Quaker 
A certain minister in Bremen, . . . reproached with the 
name of Quaker, because of his singular sharpness against 
the formal lifeless ministers and Christians in the world. 
Perm, Travels in Holland, etc. 
Get the writings of John Woolman by heart, and love 
the early Quakers. Lamb, A Quakers Meeting. 
3. A Quaker gun (which see, under gun 1 ). 
The only other vessel in the port was a Russian govern- 
ment bark, . . . mounting eight guns (four of which we 
found to be quakers). 
R. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 271. 
4. In entom., one of certain noetuid moths: 
aii English collectors' name. Agrotis castanea 
is the common quaker, and Mamestra tiana is 
the small quaker. Also quaker-moth Quaker 
black-drop. See black-drop. Quaker buttons. See 
button. Stewed Quaker, a posset of molasses or honey, 
stewed with butter and vinegar, and taken hot as a reme- 
dy for colds. [Colloq.J 
A little saucepan of stewed Quaker, prepared by Sarah at 
the suggestion of the thoughtful Mrs. Hand, was bubbling 
on the stove. The Century, XXXV. 674. 
The Quaker City, Philadelphia in Pennsylvania: BO 
called in allusion to its having been founded by Quakers. 
Quaker-bird (kwa'ker-berd), . The sooty al- 
batross, Diomedea or Phcebctria fuliginosa : so 
called from its somber color. 
Quaker-color (kwa'ker-kuFor), n. The color 
of the drab or gray fabrics much worn by 
Quakers. 
The upper parts are a uniform, satiny olive gray or 
quaker-cotor. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 474. 
Quaker dom (kwa'ker-dum), n. [< Quaker + 
-dom.] Quakers as a class; the world of Qua- 
kers, with their tenets, aims, manners, customs, 
etc. [Colloq.] 
He [Derwent Coleridge] spoke very civilly of modern 
Quakerdom, congratulating them on their preference for 
the cultivation of the intellect rather than the accomplish- 
ments of the person. Caroline Fox, Journal, p. 47. 
Quakeress (kwa'ker-es), n. [< Quaker + -ess.] 
A female Quaker. 
Every Quakeress is a lily. Lamb, A Quakers' Meeting, 
quaker-grass (kwa'ker-gras), n. Same as 
quaking-grass. [Prov. Eng.] 
Quakeric (kwa'ker-ik), a. [< Quaker + -ic.] 
Pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerish. [Bare.] 
The Quakeric dialect. Macaulaij, in Trevelyan, II. 190. 
Quakerish (kwa'ker-ish), a. [< Quaker + -ish 1 .] 
Pertaining to Quakerism ; characteristic of or 
resembling the Quakers ; Quaker-like. 
Don't address me as if I were a beauty ; I am your plain 
Quakerish governess. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxiv. 
Quakerism (kwa'ker-izm), n. [< Quaker + 
-i*f.] The tenets, religious customs, and man- 
ners peculiar to the Quakers Wet Quakerism, 
the doctrine of those Friends who believe in the proprie- 
ty and Scriptural sanction of baptism with water: used 
opprobriously. 
Wet Quakerism is largely on the increase, even in the 
innermost circle. H. N. Oxenham, Short Studies, p. 3. 
Quakerly (kwa'ker-li), a. [< Quaker + -ly 1 .] 
Characteristic of or resembling Quakers ; Qua- 
ker-like. 
You would not have Englishmen, when they are in 
company, hold a silent quakerly meeting. 
J. Goodman, Winter Evening Conferences, p. 1. 
quaker-moth (kwa'ker-moth), n. An English 
collectors' name for certain modest-colored noe- 
tuid moths. 
quakers (kwa'kerz), n. [PI. of quaker.] The 
quaking-grass. [Prov. Eng.] 
quakeryt (kwa'ker-i), n. [< Quaker + -y3 (see 
-ery).] Same as Quakerism. 
quaketail (kwak'tal), . The yellow wagtail ; 
any bird of the genus Budytes, as B.fiava. Mac- 
giliwray; Montagu. [Local, British.] 
quakiness (kwa'ki-nes), . The state of being 
quaky or shaking: as, the quakiness of a bog. 
Quaking (kwa'king), n. [< ME. quakynge, < AS. 
ewacung, verbal n. of cwacian, quake: see 
quake.'] Trembling; fear; agitation. 
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy 
water with trembling. Ezek. xii. 18. 
quaking-grass (kwa'king-gras), . A grass of 
the genus Briza, especially B. media, an Old 
World plant sparingly introduced into the Unit- 
ed States. The spikelets are tremulous on the slender 
branches of the panicle. Also called quake-grass, quaker- 
grass, dodder.grass, cow-quakes, dithering grass, jockey- 
graes,a,nd maidenhair-grass. Tall quaking-grass. See 
Glyceria. 
quakingly (kwa/king-li), adv. In a quaking or 
trembling manner. 
