quilting 
Thick quillings covered with elaborate broidery. 
Bulwer, Last Days of Pompeii, i. 3. 
4. A kind of cloth resembling diaper, having a 
pattern slightly marked by the direction of the 
threads or raised in low relief. It is made of 
cotton and of linen, and is used, like pique, for 
waistcoats. 5. A quilting-bee. [New Eng.] 
French quilting. Same as piquf., 2 (a), 
quilting-bee (kwil 'ting-be), n. A meeting of 
women for the purpose of assisting one of their 
number in quilting a counterpane: usually fol- 
lowed by a supper or other entertainment to 
which men are invited. [New Eng.] 
Now [In the days of Peter Stuyvesant] were instituted 
quilting bees . . . and other rural assemblages, where, un- 
der the inspiring influence of the fiddle, toil was enlivened 
by gayety and followed up by the dance. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 40. r >. 
quilting-cotton (kwil'ting-kot'ii), . Same as 
cotton icad" _ ', 
quilting-frame (kwil'ting-fram), n. 
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quindecima 
II. ii. 1. That which consists of or compre- 
hends five hundred. 2. A five-hundredth an- 
niversary. 
It saves us frinn the reproach of having allowed the 
qutn&ntmary of the Canterbury Pilgrimage to pass by nt- 
terly unnoticed. The Academy, Nov. 24, 1888, p. 331. 
five, < quini, five each. < quiiir/nr, five, = E. five.] 
1. a. 1. Divided in a set of five, as parts or or- 
gans dt' most radiates. 
A fiuinari/ division of segments. 
Adams, .Manual of Nat. Hist., p. 328. 
2. In zoiil., same as quiiinrinn. 
Swalnson's system of classification was peculiar. He quince-tree (kwins'tre), n. The tree that bears 
endeavored to establish "circular" or quinary analogies the quince, I'l/nis Cydonia. See quince^. 
throughout the animal kingdom. A mer. Nat., XXI. 889. quince-Wine (kwins'win). n. A drink made of 
The mischief caused by this theory of a Quinary System the fermented juice of the quince. 
[in zoology] was very great, but was chiefly confined to 
Britain. A. Xewtan, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 15. 
Quinary system, or quinary classification. See qui- 
narian. 
II. )'.; pi. quinariea (-riz). A whole com- 
posed of five parts or elements. 
Quaternaries or compounds formed of four elements, 
quinarits, sectaries, etc., according as the number of the 
constituent elements increases. 
Pop. Set. Mo., XXXIV. 740. 
(which see, under cotton)). qulnatel (kwi 'nat), a. [< L. quim, five each, , ,-. - _- - u - 
rame + . f( ^l.] In 60*., having an arrangement of concial=2lt. quinconciale,<lL.quincuncialis,eoii- 
(kwiuch), c. i. [A var. of quitch^, 
appar. simulating irinclt for inwef.] If. To 
move ; stir ; wince ; flounce. 
But Cato did abid it a long time, and never quinched for 
it, nor shewed countenance of fear. 
North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 38. 
Noe parte of all that realiue shall !>c able or dare soe 
much as to quinche. Spenser, State of Ireland. 
2. To make a noise. Hallmell. [Prov. Eng.] 
quincuncial (kwin-kun'shal), a. [= F. q'uin- 
parts togethe? ' as five leaflets on a 
quin (kwin), n. "[Possibly < Ir. cuine, cun, coin, 
money; with ref. to the shape.] A kind of scal- 
a (kwi'nii or ke'na), . [= P. 
also qnence; < 
an extension of qnine, appar. orig. 
Plural taken as singular: see quinW. Cf. L. 
f quince; 
n, quince: see quine'*."] 1. The fruit of 
the tree Pyrus Cydonia. (Seedef. 2.) it is pear- 
shaped, or in one variety apple-shaped, large, sometimes 
weighing a pound, of a golden-yellow color when ripe, and 
Jt^ftz^s^sesvp ortF' a ' c &r nc the SS.P* a reduction 
na, kina, bark.] The bark of various species ' * 
of Cinchona: also applied in Brazil to some 
other febrifugal barks. 
quinamia (kwi-na'mi-ji), n. [NL., < quina + 
<iin(i(lc.) + -id."] Same as quinamine. 
quinamicine (kwi-nam'i-sin), n. [< quinam- 
inc: an arbitrary form.] An artificial alka- 
loid obtained from quinamine. Its formula is 
quihamidme (kwi-uam'i-din), M. [< quina + 
amide + -ine 2 .] An artificial alkaloid obtained 
from quinamine. It is isomeric with quinami- 
cine. 
