pokojne |
barranquilla
(encz) | Barranquilla,město - Kolumbie n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
coquilla nut
(encz) | coquilla nut, n: |
coquille
(encz) | coquille, n: |
coquilles saint-jacques
(encz) | coquilles Saint-Jacques, n: |
indigo squill
(encz) | indigo squill, n: |
major tranquilliser
(encz) | major tranquilliser, n: |
major tranquillizer
(encz) | major tranquillizer, n: |
minor tranquilliser
(encz) | minor tranquilliser, n: |
minor tranquillizer
(encz) | minor tranquillizer, n: |
primary quill
(encz) | primary quill, n: |
quill
(encz) | quill,brk n: mamm |
quill feather
(encz) | quill feather, n: |
quill pen
(encz) | quill pen, n: |
quillwort
(encz) | quillwort, n: |
quillwort family
(encz) | quillwort family, n: |
quillworts
(encz) | quillworts,šídlatky n: pl. [bio.] rod plavuní Jirka Daněk |
sea squill
(encz) | sea squill, n: |
spring squill
(encz) | spring squill, n: |
squill
(encz) | squill, n: |
squilla
(encz) | squilla, n: |
tranquillise
(encz) | tranquillise,uklidnit v: Zdeněk Brožtranquillise,utišit v: Zdeněk Brož |
tranquillised
(encz) | tranquillised, |
tranquilliser
(encz) | tranquilliser,sedativum Jaroslav Šedivý |
tranquillity
(encz) | tranquillity,klid n: Zdeněk Brožtranquillity,klidnost n: Zdeněk Brožtranquillity,poklid n: Zdeněk Brožtranquillity,pokoj Zdeněk Brož |
tranquillize
(encz) | tranquillize,uklidnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
tranquillizer
(encz) | tranquillizer,sedativum n: Zdeněk Brožtranquillizer,trankvilizér n: Zdeněk Brož |
tranquilly
(encz) | tranquilly,klidně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
tequilla
(czen) | tequilla,tequilan: Zdeněk Brož |
Blanquillo
(gcide) | Blanquillo \Blan*quil"lo\, n. [Sp. blanquillo whitish.] (Zool.)
A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies ({Caulolatilus
chrysops}). It is red, marked with yellow.
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Coquilla nut
(gcide) | Coquilla nut \Co*quil"la nut\ [Pg. coquilho, Sp. coquillo, dim.
of coco a cocoanut.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of
Martius.).
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Note: Its shell is hazel-brown in color, very hard and close
in texture, and much used by turners in forming
ornamental articles, such as knobs for umbrella
handles.
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Coquille
(gcide) | Coquille \Co*quille"\ (k[-o]*k[=e]l"; F. k[-o]`k[=e]"y'), n.
[F.]
Lit., a shell; hence:
(a) A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are
served.
(b) The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc.
(c) A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for
neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is
gathered or fulled.
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Crow-quill
(gcide) | Crow-quill \Crow"-quill`\ (kr?"kw?l`), n.
A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a
quill.
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Goose quill
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Intranquillity
(gcide) | Intranquillity \In`tran*quil"li*ty\, n.
Unquietness; restlessness. --Sir W. Temple.
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Jonquille
(gcide) | Jonquil \Jon"quil\, Jonquille \Jon"quille\, n. [F. jonquille,
fr. L. juncus a rush, because it has rushlike leaves.] (Bot.)
A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus ({Narcissus
Jonquilla}), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike
leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has
emetic properties. It is sometimes called the {rush-leaved
daffodil}. See Illust. of Corona.
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Narcissus Jonquilla
(gcide) | Jonquil \Jon"quil\, Jonquille \Jon"quille\, n. [F. jonquille,
fr. L. juncus a rush, because it has rushlike leaves.] (Bot.)
A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus ({Narcissus
Jonquilla}), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike
leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has
emetic properties. It is sometimes called the {rush-leaved
daffodil}. See Illust. of Corona.
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Primary quills
(gcide) | Primary \Pri"ma*ry\, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
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The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
--Bp. Pearson.
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These I call original, or primary, qualities of
body. --Locke.
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2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
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3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
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4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
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5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
some quality or property in the first degree; having
undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
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Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
carbon atoms; -- distinguished from {secondary & tertiary
alcohols}.
Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.
Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
supervene.
Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
cluster of flowers.
Primary colors. See under Color.
Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
See Caucus.
Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
inseparable from them.
Primary quills (Zool.), the largest feathers of the wing of
a bird; primaries.
Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
to have been first formed, being crystalline and
containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
-- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
a base or basic radical.
Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
including the period from the development of the original
lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
indicative of general constitutional infection.
Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
the first intention.
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Quill bit
(gcide) | Quill \Quill\, n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see
Kayless); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir.
cuille a quill.]
1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the
rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
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2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the
point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the
proper subject of his quill. --Sir H. Wotton.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
(b) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
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4. (Mus.)
(a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings
of certain instruments.
(b) The tube of a musical instrument.
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He touched the tender stops of various quills.
--Milton.
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5. Something having the form of a quill; as:
(a) The fold or plain of a ruff.