But never pen did more quakingly perform his office. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
quaky (kwa'ki), a. [< quake + -yl.] Charac- 
terized by or prone to quaking ; shaky : as, a 
quaky bog, 
4890 
Poor old Twoshoes Is so old and toothless and quaky 
that she can't sing a bit. 
Thackeray, Koundabout Papers, Some Carp at Sans Souci. 
quale 1 !, . [ME., < AS. cicalu, slaughter, de- 
struction (= OS. quala, quale = MD. quaele, 
D. kwaal, sickness, disease, = MLG. qitale, 
LG. (jitiiiil, kiraiil = OHG. quala, chwala, chala, 
MHG. quale, kale, G. qual = Icel. kvol = Sw. 
qual = Dan. kval, pang, agony), < ciretan, 
die: see quail*-.] A plague; murrain. Laya- 
mon. 
quale 2 ti * A Middle English form of quail'*. 
quale 3 t, n. A Middle English dialectal form of 
QUale 4 (kwa'le), n. [L., neut. of qualis, inter- 
rog., of what character or quality, of what sort; 
rel., of such a kind; indef., having some quali- 
ty or other: see quality.] An object named or 
considered as having a quality. 
Moreover, we can directly observe in our own organic 
sensations, which seem to come nearest to the whole con- 
tent of infantile and molluscous experience, an almost 
entire absence of any assignable quale. 
J. Ward, Encyc. Brit, XX. 40. 
qualifiable (kwol'i-fi-a-bl), a. [< F. qualifia- 
ole; as qualify + -able.] Capable of being 
qualified, in any sense. Barrow. 
Qualification (kwol'i-fi-ka'shon), n. [= F. qua- 
lification = Sp. calificacion = Pg. qualificafSo 
= It. qualificazione, < ML. *quaUficatio(n-), < 
qualificare, qualify: see qualify.] 1. The act 
of qualifying, or the state of being qualified, by 
change or modification; specifically, adapta- 
tion; fitness. 
Neither had the waters of the flood infused such an im- 
purity as thereby the natural and powerful operation of 
all plants, herbs, and fruits upon the earth received a 
qualification and harmful change. Raleigh, Hist. World. 
2. A quality adapting a person or thing to 
particular circumstances, uses, or ends. 
The qualifications which conduce most to the fixity of 
a portion of matter seem to be these. 
Boyle, Experimental Notes, i. 
Strength, agility, and courage would in such a state be 
the most valuable qualifications. 
Mandeviue, Fable of the Bees, Dialogue vi. 
3. That which qualifies a person for or renders 
him admissible to or acceptable for a place, 
an office, or an employment; any natural or 
acquired quality, property, or possession which 
secures a right to exercise any function, privi- 
lege, etc.; specifically, legal power or ability: 
as, the qualifications of an elector. 
The true reason of requiring any qualification with re- 
gard to property in voters is to exclude such persons as 
are in so mean a situation that they are esteemed to have 
no will of their own. Blackstone, Com., I. U. 
They say a good Maid Servant ought especially to have 
three Qtuuilications : to be honest, ugly, and high-spirited. 
A'. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 304. 
Considerable efforts are, however, now being made to 
have the real gymnasium certificate recognized as a suf- 
ficient qualification for the study of medicine at least 
Encyc. Brit., XX. 17. 
4. In logic, the attaching of quality, or the dis- 
tinction of affirmative and negative, to a term. 
5. A qualifying that is, partially negativing 
or extenuating circumstance; modification; 
restriction ; limitation ; allowance ; abatement : 
as, to assert something without any qualifica- 
tion. 
It may be laid down as a general rale, though subject 
to considerable qualification and exceptions, that history 
begins in novel and ends in essay. Macaulaij, History. 
But, all qualifications being made, it is undeniable that 
there is a certain specialization of the [nervous] discharge, 
giving somedistinctiveness to the bodily changes by which 
each feeling is accompanied. 
H. Spencer, Pita. of Psyehol., 495. 
6f. Appeasement; pacification. 
Out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny ; 
whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but 
by the displanting of Cassio. Shale., Othello, U. 1. 282. 
Property qualification, the holding of a certain amount 
of property as a condition to the right of suffrage or the 
exercise of some other public function. This condition 
in the case of suffrage has been common in ancient and 
modern times, and still prevails to a considerable extent 
in Europe. In the United States it has disappeared in the 
different States the last one, Rhode Island, having abol- 
ished it (with a few exceptions) in 1888. In many States 
a small property qualification is a condition of service as 
a juror. 
qualificative (kwol'i-fi-ka-tiv), a. and n. [= 
F. qualificatif='Pg. qualificativo; < NL. qualifi- 
cativug, < ML. qualificare, qualify : see qualify.] 
I. a. Serving to qualify or modify, or having 
the power to do so ; qualifying. 
II. . That which serves to qualify, modify, 
or limit; a qualifying term, clause, or state- 
ment. 
qualify 
QUalificator (kwol'i-fi-ka-tor), n. [= F. quali- 
ficateur = Sp. calificador = Pg. qualifieaaor = 
It. qualificatore ; < ML. qualificator, < qualifi- 
care, qualify : see qualify.] In Eoman Catholic 
ecclesiastical courts, an officer whose business 
it is to examine causes and prepare them for 
trial. 