quinamine (kwi-nam'in), . [< quina + 
amine.'} A natural crystalline alkaloid, with 
the formula CigHg^NgOg, obtained from vari- 
ous cinchona barks. Also called quinamia. 
quinancyt, An obsolete form of quinsy. 
quinancy-wortt, . An obsolete form of quinsy- 
wort. Miller, English Plant Names. 
quinaquina (ke-na-ke'uii), n. [Also quinquina 
= F. quinquina = Sp. quffiaquina,< Peruv. quina- 
quina, the tree which yields the bark called 
quina: see quina.] The bark of various species 
of Cinchona. See kin-kina. 
quinarian (kwi-na'ri-an), a. and n. [< quinary 
+ -an.'] I. a. Quinary, as a system of classi- 
fication; classified in sets of five. In zoology the 
word notes specifically the circular or so-called natural 
system of classification, originally propounded by Mac- 
leay in 1819, and further elaborated especially by Vigors 
Quincuncial 
arrangement. 
-, . -, -=--- ployed in making bandoline and in marbling books. See 
and Swamson. As subsequently modified and formu- bandoline. 
lated by Swainson in 1835, it rests substantially upon 
the following five propositions : (1) Every natural series 
of beings, in its progress from a given point, returns 
or tends to return to that point, thus forming a circle. 
(2) The primary circular divisions of every group are 
actually three, or apparently five. (3) The contents of 
such a circular group are symbolically or analogically rep- 
resented by the contents of all other circles in the animal 
kingdom. (4) These primary divisions of every group are 
characterized by definite peculiarities of form, structure, 
and economy, which, under diversified modifications, are 
uniform throughout the animal kingdom, and are there- 
fore to be regarded as the primary types of nature. (5) 
The different ranks or degrees of the circular groups are 
nine in number, each being involved within the other. 
None of these propositions being intelligible, the system 
soon fell into disuse, and is now regarded as entirely 
groundless and fanciful. 
II. n. Inzool., one who proposed, practised, 
or taught the quinary system of classification ; 
an adherent of the quinary system. 
There were not wanting other men in these islands 
whose common sense refused to accept the metaphorical 
doctrine and the mystical jargon of the Qmnarians; but 
so strenuously and persistently had the latter asserted 
their infallibility, and so vigorously had they assailed any 
who ventured to doubt it, that most peaceable ornithol- 
ogists found it best to bend to the furious blast, and in 
some sort to acquiesce at least in the phraseology of the 
self-styled interpreters of Creative Will. 
A. ffeurton, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 16. 
taining five twelfths, < quincunx, 
five twelfths: see quincunx.] Dis- 
posed so as to form a quincunx; 
arranged in a set of five; also, 
arranged in two sets of oblique 
rows, at right angles to one an- 
other, so that five together form 
a quincunx; in bot., sometimes 
noting a pentastichous arrangement of leaves ; 
more often noting an estivation. 
Now for the order of setting trees either in groves, hop- 
yards, or vineyards, we ought to follow the usuall manner 
of chequer row called quincuntiall. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, vii. 11. 
Quincuncial estivation, the imbricated arrangement of 
five petals in a bud, in which the first and second are ex- 
ternal, the fourth and fifth internal, and the third has 
one margin external, overlying the fifth, the other Inter- 
nal, overlapped by the first. Quincuncial map-projec- 
tion. See projection. 
quincuncially (kwin-kun'shal-i), adv. In a 
quincuncial manner or order. 
It is no wonder that this qnincunciall order was first and 
still affected as grateful! unto the eye : for all things are 
seen quinctmcially. Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, iv. 
quincunx (kwin'kungks), n. [=F. quinconce = 
Pg. quiiicunce, a quincunx ; < L. quincunx (quin- 
eunc-), five twelfths (of anything), < quinque, 
= E. Jive, + uncia, a twelfth part : see Jive and 
Ottneel.] 1. An arrangement of five objects 
in a square, one at each corner and one in the 
middle (thus, :'.) ; especially, an arrangement, 
as of trees, in such squares continuously. A col- 
lection of trees in such squares forms a regular grove or 
wood, presenting parallel rows or alleys in different direc- 
tions, according to the spectator's position. See diagram 
under quincuncial. 
Before them obliquely, in order of quinnmx, were pits 
dug three foot deep. Bladen, tr. of Casar's Com., vii. 31. 
The single quincunx of the Hyades upon the neck of 
Taurus. Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, iii. 
2. In lot., same as quincuncial estivation (whicli 
see, under quincuncial). 3. In astro!., the posi- 
tion of planets when distant from each other 
five signs or 150. 
shal), a. An erro- 
_ many-L__ 
cells Of the fruit. The quince is a small hardy tree, }" ?'<*'? estivation ... two of the five pieces are 
usually ^dwarfed, but sometimes reaching 16 or 20 feet iii exterlor - Maout and Decaisne, Botany (trans.), p. 86. 
