quindecima 
in unit; the interval of a fifteenth, or double oc- 
tave. 2. An organ-stop two octaves above the 
foundation-stops. 
quindenet, [ME. qui/ndene, < OF. quiiKlrsinr 
(?), < ML. qiiindecimus, fifteenth: see qiiindi- 
</';. Cf. ML. quindena, a period of fifteen days.] 
The fifteenth day, counting inclusively from a 
certain date. 
And that done, he toke his leue of seynt Denys about y 
quyndene of 1'asche. Fabyan, Chron., II., an. 1347. 
quindismet, . Same as quindeciin. 
In the parliament of R. 2. para 2 num. 11. the bishop 
of Norwich offered before the king and lords that, if the 
king would grant him the quindisrne and disme of the laity 
and clergy . . . I'rynne, Treachery and Disloyalty, iv. 7. 
quine 1 , n. A dialectal (Scotch) form of quean. 
quine-t, [< ME. quyne, coinc, coin, < OF. coin. 
F. coing = Pr. codoing, m., = It. cotogna, f., a 
quince, < L. (.'i/dnitiiini, Ci/doneum (sc. malum), < 
Gr. Kvo&vtov (sc. uffiov), a quince, lit. 'apple of 
Cydouia,-< Kudwto, Ki'd(jw'f,Cydonia, an ancient 
Greek city of Crete: see Cydonia. Cf. quince 1 , 
quiddany.] A quince. 
quine s t, adv. An obsolete dialectal form of 
whence. 
quinet (kwi'net), n. [< OF. quignet, quoignef, 
coignet, cuignct, a little wedge, dim. of quoin, 
coin, a wedge: seecoiH 1 , coign.] Awedge. Hal- 
liweU. [Prov. Eng.] 
quinia (kwin'i-ii), n. [NL., < qitina, q. v.] An 
older name for quinine. 
quinible (kwin'i-bl), . [ME. quynible, ult. < 
L. qiiinque = E. five. Cf . quatrible.~] In music, an 
interval of a fifth; a descant sung at the fifth. 
Therto he song som tyrae a loud quynyUe. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 146. 
To sing a quinible means to descant by singing fifths on 
a plain-song. 
Chappell, Popular Music of the Olden Time, p. 34. 
quinible (kwin'i-bl), r. i. [< quinible, n.'] In 
music, to sing a descant at the interval of a fifth. 
See diaphony, 2. 
quinic (kwin'ik), a. [< quina + -ic.] Same as 
Ionic, 
quinicia (kwi-nish'ia), n. [NL., < quinic, q. v.] 
Same as quinicine. 
quinicine (kwin'i-sin), . [< quinic + -ine 2 .] 
The isomeric alkaloid into which quinine or 
quinidine is converted by heat, differing from 
them in being dextrogyrate and amorphous. 
quinidamine (kwin-i-dam'in), n. [< quina + 
-id- + amine."] An alkaloid of cinchona barks, 
with the formula CigH^^Og. Also called 
conchinamine. 
quinidine (kwiu'id-in), n. [< quina + -id- + 
-ine 2 .] Abase (2(^24^02) isomeric with qui- 
nine, and occurring associated with it in some 
cinchona barks. It crystallizes in large transparent 
prisms, almost insoluble in water, but tolerably soluble in 
alcohol. It neutralizes acids, and forms salts with them 
which much resemble the corresponding quinine salts, 
but crystallize more easily. Their action on the system is 
similar to that of quinine, but less powerful. Also called 
conchinine. 
quinine (kwin'en or ki-nen' or kwi'nm), n. 
[= F. quinine r= Sp. Pg. quinina = It. chinina, 
chinino, < NL. quinina, quinine, < quina, Peru- 
vian bark: see quina and -ine 2 .] A very im- 
portant vegetable alkali (CooI^NaOg), obtain- 
ed from the bark of several trees of the genus 
Cinchona. It is colorless, inodorous, and extremely 
bitter. With acids it forms crystallizable salts, the most 
important of which is the sulphate, extensively used in 
medicine. It is antiperiodic, antipyretic, antineuralgic, 
and tonic. 
quininism (ki-nen'izm), n. [< quinine + -ism.'] 