Qualificatory (kwol'i-fi-ka-to-ri), a. [< NL. 
"qualificatorius, < ML. qualificare, qualify: see 
(j u/i I ij y.] Of or pertaining to qualification. 
[Rare.] 
Some teachers urge that we should have no examina- 
tions at all, ... others that examinations should be solely 
qualificatory. The Academy, Oct. 12, 1889, p. 233. 
qualified (kwol'i-fid), p. a. 1. Having a quali- 
fication; fitted by accomplishments or endow- 
ments ; furnished with legal power or capacity : 
as, a person qualified to hold an appointment ; 
a qualified elector. 
Well qualified and dutiful I know him ; 
I took him not for beauty. 
Beau, and Fl., Philaster, iii. 2. 
He only who is able to stand alone is qualified for society. 
Emerson, Fugitive Slave Law. 
2. Affected by some degree of negation, limi- 
tation, or modification ; modified ; limited ; re- 
stricted : as, a qualified statement ; qualified ad- 
miration. 
The Quaker's loyalty, said the Earl of Errol at Aberdeen, 
is a qualified loyalty ; it smells of rebellion. 
Bancroft, Hist. U. 8., II. 349. 
3. Eecles., noting a person enabled to hold two 
benefices Estate of inheritance qualified. See es- 
tate. Qualified acceptance. See acceptance, 1 (c) (2). 
Qualified fee, Indorsement, oath, property. See the 
nouns. = Syn. 1. Competent, Qualified, Fitted, lobe com- 
petent is to have the natural abilities or the general train- 
ing necessary for any given work ; to be qualified is to have, 
in addition to competency, a special training, enabling one 
to begin the work effectively and at once. He who is compe- 
tent may or may not require time to become qualified; he 
who is not competent cannot become qualified, for it is not 
in him. Fitted is a genera] word ; he who is fitted by na- 
ture, experience, or general training is competent ; he who 
is fitted by special preparation is qualified. 
qualifiedly (kwol'i-fid-li), adv. In a qualified 
manner; with qualification or limitation. 
qualifiedness (kwol'i-fid-nes), n. The state of 
being qualified or fitted. 
qualifier (kwol'i-fi-er), . [< qualify + -er 1 . 
Cf. qualificator.] One who or that which quali- 
fies ; that which modifies, reduces, tempers, or 
restrains; specifically, in gram., a word that 
qualifies another, as an adjective a noun, or 
an adverb a verb, etc. 
Your Epitheton or qualifier, whereof we spake before, 
. . . because he serues also to alter and enforce the sence, 
we will say somewhat more of him. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 158. 
Qualifiers of the Holy Office, a body of monks, in the 
service of the Inquisition, who examined the evidence in 
regard to accused persons, and made reports to the tribu- 
nals. Encyc. Brit. 
qualify (kwol'i-fi), v.: pret. and pp. qualified, 
ppr. qualifying. [< OF. qualifier, callifier, cuali- 
ficar, F. qualifier = Sp. calificar = Pg. qv.aU- 
ficar = It. qualificare, < ML. qualificare, < L. 
qualis, of what kind, + -ficare, < facere, make : 
see quality and -fy.] I. trans. 1. To note the 
quality or kind of ; express or mark a quality of. 
2. To impart a certain quality or qualification 
to ; fit for any place, office, or occupation ; fur- 
nish with the knowledge, skill, or other accom- 
plishment necessary for a purpose. 
I determined toijuali.fi/ myself for engraving on copper. 
Hoyarth, in Thackeray's Eng. Humourists, Hogarth, 
[Smollett, and Fielding, note. 
Misanthropy is not the temper which qualifies a man to 
act in great affairs, or to judge of them. 
Macaulay, Hallam's Const Hist 
3. Specifically, to make legally capable; fur- 
nish with legal power or capacity: as, to quali- 
fy a person for exercising the elective franchise. 
The first of them, says he, that has a Spaniel by his Side, 
is a Yeoman of about an hundred Pounds a Year, an hon- 
est Man ; He is Just within the Game Act, and qualified to 
kill an Hare or a Pheasant. Addison, Spectator, No. 122. 
In 1432 it was ordered that the qualifying freehold should 
be within the county. Stubbs, Const. Hist, 8 368. 
4. In logic, to modify by the negative particle 
or in some similar way. 5. In gram., to ex- 
press some quality as belonging to; modify; 
describe : said of an adjective in relation to a 
noun, of an adverb in relation to a verb, etc. 
6. To limit or modify ; restrict ; limit by ex- 
ceptions; come near denying: as, to qualify a 
statement or an expression ; to qualify the sense 
of words or phrases. 
Sometimes wordes suffered to go single do glue greater 
sence and grace then words quallified by attributions do. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 152. 
