quitter 
pricks in shoeing, corns, or other injuries which 
produce suppuration at the coronet or within 
the foot. 3f. Scoria of tin. 
quitter 2 (kwit'er), v. i. [< ME. qnitin n. irliil- 
ouren; from the noun.] To suppurate. 
quitter, . See quitter-. 
quitturet, An obsolete variant of quit/i >-. 
quiverH (kwiv'er), a. [Also dial, querer; < ME. 
"quiver, quever, cmver, < AS. "cififer, in comp. 
ewiferlice, eagerly ; cf . quiver 1 , r.] Nimble ; ac- 
tive; spry. 
There was a little quiver fellow, and a' would manage 
you his piece thus ; and a' would about and about. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iii. 2. 301. 
quiver 1 (kwiv'er), v. i. [Cf. MD. kuyveren, 
tremble, quiver, freq. form, associated with 
kuyven, tremble, quiver, and with the E. adj. 
quiver 1 : see quiver 1 , a. Cf. quaver,"] 1. To 
quake; tremble; shake tremulously; shudder; 
shiver. 
In glaunces bright she glittered from the ground, 
Holding in hand her targe and quiueriny spere. 
Surrey, -Eneicl, ii. 
That jewel 'a mine that quivers in his ear, 
Mocking his master's chilness and vain fear. 
Tourneur, Revenger's Tragedy, i. 
Her pale lip quivered, and the light 
Gleamed in her moistening eyes. 
O. W. Holmes, Illustration of a Picture. 
2. To flutter or be agitated with a tremulous 
motion. 
Quivering beams, which daz'd the wondering eye. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso. 
Willows whiten, aspens quiver. 
Tennyson, Lady of Shalott. 
=Syn. Quote, etc. See shiver*. 
quiver 1 (kwiv'er), ii. [< quirer 1 , .] The act 
or state of quivering; a tremulous motion; a 
tremor; a flutter; a shudder; a shiver. 
But Figs, all whose limbs were in a quiver, and whose 
nostrils were breathing rage, put his little bottle-holder 
aside. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, v. 
quiver 2 (kwiv'er), n. [< ME. quiver, quyvei; 
quywere, quequer, < OF. quirre, cuivre, querre, 
cuevre, cotvre, couvre (ML. cueiirum = MGr. 
Koi'Kovpov), < OHG. choltfiar, chocliar, cliohhari, 
MHG. koclier, kochxre, also koger, keger, G. 
kocher, also 
MHG. koger, 
keger = LG. ko- 
ker, kaker = D. 
koker = OS. co- 
car = OFries. 
koker = AS. co- 
cur, cocer, ME. 
koker = Sw. ko- 
ger = Dan. kog- 
ger, a quiver.] 
A case for 
holding arrows 
or crossbow- 
bolts. Quivers 
were formerly 
nearly as long as 
the arrows, so that 
only the feathers 
projected, these 
being covered by a 
piece of leather or 
cloth when not 
likely to be re- 
quired. Medieval 
archers in war 
generally used the 
quiver on the 
march only, and 
in battle carried 
their arrows se- 
cured by a strap, usually with the addition of a small 
socket in which the points only were covered. 
But Mosco did vs more service then we expected, for, 
having shot away his quiver of Arrowes, he ran to the Boat 
for more. Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 188. 
Now in her hand a slender spear she bore, 
Now a light quiver on her shoulders wore. 
Addison, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., ii. 
quivered (kwiv'erd), . [< quiver?, n., + -ed?.] 
1 . Furnished with a quiver ; wearing a quiver. 
The quiver'd Arabs' vagrant clan, that waits 
Insidious some rich caravan. J. Philips, Cerealia. 
Him, thus retreating, Artemis upbraids, 
The quiver'd huntress of the sylvan shades. 
Pope, Iliad, xxi. 546. 
2. Held or covered in or as if in a quiver: said 
of a feathered arrow, or, as in the quotation, of 
a quill. 
From him whose quills stand quiver'd at his ear 
To him who notches sticks at Westminster. 
Pope, Irnit of Horace, I. i. 83. 
quivering (kwiv'er-ing), . [Verbal n. of 
quiver^, v.] The act of trembling, wavering, 
or vibrating; a tremulous shaking. 
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quoddle 
His (Sydney Smith's) constant .//z_-//i./ c.f the national 
foibles and peculiarities. Mugfe /.'///., XXII. 177. 
The quivering of objects seen through air rising over :i 
heated surface is due to irregular refraction, which inces- 
santly shifts the directions of the rays of li^lit. 
Timdatt, Light and Dlcct.. p. i;;. 
quiveringly (kwiv'er-ing-li), udr. In a quiver- 
ing manner; with quivering. 
quiverish(kvviv'er-ish), a. [< quirer 1 + -i./ii.] 
Tremulous; trembling. 
Then furth with a quiverish horror. 
