n. [ Cf. 3d Cue. ] A half farthing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Cf. E. quich, v. i., quick, v. i.; or AS. cweccan to shake. ] To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Quick. ] A thick, bushy plot; a thicket. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Originally, a woman, AS. cwene; akin to OS. quena, OHG. quena, Icel. kona, Goth qin&unr_;, and AS. cwén, also to Gr. &unr_; woman, wife, Skr. gnā goddess. Cf. Queen. ]
adv. In a queasy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Icel. kweisa pain; cf. Norw. kveis sickness after a debauch. ]
Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Geol.) The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of the Canadian period have been divided in the American Lower Silurian system. See the Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp. ] (Bot.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnœa of the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also