[< L. quin- 
ingeoni., a plane 
spontaneously horn jiorthwesternlnoiia westward 'through quindecemvir (kwin-de-sem'ver), n. [Altered 
The name quince applies also in the second vowel to suit decemvir; < L. quinile- 
Branch with Fruit of Quince (Pyrus Cydonia}. 
very fragrant. The quince was known to the ancients, and 
it has been argued that the golden apples of the Hesperides 
were quinces. While raw it is hard and austere, but it 
becomes edible by boiling or baking, and is largely used 
for jelly, preserves, and marmalade (see etymology of mar- 
malade), and for flavoring sauces of other fruits. The 
seeds of the common quince are used in medicine and the 
arts, on account of their highly mucilaginous coat. In 
decoction they afford a demulcent application, and they 
are sometimes used in eye-lotions. Their mucilage is em 
Of ripen'd Quinces such the yellow Hue. 
Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love, iii. 
2. The fruit-tree Pyrus Cydonia, sometimes . , . 
classed as Cydonia vulgaris, the latter genus be- QUincunxlal (kwm-kungk 
ing based (insufficiently) on the many-seeded neous form of </'<' 
the Mediterranean basin. 
to any of the plants formerly referred to Cydonia. ~ See the 
phrases below. Bengal quince, i-Egle Marmelot. See 
jKgle. Chinese quince, a species, Pyrus Cathayensit 
(Cydonia Sinensis), resembling the Japanese quince, but 
less ornamental. Its large green egg-shaped fruit can be 
used to make Jelly.- Japanese quince, a garden shrub, 
Pyrus (Cydonia) Japomca, a great favorite, on account 
chiefly of its abundant early large scarlet or crimson flow- 
ers, varying to white. It is well suited for ornamental 
hedges. The fruit, which resembles a small apple, is in- 
edible, but is sometimes used for making Jelly. Also called 
iaponica and, locally, burning-bath. P. (C.) Maulei, more 
lately from Japan, bears abundant smaller orange-scarlet 
cimrir, < quindecim, = E. fifteen (see quindecim), 
+ vir, a man.] In Horn, antiq., one of a body of 
fifteen magistrates who, at the close of the re- 
public, had charge of the Sibylline books. They 
succeeded the board of the decemvirs (decemviri gacrisfa- 
ciundis, or decemviri sacrorum), who were keepers of the 
Sibylline books from 367 u. c., and who continued the func- 
tions of the duumvirs, or two patiicians of high rank who 
kept the books under the kings. It was the duty of the 
quindecemvirs to celebrate the festival of Apollo and the 
secular games, and they were all regarded as priests of 
Apollo. 
8 cents United States money. It was originally 'yrate and laste. 
equivalent to five asses, but after tne depreciatioiTof the nuinroS 
as, to eight. It was also called victoriatus, from the figure * 
(kwin-de-sem'vi-rat), n. [< 
but less productive'thanother'sorU. Quince -essence' L. quiiidecinirinitii.-.: the dignity of aquindecem- 
vir, < quiiiflcriinriri, the quindecemvirs: see 
i/iiiiii/rccmrir."] The body or office of the quin- 
decemvirs. 
and quindecimt (kwin'de-sim), . [< LL. quindeci- 
mus(\j. quiii tits decimuis), fifteenth, < L. quii/ili- 
See cenanthic ether, under miantJiic. 
(kwins), n. [ME. quynce; appar. an 
MS. Ree. Med. (Halliwell.) 
- ed vietoriattu. from the figure ,,J: _"/ ,? J - 
of Victory stamped upon it. It appears to have been first Quincentenary (kwm-sen te-na-ri), a. and n. 
coined at Home 177 B. c., after the victories of Clodius in [Irreg. < L. quin(que), five, + centenarius, con- 
s . Ila ' , , sisting of a hundred : see centenary.] I, a. Ee- > > > .* *~ "",. *w,. 
quinary (kwi nii-n). a. and n, [=F.quinaire= latiug to or consisting of five hundred, especial- quindecima (kwin-des'i-ma), n. [ML., fern. of 
Hp. Fg. It. qutnario, < L. qmnarius, containing ly five hundred years. quindeeimux, fifteenth: see qiniidecim.-] 1. In 
rim, fifteen, < quinque, = E. five, + dccem = E. 
ten."] A fifteenth part of anything. 
Ouer and beside hath also beene declared what vnrea- 
sonable collections of monie from time to time, as quind?- 
cims, subsidies, tenths, &c. Foxe, Martyrs, p. 298, an. 1257. 