Same as cinchonism. 
quiniretin (kwiu-i-ret'in), n. [< quinine; sec- 
ond element obscure.] The flocculent precipi- 
tate deposited in solutions of quinine by the 
action of sunlight. It has the same chemical 
composition as quinine, but no alkaloidal prop- 
erties. 
quinisext (kwin'i-sekst), a. [< L. quini, five 
each, five, + sextus, sixth.] Bearing some re- 
lation to five and six or to the fifth and sixth. 
Quinisext Council. See Constantinopolitan Council, 
under Constantinopolitan. 
quinism (kwi'nizm), n. [< quina + -inni.] 
Same as ciiiclniixin. 
quink-goose (kwingk'gos), . [< quinic (imi- 
tative) + goose. ] The brent-goose, licriiic/ti 
brenta. See cut under brent-goose. 
quinnat(kwiu'at), n. [The native name.] The 
King-salmon, Oncorhyncltitsquinnat. Also called 
chavicha and rquinna. See Oncorln/ncliun and 
salmon, 
quinoa (ke'no-a), . [Also i/uinuti; Peruv.] An 
annual licvli, ('lirmi/iiiiliiim (fiiinon, native in 
Peru, Chili, etc., and there much cultivated for 
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its farinaceous seeds. These afford a meal which 
can be made Into cakes, but not into leavened bread. A 
favorite preparation is a kind of broth or gruel called cara- 
pulque, prepared from these seeds and seasoned with red 
pepper, etc. The quinoa is somewhat grown in England, 
the seed being eaten by fowls, and the leaves used like spin- 
ach. The plant resembles some common species of goose- 
foot or pigweed. A variety having white seeds is the one 
yielding food ; the red seeds of another variety are used 
in decoction as an application for sores and bruises, and 
their husk has emetic and antiperiodic properties. Also 
called petty-rice. 
They [the Incas of Peru] had also Maiz, Quimia, Pulse, 
Fruit-trees, with Fruit on them all, of Gold and Silver re- 
sembling the natural. 
S. Clarice, Geog. Descr. (1671), p. 281. 
quinoline (kwin'6-lin), n. [< quina + -ol- + 
-ine 2 .] Sameaseltinoline Quinoline blue, acoal- 
tar color formerly used in dyeing : it is very fugitive to 
light. 
quinologist (kwi-nol'o-jist), n. [< quinoloy-y + 
-i.it.] One who is versed in quinology. 
quinology (kwi-nol'o-ji), n. [< NL. quina + 
Gr. -/lojm, < Tiejetv, speak, say.] The sum of 
scientific knowledge concerning quinine and 
other cinchona alkaloids. 
quinone (kwin'on), n. [< quina + -one.] 1. 
The general name applied to all benzene de- 
rivatives in which two hydrogen atoms are 
replaced by two oxygen atoms. 2. Specifi- 
cally, a compound obtained by distilling kinic 
acid with diluted sulphuric acid and peroxid 
of manganese, or by the oxidation of aniline 
with chromic acid. It is in the form of a sublimate 
of fine golden-yellow crystals, slightly soluble in cold 
water and very volatile, and has a piercing irritating odor 
in the state of vapor. Also written kinone. 
quinquagenarian (kwin"kwa-je-na'ri-an), . 
and . [= F. quinquagenaire = Sp. qmiicuage- 
nario = It. quinquagenario, (. L. quinquagena- 
rius, consisting of fifty, < quinq^tageni, fifty each, 
< quinquaginta, fifty, < quinque = E. five.] I. a. 
Being fifty years of age. 
II. n. A person aged fifty or between fifty 
and sixty. 
Dancers of fifty are a very different sort of quinquagena- 
rians from sitters of fifty. The New Mirror (1843), II. 34. 
quinquagesima (kwin-kwa-jes'i-ma), n. [L., 
fern, of quinquagesimus, fiftieth, < quinquaginta, 
fifty: see fifty.] A period of fifty days Quin- 
quagesima Sunday, the Sunday immediately preceding 
Ash Wednesday, being the fiftieth day before Easter (both 
inclusive), and the last Sunday before Lent ; Shrove Sun- 
day. 
quinquangular (kwin-kwang'gii-lar), a. [< LL. 
qiiinquangulus, five-cornered, < L. quinque, = E. 
five, + angulus, corner, angle: see angle^.] 
