English Dictionary: quahaug | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quacha \Qua"cha\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The quagga. | |
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Quack \Quack\, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor. | |
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Quack \Quack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Qvacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quacking}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken, quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.] 1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck. 2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. [bd] To quack of universal cures.[b8] --Hudibras. 3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender. | |
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Quack \Quack\, n. 1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. --Chaucer. 2. [Cf. {Quacksalver}.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner. 3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan. Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. --Carlyle. | |
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Quag \Quag\, n. A quagmire. [R.] [bd]Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells.[b8] --Cowper. | |
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Quagga \Quag"ga\, n. [Hottentot.] (Zo[94]l.) A South African wild ass ({Equus, [or] Hippotigris, quagga}). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body. | |
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Quaggy \Quag"gy\, a.[See {Quag}, {Quagmire}.] Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. [bd]O'er the watery strath, or quaggy moss.[b8] --Collins. | |
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Quahog \Qua"hog\, Quahaug \Qua"haug\, n. [Abbrev. fr. Narragansett Indian poqua[96]hock.] (Zo[94]l.) An American market clam ({Venus mercenaria}). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also {round clam}, and {hard clam}. Note: The name is also applied to other allied species, as {Venus Mortoni} of the Gulf of Mexico. | |
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Quahog \Qua"hog\, Quahaug \Qua"haug\, n. [Abbrev. fr. Narragansett Indian poqua[96]hock.] (Zo[94]l.) An American market clam ({Venus mercenaria}). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also {round clam}, and {hard clam}. Note: The name is also applied to other allied species, as {Venus Mortoni} of the Gulf of Mexico. | |
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Quaigh \Quaigh\, Quaich \Quaich\, n. [Gael. cuach. Cf. {Quaff}.] A small shallow cup or drinking vessel. [Scot.] [Written also {quegh}.] | |
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Quaigh \Quaigh\, Quaich \Quaich\, n. [Gael. cuach. Cf. {Quaff}.] A small shallow cup or drinking vessel. [Scot.] [Written also {quegh}.] | |
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Quake \Quake\, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering. | |
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Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quaking}.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. {Quagmire}.] 1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. [bd]Quaking for dread.[b8] --Chaucer. She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. [bd] Over quaking bogs.[b8] --Macaulay. | |
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Quake \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See {Quake}, v. t.] To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Quaky \Quak"y\, a. Shaky, or tremulous; quaking. | |
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Quas \Quas\, n. A kind of beer. Same as {Quass}. | |
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Quass \Quass\, n. [Russ. kvas'.] A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians. [written also {quas}.] | |
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Quas \Quas\, n. A kind of beer. Same as {Quass}. | |
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Quass \Quass\, n. [Russ. kvas'.] A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians. [written also {quas}.] | |
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Quaschi \Quas"chi\, Quasje \Quas"je\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The brown coati. See {Coati}. | |
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Quash \Quash\, n. Same as {Squash}. | |
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Quash \Quash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quashing}.] [OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. cassare to annihilate, annul, fr. cassus empty, vain, of uncertain origin. The word has been confused with L. quassare to shake, F. casser to break, which is probably of different origin. Cf. {Cashier}, v. t.] (Law) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quash \Quash\, v. t. [OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. quassare to shake, shatter, shiver, v. intens. fr. quatere, quassum, to shake, shatter. Cf. {Concussion}, {Discuss}, {Rescue}, and also {Quash} to annul.] 1. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush. The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed. --Waller. 2. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. --Barrow. | |
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Quash \Quash\, v. i. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise. | |
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Quashee \Quash"ee\, n. A negro of the West Indies. | |
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Quasi \Qua"si\ [L.] As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical. | |
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Quaschi \Quas"chi\, Quasje \Quas"je\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The brown coati. See {Coati}. | |
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Quass \Quass\, n. [Russ. kvas'.] A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians. [written also {quas}.] | |