(b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood,
upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a
shuttle.
(c) (Mach.) A hollow spindle.
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6. (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or
of cinchona.
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Quill bit, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed
split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a
gouge.
Quill driver, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk.
[Jocose]
Quill nib, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder.
--Simmonds.
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Quill driver
(gcide) | Quill \Quill\, n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see
Kayless); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir.
cuille a quill.]
1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the
rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
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2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the
point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the
proper subject of his quill. --Sir H. Wotton.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
(b) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
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4. (Mus.)
(a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings
of certain instruments.
(b) The tube of a musical instrument.
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He touched the tender stops of various quills.
--Milton.
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5. Something having the form of a quill; as:
(a) The fold or plain of a ruff.
(b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood,
upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a
shuttle.
(c) (Mach.) A hollow spindle.
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6. (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or
of cinchona.
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Quill bit, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed
split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a
gouge.
Quill driver, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk.
[Jocose]
Quill nib, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder.
--Simmonds.
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Quill nib
(gcide) | Quill \Quill\, n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see
Kayless); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir.
cuille a quill.]
1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the
rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
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2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the
point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the
proper subject of his quill. --Sir H. Wotton.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
(b) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
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4. (Mus.)
(a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings
of certain instruments.
(b) The tube of a musical instrument.
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He touched the tender stops of various quills.
--Milton.
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5. Something having the form of a quill; as:
(a) The fold or plain of a ruff.
(b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood,
upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a
shuttle.
(c) (Mach.) A hollow spindle.
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6. (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or
of cinchona.
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Quill bit, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed
split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a
gouge.
Quill driver, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk.
[Jocose]
Quill nib, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder.
--Simmonds.
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Quillaia bark
(gcide) | Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native
of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans
instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
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quillaiin
(gcide) | Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white
amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution,
and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent
and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin,
quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper
is the type.
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Quillaja saponaria
(gcide) | Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white
amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution,
and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent
and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin,
quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper
is the type.
[1913 Webster + PJC]Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native
of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans
instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
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Quillaja Saponaria
(gcide) | Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white
amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution,
and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent
and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin,
quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper
is the type.
[1913 Webster + PJC]Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native
of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans
instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
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Quillback
(gcide) | Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zool.)
An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus cyprinus syn.
Carpiodes cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker,
sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.
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Quilled
(gcide) | Quill \Quill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quilling.]
1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings;
as, to quill a ruffle.
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His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith.
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2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.
[1913 Webster]Quilled \Quilled\, a.
Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. "A
sharp-quilled porcupine." --Shak.
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Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the
threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a
wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar
shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.
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Quilled suture
(gcide) | Quilled \Quilled\, a.
Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. "A
sharp-quilled porcupine." --Shak.
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Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the
threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a
wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar
shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.
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Quillet
(gcide) | Quillet \Quil"let\, n. [L. quidlibet what you please. Cf.
Quiddit, and Quibble.]
Subtilty; nicety; quibble. "Nice, sharp quillets of the law."
--Shak.
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Quilling
(gcide) | Quill \Quill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quilling.]
1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings;
as, to quill a ruffle.
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His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith.
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2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.
[1913 Webster]Quilling \Quill"ing\, n.
(a) A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or
plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills.
(b) One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
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Quillwort
(gcide) | Quillwort \Quill"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous
plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike
leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their
enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen
American species, usually growing in the mud under still,
shallow water. So called from the shape of the shape of the
leaves.
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Secondary quills
(gcide) | Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire.
See Second, a.]
1. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place,
origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the
first order or rate.
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Wheresoever there is moral right on the one hand, no
secondary right can discharge it. --L'Estrange.
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Two are the radical differences; the secondary
differences are as four. --Bacon.
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2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work
of secondary hands.
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3. (Chem.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to
some operation (as substitution), in the second degree;
as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf.
primary.
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Note: A primary amine has the general formula R.NH2; a
secondary amine has the general formula R.NH.R',
where R and R' are alkyl or aryl groups. A primary
alcohol has the general formula R.CH2.OH; a secondary
alcohol has the general formula R.CHOH.R'. Tertiary
amines and alcohols have the general formulas
R.CR'N.R' and R.CR'OH.R', respectively.
[PJC]
4. (Min.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced
by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of
the original rock mass; also of characters of minerals (as
secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other
causes.
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5. (Zool.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a
bird.
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6. (Med.)
(a) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as,
Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
(b) Occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the
secondary symptoms of syphilis.
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Secondary accent. See the Note under Accent, n., 1.
Secondary age. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the
Tertiary. See Mesozoic, and Note under Age, n., 8.
Secondary alcohol (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols
which contain the radical CH.OH united with two
hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols
form ketones.
Secondary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury,
performed after the constitutional effects of the injury
have subsided.
Secondary axis (Opt.), any line which passes through the
optical center of a lens but not through the centers of
curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes
through the center of curvature but not through the center
of the mirror.
Secondary battery. (Elec.) See under Battery, n., 4.
