quintal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   quaintly
         adv 1: in a strange but not unpleasant manner; "the old lady
                  expressed herself somewhat quaintly"
         2: in a quaint old-fashioned manner; "the room was quaintly
            furnished"

English Dictionary: quintal	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quantal adj of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states Synonym(s): quantal, quantized
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Queen Maud Land n a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quintal n a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds Synonym(s): hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quintillion n the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quintillionth adj the ordinal number of one quintillion in counting order n one part in a quintillion equal parts [syn: {one- quintillionth}, quintillionth]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scrub \Scrub\, n. 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. [bd]A sorry scrub.[b8] --Bunyan. We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. --Goldsmith. 2. Something small and mean. 3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth. 4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. 5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. [U.S.] {Scrub bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian passerine bird of the family {Atrichornithid[91]}, as {Atrichia clamosa}; -- called also {brush bird}. {Scrub oak} (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is {Quercus ilicifolia}, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Q. Catesb[91]i}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Q. undulata}, var. Gambelii. {Scrub robin} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian singing bird of the genus {Drymodes}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaintly \Quaint"ly\, adv. In a quaint manner. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintal \Quin"tal\, n. [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred. See {Hundred}, and cf. {Kentle}.] 1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. {Cental}. [Sometimes written and pronounced {kentle}.] 2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintain \Quin"tain\, n. [F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W. chwintan a kind of hymeneal game.] An object to be tilted at; -- called also {quintel}. [Written also {quintin}.] Note: A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post, on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while riding under, and get away without being hit by the sand bag. [bd]But a quintain, a mere lifeless block.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintel \Quin"tel\, n. See {Quintain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintain \Quin"tain\, n. [F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W. chwintan a kind of hymeneal game.] An object to be tilted at; -- called also {quintel}. [Written also {quintin}.] Note: A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post, on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while riding under, and get away without being hit by the sand bag. [bd]But a quintain, a mere lifeless block.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintel \Quin"tel\, n. See {Quintain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintile \Quin"tile\, n. [F. quintil aspect, fr. L. quintus the fifth.] (Astron.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72[deg].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintilllion \Quin*till"lion\, n. [Formed fr. L. quintus the fifth, after the analogy of million: cf. F. quintillion. See {Quint}.] According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under {Numeration}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quintole \Quin"tole\, n. [It. quinto fifth.] (Mus.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
quintillion 10^30 in Europe (this is called a {nonillion} in the United States and Canada). 10^18 in the United States and Canada (this is called a trillion in Europe). [Collins dictionary].