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Quassia \Quas"si*a\, n. [NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy, or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific.] The wood of several tropical American trees of the order {Simarube[91]}, as {Quassia amara}, {Picr[91]na excelsa}, and {Simaruba amara}. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer. | |
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Quayage \Quay"age\, n. [F.] Wharfage. [Also {keyage}.] | |
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Queach \Queach\, n. [Cf. {Quick}.] A thick, bushy plot; a thicket. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Queach \Queach\, v. i. [Cf. E. quich, v. i., quick, v. i.; or AS. cweccan to shake.] To stir; to move. See {Quick}, v. i. [Obs.] | |
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Queachy \Queach"y\, a. 1. Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving. [bd]The queachy fens.[b8] [bd]Godwin's queachy sands.[b8] --Drayton. 2. Like a queach; thick; bushy. [Obs.] --Cockeram. | |
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Queasy \Quea"sy\, a. [Icel. kweisa pain; cf. Norw. kveis sickness after a debauch.] 1. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish. 2. Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish. [bd] A queasy question.[b8] --Shak. Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms. --Cowper. | |
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Quech \Quech\, Queck \Queck\, v. i. [Cf. {Quick}, {Queach}.] A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move. | |
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Quech \Quech\, Queck \Queck\, v. i. [Cf. {Quick}, {Queach}.] A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move. | |
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Queest \Queest\, n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] (Zo[94]l.) The European ringdove ({Columba palumbus}); the cushat. [Written also {quist}, {queeze}, {quice}, {queece}.] See {Ringdove}. | |
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Queest \Queest\, n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] (Zo[94]l.) The European ringdove ({Columba palumbus}); the cushat. [Written also {quist}, {queeze}, {quice}, {queece}.] See {Ringdove}. | |
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Quegh \Quegh\, n. A drinking vessel. See {Quaich}. | |
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Quaigh \Quaigh\, Quaich \Quaich\, n. [Gael. cuach. Cf. {Quaff}.] A small shallow cup or drinking vessel. [Scot.] [Written also {quegh}.] | |
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Quegh \Quegh\, n. A drinking vessel. See {Quaich}. | |
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Quaigh \Quaigh\, Quaich \Quaich\, n. [Gael. cuach. Cf. {Quaff}.] A small shallow cup or drinking vessel. [Scot.] [Written also {quegh}.] | |
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Quica \Qui"ca\, n. [From the native Brazilian name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South American opossum ({Didelphys quica}), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit. | |
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Queest \Queest\, n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] (Zo[94]l.) The European ringdove ({Columba palumbus}); the cushat. [Written also {quist}, {queeze}, {quice}, {queece}.] See {Ringdove}. | |
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Quice \Quice\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Queest}. | |
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Queest \Queest\, n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] (Zo[94]l.) The European ringdove ({Columba palumbus}); the cushat. [Written also {quist}, {queeze}, {quice}, {queece}.] See {Ringdove}. | |
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Quice \Quice\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Queest}. | |
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Quich \Quich\, v. i. [Cf. {Quinch}.] To stir. [Obs.] He could not move nor quich at all. -- Spenser. | |
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Quick \Quick\, a. [Compar. {Quicker}; superl. {Quickest}.] [As. cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik, OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living, Goth. qius, Lith. q[ymac]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[c6]va living, j[c6]v to live. Cf. {Biography}, {Vivid}, {Quitch grass}, {Whitlow}.] 1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to {dead} or {inanimate}. Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer. The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim. iv. 1. Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. -- Herbert. Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases. 2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. [bd] A quick wit.[b8] --Shak. 3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. Oft he her his charge of quick return Repeated. --Milton. 4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended. -- Latimer. 5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- Shak. 6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. [bd]To have an open ear, a quick eye.[b8] --Shak. They say that women are so quick. --Tennyson. 7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak. {Quick grass}. (Bot.) See {Quitch grass}. {Quick match}. See under {Match}. {Quick vein} (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not barren. {Quick vinegar}, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material. {Quick water}, quicksilver water. {Quick with child}, pregnant with a living child. Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly. | |
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Quick \Quick\, v. t. & i. [See {Quicken}.] To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Quick \Quick\, adv. In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed. -- Locke. | |
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Quick \Quick\, n. 1. That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick. --Evelyn. 2. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick. --Latimer. How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference ! --Fuller. 3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. --Tennyson. | |
