v. i.
n.
Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases;
n.;
(Bot.) See Quitch grass. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quackery. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. & t.
n. [ D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one's salves. See Quack, Salve, n. ] One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]