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   qadi
         n 1: an Islamic judge

English Dictionary: quiet by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Qaeda
n
  1. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
    Synonym(s): al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
qat
n
  1. the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
    Synonym(s): kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
QCD
n
  1. a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together
    Synonym(s): quantum chromodynamics, QCD
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
QED
n
  1. a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
    Synonym(s): quantum electrodynamics, QED
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quad
n
  1. one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    Synonym(s): quadruplet, quad
  2. a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
    Synonym(s): quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad
  3. (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
    Synonym(s): quad, space
  4. a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
    Synonym(s): quad, quadrangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quat
n
  1. the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
    Synonym(s): kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quid
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
    Synonym(s): British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid
  2. something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises
    Synonym(s): quid pro quo, quid
  3. a wad of something chewable as tobacco
    Synonym(s): chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quiet
adv
  1. with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly'); "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; "sit here as quiet as you can"
    Synonym(s): quietly, quiet
    Antonym(s): unquietly
adj
  1. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
    Antonym(s): unquiet
  2. free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"
    Antonym(s): noisy
  3. not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste"
    Synonym(s): quiet, restrained
  4. in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
    Synonym(s): hushed, muted, subdued, quiet
  5. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
    Synonym(s): placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled
  6. of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
    Antonym(s): active
n
  1. a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"
    Synonym(s): lull, quiet
  2. an untroubled state; free from disturbances
    Synonym(s): tranquillity, tranquility, quiet
  3. the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
    Synonym(s): silence, quiet
    Antonym(s): sound
  4. a disposition free from stress or emotion
    Synonym(s): repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility
v
  1. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
    Synonym(s): quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
    Antonym(s): louden
  2. make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
    Synonym(s): calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
    Antonym(s): agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quit
v
  1. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
    Synonym(s): discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
    Antonym(s): bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
  2. give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
    Synonym(s): leave office, quit, step down, resign
    Antonym(s): take office
  3. go away or leave
    Synonym(s): depart, take leave, quit
    Antonym(s): stay
  4. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
    Synonym(s): foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
  5. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
    Synonym(s): drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge
    Antonym(s): enter, participate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quite
adv
  1. to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"
    Synonym(s): quite, rather
  2. to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"
  3. of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"
    Synonym(s): quite, quite a, quite an
  4. actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quite a
adv
  1. of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"
    Synonym(s): quite, quite a, quite an
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Quito
n
  1. the capital of Ecuador
    Synonym(s): Quito, capital of Ecuador
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quoit
n
  1. game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quota
n
  1. a prescribed number; "all the salesmen met their quota for the month"
  2. a proportional share assigned to each participant
  3. a limitation on imports; "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quote
n
  1. a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
    Synonym(s): quotation mark, quote, inverted comma
  2. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
    Synonym(s): quotation, quote, citation
v
  1. repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [syn: quote, cite]
  2. name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
  3. refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
    Synonym(s): quote, cite
  4. put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quad \Quad\, Quade \Quade\, a. [Akin to AS. cw[aemac]d, cwead,
      dung, evil, G. kot, dung, OHG. qu[be]t.]
      Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind. [Obs.]
  
               Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quad \Quad\, n. (Arch.)
      A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [Cant or Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quad \Quad\, n. (Print.)
      A quadrat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quad \Quad\, Quade \Quade\, a. [Akin to AS. cw[aemac]d, cwead,
      dung, evil, G. kot, dung, OHG. qu[be]t.]
      Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind. [Obs.]
  
               Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quat \Quat\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      (a) A pustule. [Obs.]
      (b) An annoying, worthless person. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quat \Quat\, v. t.
      To satiate; to satisfy. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quata \Qua"ta\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The coaita.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quayd \Quayd\,
      p. p. of {Quail}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quet \Quet\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quid \Quid\, n. [Etym. uncertain.]
      An English coin, a sovereign. [Slang, Eng.]
  
               They invited him to come to-morrow, . . . and bring
               half a quid with him.                              --Charles
                                                                              Reade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quid \Quid\, n. [See {Cud}.]
      A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of
      tobacco.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quid \Quid\, v. t. (Man.)
      To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; --
      said of horses. --Youatt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quiet \Qui"et\, a. [Compar. {Quieter}; superl. {Quietest}.] [L.
      quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to
      quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See {While}, and cf.
      {Coy}, a., {Quiesce}, {Quietus}, {Quit}, a., {Quite},
      {Requiem}.]
      1. In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or
            agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
  
                     They . . . were quiet all the night, saying, In the
                     morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. --Judg.
                                                                              xvi. 2.
  
      2. Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
  
      3. Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled;
            as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience. [bd] So quiet and so
            sweet a style.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     That son, who on the quiet state of man Such trouble
                     brought.                                             --Milton.
  
