n.;
They invited him to come to-morrow, . . . and bring half a quid with him. Charles Reade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. (Man.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Cud. ] A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud;
‖n. [ L. ] Somebody; one unknown. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cydoneum quince juice, quince wine. See Quince. ] A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Quiddity. ] Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Quiddity, Quillet, and Quibble. ] A subtilty; an equivocation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Quiddative. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.