Stanihurst, jEneid, ill. 30. (Dacies.) 
quiver-tree (kwiv'er-tre), w. A species of aloe, 
Aloe dichotoma. 
qui vive (ke vev). [F., lit. who lives? i.e. who 
goes there? as a noun in the phrase etre nur !< 
qui vive, be on the alert: qui (< L. qui), who; 
vive, 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. of vivre, < L. 
vivere, live : see vivid.] Who goes there ? the 
challenge of French sentries addressed to those , \ ~ rtS 
who approach their posts.- To be on the aui V"*,< kwia )i " [Perhaps a yar. of trlnz ] A 
Vive, to be on the alert ; b? watchful, as a sentinel ' to y. formerly popular, consisting of a small cyl- 
inder or wheel grooved to receive a string, by 
which the wheel is made to wind and unwind 
itself. Also called batidalore. 
Moore says that his earliest verses were composed on 
the use of the toy "called in French a bandalore, and in 
English a quiz." N. and Q., 7th ser., III. 67. 
In med., a number 
of medical students enrolled in a class for the 
I hate to \<i-qniwil. and I think most people do, par- 
ticularly thon who indulge in the habit of yfei>/ others. 
J. Jeferson, Aotobiog., iii. 
2. To look at through or as through a quizzing- 
glass ; peer at ; scrutinize suspiciously. 
To inquire the name of an individual who was using 
an eye-glass, in order that he might complain . . . that 
the person in question was quizzing him. 
Dickens, Sketches. 
3. In med., to examine (a student) orally or 
informally, as in a quiz- or question-class. 
[Colloq.] 
II. intrant. 1. To practise bantering or chaff- 
ing; be addicted to teasing. 2. In med., to 
attend oral or informal examinations, as in a 
Our new King tog we cannot complain of as too young, 
or too much on the qui-vive. 
Miss Edgeworth, Patronage, viil. (Davies.) 
quixote (kwik'sot), v. i. [< Quixote (see def. 
of quixotic) (Sp. Quixote, now spelled Quijote, 
pronounced ke-ho'te).] To act like Don Quix- , , ,,,, . ,. , 
ote ; play the Quixote : with indefinite it. quiz-class (kwiz klas), n. 
When you have got the devil in your body, and are 
upon your rantipole adventures, you shall Quixiilr it by 
yourself for Lopez. Vanbruyh, False Friend, v. 1. 
purpose of being orally questioned, either by 
their teacher or by one another. [Colloq.] 
quixotic (kwik-sot'ik), . [< Quixote (see def.) Wiz-master (kwiz'mas'ter), n. The teacher 
+ -.<-.] Pertaining to or resembling Don Quix- or f lderof.a quiz-class. Compare guu^n., 4. 
- quizzer (kwiz'r), . One who quizzes others, 
ote, the hero of Cervantes's celebrated ro- 
or makes them the object of banter or raillery. 
mance of that name; hence, extravagantly or r , ' e y, u em ,* ne .. , . . f , 
absurdly romantic; striving for an Snattain- 4 uizz .ery (kwiz'6r-i), ; pi. qmzzenes (-) [< 
able or impracticable ideal] characterized by '/'"' ^*?'\ The act or practice of quizzing; 
futile self-devotion ; visionary. a I 2 ' 1 observation or comment. 
in \1._ i ., ,.1 , 1 ......,;--...,'.. 1. ., i ~.. ..1 : ... . i < 1. : 
The project seemed rash and quixotic, and one that he 
could not countenance. Everett, Orations, I. 464. 
This family training, too, combined with their turn for 
corabativeness, makes them eminently quixotic. They 
can't let anything alone which they think going wrong. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 1. 
quixotically (kwik-sot'i-kal-i), adr. [< quix- 
otic + -al + -ly 2 .] After 'the manner of Don 
Quixote ; in an absurdly romantic manner. 
Of Mrs. Carlyle's quizzeries, he [Sterling] thinks she puts 
them forth as such evident fictions that they cannot mis- 
lead with reference to the character of others. 
Caroline Fox, Journal, p. 133. 
[Uizzical (kwiz'i-kal), a. [< quiz* + -ic-al.~[ 
Characteristic of a quiz; bantering; teasing; 
shy; queer: as, a quizzical look or remark. 
I believe you have taken such a fancy to the old quizzi- 
cal fellow that you can't live without him. 
Miss Edgeworth, Belinda, ii. (Davies.) 
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absurdly romantic enterprises ; uncalled-for or 
useless chivalry or magnanimity. 
Since bis [Cervan tes's] time, the purest impulses and the 
noblest purposes have perhaps been oftener stayed by the 
devil under the name of Quixotism than any other base 
name or false allegation. 