Having five angles. 
quinquarticular (kwin-kwar-tik'u-liir). a. [< 
L. quinque, = E.five, + articulus, joint, article.] 
Consisting of or relating to five articles. Quin- 
quarticular controversy, the controversy between the 
Arminians and the Calvimsts on the "five points." See 
the Five Articles and the Five Points, under article. 
You may perhaps be able to grapple with the difficul- 
ties of the quinquarticular controversy without discredit 
to yourselves. Bp. Horsley, Charge, Aug., 1806. 
quinque-angled (kwin-kwe-ang'gld), a. [< L. 
quinque, = E. five, + E. angled.] Quinquan- 
gular. 
quinquecapsular (kwin-kwe-kap'su-lar), a. [< 
L. quinque, = E. five, + capsula, capsule.] In 
bot. and sool., having five capsules. 
quinquecostate (kwm-kwe-kos'tat), a. [< L. 
quinque, = E. five, + costa, a rib.] In zool. and 
bot., having five ribs or costas, in any sense. 
quinquedentate (kwin-kwe-den'tat), a. [< L. 
quinque, = E. five, + den(t-)s = E. tooth: see 
dentate.] In bot. and zool., having five teeth 
or serrations of any kind. 
quinquedentated (kwin-kwe-den'ta-ted), a. 
[< quinquedentate + -ed 2 .] Same as quinque- 
den fate. 
quinquedigitate (kwin-kwe-dij'i-tat), a. [< L. 
ijiiinque,= E. five, + digiius, finger: see dir/i- 
tate.] Having five fingers or toes; pentadac- 
tyl. 
quinquefarious (kwm-kwe-fa'ri-us), a. [< L. 
qiiinqiie, = E.fivc, + -far/us, as in bifarious, etc.] 
1 . In bot., disposed in five vertical ranks. Gray. 
2. In zool., disposed or arranged in five sets, 
rows, or series; quinqueserial; pentastichous. 
quinquefid (kwin'kwe-fid), a. [< L. quinque, = 
K.five, +findere (V fid), cleave, split.] In bot., 
cleft into five segments. See cleft 2 , 2. 
quinquefoliate (kwin-kwe-fo'li-at), a. [< L. 
quinqiiefolius, five-leaved (< quinque, = E. fin-. 
+ folium = Gr. QWAov, leaf), + -ate^.] Ill bot., 
having five leaves, or, more commonly but less 
properly, five leaflets. 
quinquefoliated (kwin-k\vo-i'6'li-a-ted), . [< 
-t'd-.'] Sameas <//</r/o/m/r. 
quinquesyllabic 
quinquefoliolate (kwin-kwe-fo'li-o-lat), a. [< 
L. quinque, = E.five, + NL. fnlinluni, a leaflet: 
see folioliitc.] In bot., havingfive leaflets: said 
of .-(impound leaves. 
quinquegrade (kwiii'kwe-grad), a. [< L. quin- 
que, = E.Jii'c, + grndus, degree: see grade 1 .] In 
iinixic, consisting of five tones Quinquegrade 
scale. Same as pentatonit scale (which see, under scale). 
quinqueliteral (kwiu-kwe-lit'e-ral), a. [< L. 
i/ninquc,= E. five, + littern, liitrn, letter: see 
literal.'] Consisting of five letters. 
quinquelobate (kwin-kwe-16'bat), a. [< L. 
quinque, = E. five, + NL. loons, lobe : see lobate.] 
In bot. androoV., having five lobes. 
quinquelobed (kwin'kwe-lobd), a. [< L. quin- 
que, = E. five, + E. lobe + -erf 2 .] Same as 
quinquelobate. 
quinquelocular (kwiu-kwe-lok'u-lar), a. [< L. 
i/iiinqtie, = E.five, + loculus, a cell: see locular.] 
