English Dictionary: qualm | by the DICT Development Group |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Qualm \Qualm\, n. [AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. qualm. See {Quail} to cower.] 1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.] thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead]. --Chaucer. 2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. [bd] Qualms of heartsick agony.[b8] --Milton. 3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea. For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked? --Roscommon. 4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.] (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort ({Saponaria}), in the bark of soap bark ({Quillaia}), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local an[91]sthesia. Formerly called also {struthiin}, {quillaiin}, {senegin}, {polygalic acid}, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Qulin, MO (city, FIPS 60428) Location: 36.59789 N, 90.24913 W Population (1990): 384 (187 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63961 |