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ness, n., kwez'-i-rie's, nausea; 

 inclination to vomit. 



Quercus, n. , kwertf-us (L. quercus, 

 an oak tree), a highly important 

 genus of trees, Ord. Cupuliferse or 

 Corylacese : Quercus peduncul- 

 ata, ped-ungk f -ul-at''d (L. ped- 

 unculus, a little foot from pes, 

 a foot, pedis, of a foot), the 

 Common Oak, containing much 

 tannin, and used as an astringent: 

 Q. sessiliflora, ses'stt'i-flor'a (L. 

 sessilis, fit for sitting upon, low, 

 dwarf ; flos, a flower, floris, of a 

 flower), a British species, having 

 sessile fruit, and yields best tim- 

 ber : Q. SBgilops, edj'il'dps (L. 

 cegilops, an oak with edible fruit), 

 a species whose acorn cups, called 

 Valonia, are used by dyers : Q. 

 infectoria, m'f8k-tdr-i>d (L. in- 



fectorms, that serves for dyeing 

 from inferior, a dyer), a native 

 of Asia Minor, producing galls 

 which are used as powerful astring- 

 ents, and in dyeing, tanning, 

 and making ink : Q. suber, suff- 

 er (L. suber, the cork tree), a 

 species whose bark constitutes 

 cork : Q. tinctoria, ting tor' i- a 

 (L. tmctorius, of or belonging to 

 dyeing from tingo, I die), the 

 Quercitron, whose bark yields a 

 yellow dye : Q. ilex, il'-Zks (L. 

 Ilex, the holm oak), the Ever- 

 green Oak. 



QuilaieaB, n. plu., Jcwil-i'Z-e 

 (Spanish), a Sub-order of the 

 Ord. Kosacese: Quilaia, n., Icwil- 

 i'-ti, a genus of plants : Quilaia 

 saponaria, sap'-on-tir'-i-a (L. sdpo, 

 soap, sdponis, of soap), a species 

 whose bark, as well as that of 

 other species, is used as a sub- 

 stitute for soap. 



quinary, a., kwin'ar-i (L. quini, 

 five each from quinque, five), in 

 bot., composed of five parts, or of 

 a multiple of five : quinate, a. , 

 kwln'dt, in bot., applied to five 

 similar parts arranged together, 

 as five leaflets coming off from 

 one point. 



quincunx, n., Icwing'kungks (L. 

 quincunx, five - twelfths, an 

 arrangement in five from quin- 

 que, five ; uncia, a twelfth part), 

 in bot., the arrangement of the 

 leaves of a bud into five, of which 

 two are exterior, two interior, 

 and the fifth covers the interior 

 with one margin, and has its 

 other margin covered by the 

 exterior : quincuncial, a. , Tewing" 

 kun'-shi'dl, arranged in quincunx. 



quinia, n., kwin-i'd, or quinine, 

 n., kwin f 4n (Sp. quina, Peruvian 

 bark), the most important con- 

 stituent of Cinchona bark, largely 

 employed in medicine, chiefly in 

 the form of the sulphate, as an 

 antiperiodic and antipyretic : 

 quinicine, n., kwln'-is-in, an 

 alkaloid resembling quinia and 

 quinidine, from either of which 

 it may be prepared : quinidine, 

 n., kwin'-id-in, an alkaloid found 

 in quinia: quinism, n., kwm'izm, 

 the appearances produced by 

 much overdosing with quinia, or 

 its salts. 



NOTE. antiperiodic, n., tin'* ti-per'* 

 I'Od'-ik (Gr. anil, against ;periddos, 

 a circuit), a remedy which removes 

 the periodicity of disease : anti- 

 pyretic, n., dn'ti-pir-Zt'ik (Gr. 

 anti, against ; puretos, fever), a 

 medicine for inflammation ; adj., 

 antiphlogistic. 



quinquecostate, a. , kwing'kwt,' 

 kSstf-dt (L. quinque, five ; costa, 

 a rib), in bot., having five ribs on 

 the leaf. 



quinquefarious, a., kwmg'-kwV-fdr'- 

 i'US (new L. quinquefdrius from 

 L. quinque, five), in bot., in five 

 directions ; opening into five 

 parts. 



quinquefid, a., kwmg'-kwe-fid (L. 

 quinque, five ; fidi, I have split, 

 findo, I split), in bot. t five-cleft ; 

 cut into five parts as far as 

 the middle : quinquelocular, a., 

 kwing f 'kw^-l6kf'Ul'dr (L. loculus, a 

 little place or cell), in bot. , hav- 

 ing five cells, as a pericarp : 