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Quiesce \Qui*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quiescing}.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See {Quiet}, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. --M. Stuart. | |
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Quish \Quish\, n. See {Cuish}. | |
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Quiz \Quiz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quizzing}.] 1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions. He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room. --Thackeray. 2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly. 3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See {Quiz}, n., 4. [U.S.] {Quizzing glass}, a small eyeglass. | |
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Quiz \Quiz\, v. i. To conduct a quiz. See {Quiz}, n., 4. [U.S.] | |
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Quiz \Quiz\, n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of a Dublin playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should be the common talk and puzzle of the city in twenty-fours. In consequence of this the letters q u i z were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with an effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally a variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.] 1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax. 2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz. 3. An odd or absurd fellow. --Smart. Thackeray. 4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.] | |
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Quoke \Quoke\, obs. imp. of {Quake}. --Chaucer. | |
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Quook \Quook\, imp. of {Quake}. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Quick, WV Zip code(s): 25045 | |
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Quogue, NY (village, FIPS 60422) Location: 40.81755 N, 72.59750 W Population (1990): 898 (1282 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 6.3 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
ques /kwes/ 1. n. The question mark character (`?', ASCII 0111111). 2. interj. What? Also frequently verb-doubled as "Ques ques?" See {wall}. | |
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quux /kwuhks/ n. [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare, quuxandum iri; noun form variously `quux' (plural `quuces', anglicized to `quuxes') and `quuxu' (genitive plural is `quuxuum', for four u-letters out of seven in all, using up all the `u' letters in Scrabble).] 1. Originally, a {metasyntactic variable} like {foo} and {foobar}. Invented by Guy Steele for precisely this purpose when he was young and naive and not yet interacting with the real computing community. Many people invent such words; this one seems simply to have been lucky enough to have spread a little. In an eloquent display of poetic justice, it has returned to the originator in the form of a nickname. 2. interj. See {foo}; however, denotes very little disgust, and is uttered mostly for the sake of the sound of it. 3. Guy Steele in his persona as `The Great Quux', which is somewhat infamous for light verse and for the `Crunchly' cartoons. 4. In some circles, used as a punning opposite of `crux'. "Ah, that's the quux of the matter!" implies that the point is _not_ crucial (compare {tip of the ice-cube}). 5. quuxy: adj. Of or pertaining to a quux. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
qux /kwuhks/ The fourth of the standard {metasyntactic variable}, after {baz} and before the quu(u...)x series. See {foo}, {bar}, {baz}, {quux}. This appears to be a recent mutation from {quux}, and many versions (especially older versions) of the standard series just run {foo}, {bar}, {baz}, {quux}, .... | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
QIC {Quarter-Inch Cartridge} | |
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QoS {Quality of service} | |
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Quake A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of {Modula-3} programs from {module}s, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
QUEASY An early system on the {IBM 701}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1995-01-25) | |
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ques {question mark} | |
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QUICK [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1995-05-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
quiesce disabled. For example to quiesce a device (such as a digital modem). It is also a system command in MAX TNT software which is used to "Temporarily disable a modem or DS0 channel". Also used as an adjective, in the expression "{quiesce time}". (2000-03-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
quux /kwuhks/ [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare, quuxandum iri; noun form variously "quux" (plural "quuces", anglicised to "quuxes") and "quuxu" (genitive plural is "quuxuum", for four u-letters out of seven in all, using up all the "u" letters in Scrabble).] 1. Originally, a {metasyntactic variable} like {foo} and {foobar}. Invented by {Guy Steele} for precisely this purpose when he was young and naive and not yet interacting with the real computing community. Many people invent such words; this one seems simply to have been lucky enough to have spread a little. In an eloquent display of poetic justice, it has returned to the originator in the form of a nickname. 2. See {foo}; however, denotes very little disgust, and is uttered mostly for the sake of the sound of it. 3. {Guy Steele} in his persona as "The Great Quux", which is somewhat infamous for light verse and for the "Crunchly" cartoons. 4. In some circles, used as a punning opposite of "crux". "Ah, that's the quux of the matter!" implies that the point is *not* crucial (compare {tip of the ice-cube}). [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
qux /kwuhks/ The fourth of the standard {metasyntactic variable}, after {baz} and before the quu(u...)x series. See {foo}, {bar}, {baz}, {quux}. This appears to be a recent mutation from {quux}, and many versions (especially older versions) of the standard series just run {foo}, {bar}, {baz}, {quux}, ... |