Ruskin, Lectures on Architecture and Fainting, ii. 
quixotry (kwik'sot-ri), . [< Quixote (see quit- in Mertonville and everywhere?" St. Nicholas, XV 
otic) + -ry.~\ Quixotism; visionary notions or quizzification (kwiz*i-fi-ka'shon), n. [< 
undertakings. zify + -ation.] A joke; a quiz. 
The poor Duke, . . . with the oldquizzicality in his lit- 
tle face, declared . . . Carlyle, in Froude, II. 
quizzically (kwiz'i-kal-i), adv. In a quizzical 
or bantering manner; with playful slyness. 
"Look here," said one of them, quizzically, "Ogden. 
have you lived all your life in every house in Crofleld and 
in Mertonville and everywhere?" St. Nicholas, XVII. 611. 
quiz- 
Many persons will . . . consider it as a piece of Quix- 
otry in M'Intyre to give you a meeting (In 
Mongol Quiver, a, separate arrow 
i piece of Quix- After all, my dear, the whole may be a quizzification of 
__-- . .In a duel] while Sir 1'hilip'a and yet he gave me such a minute descrip- 
your character and circumstances are involved in such tion of her person ! Miss Edgeu-orth, Belinda, xi. (Davies.) 
Scott, Antiquary, xx. Quizzify (kwiz'i-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. quizzi- 
quiz 1 (kwiz), n. ; pi. quizzes (kwiz'ez). [Orig. fied, ppr. quizzifying. [< quiz* + -l-fy.] To 
slang; perhaps a made word, based on ques- turn into a quiz; make odd or ridiculous. 
'ion (with which it is vaguely associated}, or ^ CMOn to/M the fl and therebvnlar8the ef . 
(as a school term) on the L,. quseso, I ask: see fectof what would otherwise have been a pleasing as well 
quese, quegft. No reliance is to be placed on as appropriate design. 
the various anecdotes which purport to give Southey, The Doctor, cxii. (Davies.) 
the origin of the word.] 1. A puzzling ques- quizziness (kwiz'i-nes), . Oddness; eccen- 
tion; something designed to puzzle one or make tricity. 
one ridiculous ; banter; raillery. 2. One who His singularities and affectation of affectation always 
quizzes. 3. One who or that which is obnox- struck me ; but both these and his spirit of satire arc mere 
ious to ridicule or quizzing; a queer or ridicu- S""*** 1 - *" D'Arblay, Diary, VI. 187. (Daviet.) 
lous person or thing. quizzing (kwiz'ing), n. [Verbal n. of quiz l ,v.] 
Where did you get that quiz of a hat ? it makes you look Banter ; raillery ; teasing. 
likean old witch. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, p. 33. quizzing-glass (kwiz'ing-glas), n. A single eye- 
'Twas the Queen dressed her ; you know what a figure glass, or monocle ; especially, one that is held 
she used to make of herself with her odd manner of dress- to the eye by the muscles of the face, 
ing herself; but mamma said, "Now really. Princess Roy- nt1nt ,,-.,,, An obsolptp forrn of irfeo 
al, this one time is the last, and I cannot suffer you to I" !' P ron - An ' OI nno - 
make such a quiz of yourself." . . . The word quiz, you QUO . A clipped form of quoth. 
may depend, was never the Queen's. quoad hoc (kwo'ad hok). [L. : quoad, so far as 
Mme. D'ArNav, Diary (1797), VI. 138. (Daviet.) (< qllo( l t w hat, as, + ad, to); hoc, neut. of hie, 
4. An oral questioning of a student or class by this: see Afl.] To this extent; as far as this, 
a teacher, conducted with the object of com- quoad omnia (kwo'ad om'ui-a). [L. : quoad, so 
municating instruction and preparing for some far as; omnia, neut. pi. of omnia, all.] As re- 
examination: as, the surgery quiz; the prac- gards or in respect of all things: as, a quoad 
tice quiz. [Colloq.] 5. A collection of notes omnia parish. See parish. 
made by a student from a professor's lectures, quoad sacra (kwo'ad sa'kra). [L. : quoad, so 
especially when printed for the use of other stu- far as; sacra, neut. pi. of sactr, sacred, conse- 
dents. [Colloq.] 6. A monocular eve-glass, crated.] In respect of or as far as concerns 
with or without a handle; a quizzing-glass. sacred matters: as, a quoad sacra parish. See 
quiz 1 (kwiz), r.; pret. and pp. quizzed, ppr. parish. 
quizzing. [< quiz*, .] I. trans. 1. To puz- QUOD, ' and w. See quail. 
zle; banter; make sport of by means of puz- quod 1 t. An obsolete form of quo/1/. 
zliug questions, hints, and the" like ; chaff. quod 1 -' (kwod), u. and v. See quad^, 2. 
The zeal for quizzing him grew less and less quoddle 1 , i'. t. An obsolete or dialectal form of 
As he grew richer. Halleck, Fanny, coddle 1 . 