In zool, and bot.. having five loculi, cavities, or 
ce_lls. 
quinquenerved (kwin'kwe-nervd), a. [< L. 
quinque, = E. five, + menus, nerve, + -ed 2 .] 
Same as quintuplinerrcd. 
quinquennalia (kwin-kwe-na'li-a), n. pi. [L., 
neut. pi. of quinqucnnalis, that takes place every 
fifth year: see quinquennial.'] In Bom. antiq., 
public games celebrated every fifth year. See 
quinquennial, n., 2. 
quinquenniad (kwiu-kwen'i-ad), n. [< L. quin- 
quennium, a period of five years (see quinquen- 
nium), + -arfl.] A period of five years. 
So sleeping, so aroused from sleep 
Thro 1 sunny decads new and strange, 
Or gay quinquenniads, would we reap 
The flower and quintessence of change. 
Tennyson, The Day-Dream, L'Envoi. 
quinquennial (kwin-kwen'i-al), a. and . [For 
*quinquennal,<, L. quinquenndlis, occurring once 
in five years, < quinquennis, of five years, <quin- 
que, = E../zre, + annus, year.] I. a. 1. Occur- 
ring once in five years. 2. Recurring in the 
fifth year, reckoning both years of occurrence ; 
occurring every fourth year. See II., 2. 
With Joyous banquets had he crown'd 
The great quinquennial festival of Jove. 
W est, tr. of Pindar's Nemean Odes, xi. 
3. Lasting five years. 
II. H. 1. A period of five years; a quinquen- 
niad; hence, something characterized by such 
a period or interval, as an anniversary, or a 
college catalogue. 2. A festival or celebra- 
tion occurring once in four years ; an anniver- 
sary in the fifth year. In this sense both the first 
and last years of the cycle of occurrence were reckoned, 
as was the invariable system in antiquity. Thus, the 
Olympian, Pythian, and Isthmian games, all celebrated 
once in four years, were all quinquennials. 
quinquennially (kwin-kwen'i-al-i), adv. Once 
in five years ; during a period of five years. 
quinquennium (kwin-kwen'i-um), n. [L., < 
quinquennis, of five years: see quinquennial.'] 
A period of five years. 
The lapse of a quinquennium. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 254. 
quinquepartite (kwiu-kwe-par'tit), a. [< L. 
quinqucpartitu.t, divided into five parts, fivefold, 
< quinque, = E. five, + partitus, pp. of par tire, 
divide, distribute : see part, v.] Five-parted ; 
divided into or consisting of five parts. 
quinquepetaloid (kwin-kwe-pet'a-loid), a. [< 
L. quinque, = E. five, + E. petaloid.] Formed 
of five petaloid ambulacra : as, the quinquepeta- 
loid rosette of a spatangoid sea-urchin. 
quinqueradiate (kwin-kwe-ra'di-at), a. [< L. 
quinque, = E.fire, + radius, ray.] Having five 
rays ; pentactinal, as a fish's fin, a starfish, or 
a sponge-spicule. 
quinquereme (kwin'kwe-rem), n. [< L. quin- 
queremis, < quinque, = E. five, + remits, oar.] 
An ancient galley having five banks of oars. 
The great triremes and quitiqueremfs rushed onward. 
Kingsley, flypatia, xviii. 
quinquesect (kwin'kwe-sekt), c. t. [< L. quin- 
que, = E. five, + secure, pp. sectus, cut.] To cut 
into five equal parts. 
quinquesection (kwin-kwe-sek'shon), H. [< L. 
quinque, = E. five, + sectio(n-), a cutting: see 
section.] Section into five equal parts. 
quinqueseptate (kwin-kwe-sep'tat), a. [< L. 
quinque, = E. five, + septum, a partition: see 
septum, septate.] Having five septa or parti- 
tions. 
quinqueserial (kwin-kwe-se'ri-al), a. [< L. 
quinque, = E. five, + series, row, series: see 
si-rim, serial."] Arranged in five series or rows. 
quinquesyllabic (kwin"kwe-si-lab'ik), n. [< L. 
quinque, = E. fire, + mjUiiliii, syllable: see syl- 
Inliic.] Having five syllables, as a word. 