Secondary circle (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle that
passes through the poles of another great circle and is
therefore perpendicular to its plane.
Secondary circuit, Secondary coil (Elec.), a circuit or
coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a
current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the
primary circuit or coil.
Secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary
colors in equal proportions.
Secondary coverts (Zool.), the longer coverts which overlie
the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See
Illust. under Bird.
Secondary crystal (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the
primary forms.
Secondary current (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a
closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through
the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also
at the end of the passage of the primary current.
Secondary evidence, that which is admitted upon failure to
obtain the primary or best evidence.
Secondary fever (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease
after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease
began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the
eruption in smallpox.
Secondary hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a
wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the
original bleeding has ceased.
Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are
not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for
their development and intensity on the organism of the
percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc.
Secondary quills or Secondary remiges (Zool.), the quill
feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a
row continuous with the primaries; -- called also
secondaries. See Illust. of Bird.
Secondary rocks or Secondary strata (Geol.), those lying
between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see
Primary rocks, under Primary); -- later restricted to
strata of the Mesozoic age, and at present but little
used.
Secondary syphilis (Med.), the second stage of syphilis,
including the period from the first development of
constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the
internal organs become involved.
Secondary tint, any subdued tint, as gray.
Secondary union (Surg.), the union of wounds after
suppuration; union by the second intention.
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Syn: Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior.
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Spurious quill
(gcide) | Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\ (sp[=u]"r[i^]*[u^]s), a. [L. spurius.]
1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
pretended; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterate.
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2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. "Her spurious
firstborn." --Milton.
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Spurious primary, or Spurious quill (Zool.), the first,
or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced
in size, as in certain singing birds.
Spurious wing (Zool.), the bastard wing, or alula.
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Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
fictitious; bastard.
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Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.
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Squill
(gcide) | Squill \Squill\ (skw[i^]l), n. [F. squille (also scille a
squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. ?.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant ({Urginea
maritima}, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid,
expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in
medicine. Called also sea onion.
(b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the
bluebell squill (Scilla mutans).
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A squilla.
(b) A mantis.
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Squilla
(gcide) | Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas
(-l[.a]z), L. Squillae (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus
Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or
beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp.
See Illust. under Stomapoda.
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Squillae
(gcide) | Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas
(-l[.a]z), L. Squillae (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus
Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or
beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp.
See Illust. under Stomapoda.
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squillagee
(gcide) | Squeegee \Squee"gee\ (skw[=e]"j[-e]), n.
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other
liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squilgee,
squillagee.]
[1913 Webster]Squilgee \Squil"gee\ (skw[i^]l"j[-e]), n.
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
leather, -- used for removing superfluous water or other
liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee,
squillagee, squeegee.]
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Squillas
(gcide) | Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas
(-l[.a]z), L. Squillae (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus
Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or
beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp.
See Illust. under Stomapoda.
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squillgee
(gcide) | Squilgee \Squil"gee\ (skw[i^]l"j[-e]), n.
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
leather, -- used for removing superfluous water or other
liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee,
squillagee, squeegee.]
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Squillitic
(gcide) | Squillitic \Squill*it"ic\ (skw[i^]l*[i^]t"[i^]k), a.
Of or pertaining to squills. [R.] "Squillitic vinegar."
--Holland.
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Squilloidea
(gcide) | Stomapoda \Sto*map"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Stoma, and -poda.]
(Zool.)
An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds
are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They
have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of
the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large,
and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda,
and Squilloidea.
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Tranquilliized
(gcide) | Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Tranquilizingor Tranquillizing.] [Cf. F.
tranquilliser.]
To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to
make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed
by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.
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Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify.
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Tranquillity
(gcide) | Tranquillity \Tran*quil"li*ty\, n. [F. tranquillit['e], L.
tranquillitas.]
The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.
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Tranquillization
(gcide) | Tranquilization \Tran`quil*i*za"tion\, Tranquillization
\Tran`quil*li*za"tion\, n.
The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized.
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Tranquillize
(gcide) | Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Tranquilizingor Tranquillizing.] [Cf. F.
tranquilliser.]
To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to
make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed
by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.
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Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify.
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Tranquillizer
(gcide) | Tranquilizer \Tran"quil*i`zer\, Tranquillizer \Tran"quil*li`zer\
, n.
One who, or that which, tranquilizes.
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Tranquillizing
(gcide) | Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Tranquilizingor Tranquillizing.] [Cf. F.
tranquilliser.]
To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to
make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed
by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.
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Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify.
[1913 Webster] TranquilizerTranquilizing \Tran"quil*i`zing\, Tranquillizing
\Tran"quil*li`zing\, a.
Making tranquil; calming. " The tranquilizing power of time."
--Wordsworth. -- Tran"quil*i`zing*ly or
Tran"quil*li`zing*ly, adv.
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Tranquillizingly
(gcide) | Tranquilizing \Tran"quil*i`zing\, Tranquillizing
\Tran"quil*li`zing\, a.
Making tranquil; calming. " The tranquilizing power of time."
--Wordsworth. -- Tran"quil*i`zing*ly or
Tran"quil*li`zing*ly, adv.
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