      4. Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not
            turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
  
                     The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. --1 Pet.
                                                                              iii. 4.
  
                     I will sit as quiet as a lamb.            --Shak.
  
      5. Not showy; not such as to attract attention;
            undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet
            movement.
  
      Syn: Still; tranquil; calm; unruffled; smooth; unmolested;
               undisturbed; placid; peaceful; mild; peaceable; meek;
               contented.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quiet \Qui"et\, v. i.
      To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be
      soon quieted down.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quiet \Qui"et\, n. [L. quies, -etis. See {Quiet}, a.]
      1. The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an
            hour or a time of quiet.
  
      2. Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness;
            tranquillity; peace; security.
  
                     And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet. --Milton.
  
      {At quiet}, still; peaceful.
  
      {In quiet}, quietly. [bd] I will depart in quiet.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Out of quiet}, disturbed; restless. [Obs.] [bd]She is much
            out of quiet.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quiet \Qui"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quieted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Quieting}.]
      1. To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest,
            or of silence.
  
      2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to
            tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors
            or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
  
                     Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quit \Quit\, v. i.
      To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quit \Quit\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native
      of tropical America. See {Banana quit}, under {Banana}, and
      {Guitguit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quit \Quit\, a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See {Quit},
      v., {Quirt}.]
      Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear;
      absolved; acquitted. --Chaucer.
  
               The owner of the ox shall be quit.         --Ex. xxi. 28.
  
      Note: This word is sometimes used in the form quits,
               colloquially; as, to be quits with one, that is, to
               have made mutual satisfaction of demands with him; to
               be even with him; hence, as an exclamation: Quits! we
               are even, or on equal terms. [bd]To cry quits with the
               commons in their complaints.[b8] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quit \Quit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quit} or {Quitted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Quitting}.] [OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier,
      cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L.
      quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See {Quiet},
      a., and cf. {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Acquit}, {Requite}.]
      1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or
            oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]
  
                     To quit you of this fear, you have already looked
                     Death in the face; what have you found so terrible
                     in it?                                                --Wake.
  
      2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the
            like; to absolve; to acquit.
  
                     There may no gold them quyte.            --Chaucer.
  
                     God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and
            satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to
            requite; to repay.
  
                     The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.
  
                     Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this
                     horrid act.                                       --Shak.
  
                     Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
  
      4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of;
            to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
  
                     Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --I Sam.
                                                                              iv. 9.
  
                     Samson hath guit himself Like Samson. --Milton.
  
      5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]
  
                     Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater
                     hazard and with more renown.               --Daniel.
  
      6. To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to
            depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to
            quit the place; to quit jesting.
  
                     Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth
                     for appearance.                                 --Locke.
  
      {To quit cost}, to pay; to reimburse.
  
      {To quit scores}, to make even; to clear mutually from
            demands.
  
                     Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
                     in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.
  
      Syn: To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake;
               surrender; discharge; requite.
  
      Usage: {Quit}, {Leave}. Leave is a general term, signifying
                  merely an act of departure; quit implies a going
                  without intention of return, a final and absolute
                  abandonment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guitguit \Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of small tropical American birds of
      the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, allied to the creepers; --
      called also {quit}. See {Quit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quit \Quit\, v. i.
      To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quit \Quit\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native
      of tropical America. See {Banana quit}, under {Banana}, and
      {Guitguit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quit \Quit\, a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See {Quit},
      v., {Quirt}.]
      Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear;
      absolved; acquitted. --Chaucer.
  
               The owner of the ox shall be quit.         --Ex. xxi. 28.
  
      Note: This word is sometimes used in the form quits,
               colloquially; as, to be quits with one, that is, to
               have made mutual satisfaction of demands with him; to
               be even with him; hence, as an exclamation: Quits! we
               are even, or on equal terms. [bd]To cry quits with the
               commons in their complaints.[b8] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quit \Quit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quit} or {Quitted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Quitting}.] [OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier,
      cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L.
      quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See {Quiet},
      a., and cf. {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Acquit}, {Requite}.]
      1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or
            oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]
  
                     To quit you of this fear, you have already looked
                     Death in the face; what have you found so terrible
                     in it?                                                --Wake.
  
      2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the
            like; to absolve; to acquit.
  
                     There may no gold them quyte.            --Chaucer.
  
                     God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and
            satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to
            requite; to repay.
  
                     The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.
  
                     Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this
                     horrid act.                                       --Shak.
  
                     Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
  
      4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of;
            to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
  
                     Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --I Sam.
                                                                              iv. 9.
  
                     Samson hath guit himself Like Samson. --Milton.
  
      5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]
  
                     Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater
                     hazard and with more renown.               --Daniel.
  
