English Dictionary: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quaintise \Quain"tise\, n. [OF. cointise.] 1. Craft; subtlety; cunning. [Obs.] --Chaucer. R. of Glouces. 2. Elegance; beauty. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Quantic \Quan"tic\, n. [L. quantus how much. See {Quantity}.] (Math.) A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic [?] is a binary cubic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Queen conch} (Zo[94]l.), a very large West Indian cameo conch ({Cassis cameo}). It is much used for making cameos. {Queen consort}, the wife of a reigning king. --Blackstone. {Queen dowager}, the widow of a king. {Queen gold}, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of England, arising from gifts, fines, etc. {Queen mother}, a queen dowager who is also mother of the reigning king or queen. {Queen of May}. See {May queen}, under {May}. {Queen of the meadow} (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant ({Spir[91]a Ulmaria}). See {Meadowsweet}. {Queen of the prairie} (Bot.), an American herb ({Spir[91]a lobata}) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers. {Queen pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus {Goura}, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands. They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white, and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers. Called also {crowned pigeon}, {goura}, and {Victoria pigeon}. {Queen regent}, [or] {Queen regnant}, a queen reigning in her own right. {Queen's Bench}. See {King's Bench}. {Queen's counsel}, {Queen's evidence}. See {King's counsel}, {King's evidence}, under {King}. {Queen's delight} (Bot.), an American plant ({Stillinqia sylvatica}) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous stem and a perennial woody root. {Queen's metal} (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper. {Queen's pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Queen pigeon}, above. {Queen's ware}, glazed English earthenware of a cream color. {Queen's yellow} (Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- formerly called {turpetum minerale}, or {Turbith's mineral}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dowager \Dow"a*ger\, n. [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See {Dower}.] 1. (Eng. Law) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. --Blount. --Burrill. 2. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank. With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans. --Tennyson. {Queen dowager}, the widow of a king. | |
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Queintise \Queint"ise\, n. See {Quaintise}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Quindecagon \Quin*dec"a*gon\, n. [L. quindecim fifteen + Gr. [?] angle.] (Geom.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides. | |
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Quindecemvirate \Quin`de*cem"vi*rate\, n. [L. quindecimviratus.] The body or office of the quindecemviri. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Quindecemvir \[d8]Quin`de*cem"vir\, n.; pl. E. {Quindecemvirs}, L. {Quindecemviri}. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books. | |
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d8Quindecemvir \[d8]Quin`de*cem"vir\, n.; pl. E. {Quindecemvirs}, L. {Quindecemviri}. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books. | |
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Quindecone \Quin*dec"one\, n. [L. quindecim fifteen.] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, {C15H26}, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid. [Written also {quindekone}.] | |
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Quindecylic \Quin`de*cyl"ic\, n. [L. quindecim fifteen + -yl.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also {pentadecylic} acid. | |
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Quindecone \Quin*dec"one\, n. [L. quindecim fifteen.] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, {C15H26}, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid. [Written also {quindekone}.] | |
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Quindism \Quin"dism\, n. A fifteenth. [Obs.] --Prynne. | |
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Quintessence \Quin*tes"sence\, n. [F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence. See {Quint}, and {Essence}.] 1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See {Ferment oils}, under {Ferment}. [Obs.] Note: The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air, water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or the ferment oils, as the fifth essence. 2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep. --Milton. | |
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Quintessence \Quin*tes"sence\, v. t. To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. [R.] --Stirling. [bd]Truth quintessenced and raised to the highest power.[b8] --J. A. Symonds. | |
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Quintessential \Quin`tes*sen"tial\, a. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. [bd]Quintessential extract of mediocrity.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
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Quintic \Quin"tic\, a. [L. quintus fifth, fr. quinque five.] (Alg.) Of the fifth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the fifth degree. See {Quantic}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Quantico, MD Zip code(s): 21856 Quantico, VA (town, FIPS 65120) Location: 38.52245 N, 77.28969 W Population (1990): 670 (381 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22134 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Quantico Station, VA (CDP, FIPS 65136) Location: 38.51873 N, 77.31444 W Population (1990): 7425 (1618 housing units) Area: 18.5 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Quintec-Objects Based on {Quintec Prolog} (not {Quintus}). British. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Quintus Prolog {Quintus}. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the {Swedish Institute of Computer Science} by December 1998. {(ftp://ftp.quintus.com/)}. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283. [More details? Features?] (1998-12-12) |