English Dictionary: quandary | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quandary \Quan"da*ry\, n.; pl. {Quandaries}. [Prob. fr. OE. wandreth adversity, perplexity, Icel. wandr[91][edh]i difficulty, trouble, fr. vandr difficult.] A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quandary \Quan"da*ry\, n.; pl. {Quandaries}. [Prob. fr. OE. wandreth adversity, perplexity, Icel. wandr[91][edh]i difficulty, trouble, fr. vandr difficult.] A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quandary \Quan"da*ry\, v. t. To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty. [Obs.] --Otway. | |
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]: | |
Queen truss \Queen" truss\ (Arch.) A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quinhydrone \Quin*hy"drone\, n. [Quinone + hydroquinone.] (Chem.) A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone. [Written also {chinhydrone}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quintroon \Quin*troon"\, n. [Sp. quinteron the off-spring of a quadroon and a white.] (Ethnol.) The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Quinter, KS (city, FIPS 58250) Location: 39.06657 N, 100.23368 W Population (1990): 945 (455 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67752 |