      6. To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to
            depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to
            quit the place; to quit jesting.
  
                     Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth
                     for appearance.                                 --Locke.
  
      {To quit cost}, to pay; to reimburse.
  
      {To quit scores}, to make even; to clear mutually from
            demands.
  
                     Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
                     in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.
  
      Syn: To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake;
               surrender; discharge; requite.
  
      Usage: {Quit}, {Leave}. Leave is a general term, signifying
                  merely an act of departure; quit implies a going
                  without intention of return, a final and absolute
                  abandonment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guitguit \Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of small tropical American birds of
      the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, allied to the creepers; --
      called also {quit}. See {Quit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quite \Quite\, v. t. & i.
      See {Quit}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quite \Quite\, adv. [F. quite discharged, free, clear; cf. OF.
      quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See {Quit}, a.]
      1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the
            work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished;
            to be quite mistaken.
  
                     Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and
                     arise from quite contrary principles. --Spectator.
  
      2. To a great extent or degree; very; very much;
            considerably. [bd]Quite amusing.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                     He really looks quite concerned.         --Landor.
  
                     The island stretches along the land and is quite
                     close to it.                                       --Jowett
                                                                              (Thucyd. ).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quod \Quod\, v. t.
      To put in quod, or prison; to lock up; to jug. [Slang]
      --Kipling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quod \Quod\, n. [For quad, abbrev. of quadrangle.]
      A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison.
      [Slang] [bd]Flogged or whipped in quod.[b8] --T. Hughes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quod \Quod\, v.
      Quoth; said. See {Quoth}. [Obs.]
  
               [bd]Let be,[b8] quod he, [bd]it shall not be.[b8]
                                                                              --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quoit \Quoit\, n. [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press,
      (assumed) LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn,
      vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coete[?] a quoit.]
      1.
            (a) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched
                  at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat
                  missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece
                  of iron, etc.
            (b) pl. A game played with quoits. --Shak.
  
      2. The discus of the ancients. See {Discus}.
  
      3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] --J. Morley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quoit \Quoit\, v. i.
      To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
  
               To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.
                                                                              --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quoit \Quoit\, v. t.
      To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quota \Quo"ta\, n. [LL., fr. L. quota (sc. pars), fr. quotus
      which or what in number, of what number, how many, fr. quot
      how many, akin to quis, qui, who: cf. It. quota a share. See
      {Who}.]
      A proportional part or share; the share or proportion
      assigned to each in a division. [bd]Quota of troops and
      money.[b8]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quote \Quote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to
      quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L.
      quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.]
      1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat,
            or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way
            of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from
            Homer.
  
      2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a
            statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
  
      3. (Com.) To name the current price of.
  
      4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] [bd]He's quoted for a
            most perfidious slave.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Syn: To cite; name; adduce; repeat.
  
      Usage: {Quote}, {Cite}. To cite was originally to call into
                  court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing
                  forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually
                  signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also
                  used to indicate an appeal to some one as an
                  authority, without adducing his exact words.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quote \Quote\, n.
      A note upon an author. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quoth \Quoth\, v. t. [AS. cwe[edh]an, imp cw[91][edh], pl.
      cw[aemac]don; akin to OS. que[edh]an, OHG. quethan, quedan,
      Icel. kve[edh]a, Goth. qi[thorn]an. [root]22. Cf.
      {Bequeath}.]
      Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third
      persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its
      nominative, the word or words said being the object; as,
      quoth I. quoth he. [bd]Let me not live, quoth he.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quotha \Quoth"a\, interj. [For quoth'a, said he, 'a being
      corrupted from he.]
      Indeed; forsooth.
  
               To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves With
               mended morals, quotha, -- fine new lives ! --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   quad n.   1. Two bits; syn. for {quarter}, {crumb}, {tayste}.
   2. A four-pack of anything (compare {hex}, sense 2).   3. The
   rectangle or box glyph used in the APL language for various arcane
   purposes mostly related to I/O.   Former Ivy-Leaguers and Oxford
   types are said to associate it with nostalgic memories of dear old
   University.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   quad
  
      1. Two bits; synonym for {quarter}, {crumb}, {tayste}.
  
      2. A four-pack of anything (compare {hex}).
  
      3. The rectangle or box glyph used in the APL language for
      various arcane purposes mostly related to I/O.
  
      Former Ivy-Leaguers and Oxford types are said to associate it
      with nostalgic memories of dear old University (short for
      "quadrangle").
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Quty
  
      A functional plus logic language.   "Quty: A Functional
      Language Based on Unification", M. Sato et al, in Conf. Fifth
      Gen. Computer Systems, ICOT 1984, pp.157-165.
  
  
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