quest
         n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
               "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of
               fame"; "a quest for wealth" [syn: {pursuit}, {pursuance},
               {quest}]
         2: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
            [syn: {quest}, {seeking}]
         v 1: make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open
               and questing"; "The animal came questing through the
               forest"
         2: search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"
         3: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: {bay}, {quest}]
         4: seek alms, as for religious purposes
         5: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an
            extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [syn:
            {request}, {bespeak}, {call for}, {quest}]

English Dictionary: quest	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quickset adj grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a quickset hawthorn hedge" n cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]:
Quassin \Quas"sin\, n. [Cf. F. quassine. See {Quassia}.] (Chem.)       The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white       crystalline substance; -- formerly called {quassite}.       [Written also {quass[c6]in}, and {quassine}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quest \Quest\, n. [OF. queste, F. qu[88]te, fr. L. quaerere,       quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. Cf. {Query}, {Question}.]       1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to             find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of             game, of a lost child, of property, etc.                         Upon an hard adventure yet in quest.   --Spenser.                         Cease your quest of love.                  --Shak.                         There ended was his quest, there ceased his care.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Request; desire; solicitation.                         Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an                      untrained hope or passion.                  --Herbert.          3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.                         The senate hath sent about three several quests to                      search you out.                                 --Shak.          4. Inquest; jury of inquest.                         What lawful quest have given their verdict ? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quest \Quest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. quester, F. qu[88]ter. See       {Quest}, n.]       To search for; to examine. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quest \Quest\, v. i.       To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.       [R.]                   If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the                rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.                                                                               --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quickset \Quick"set`\, n.       A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge;       specifically, the hawthorn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quickset \Quick"set`\, a.       Made of quickset.                   Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges.                                                                               --Walpole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quickset \Quick"set`\, v. t.       To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to       quickset a ditch. --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Questa, NM (village, FIPS 60870)       Location: 36.71092 N, 105.59266 W       Population (1990): 1707 (770 housing units)       Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 87556
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Quest          1. A language designed for its simple denotational semantics.       "The Denotational Semantics of Programming Languages",       R. Tennent, CACM 19(8):437-453 (Aug 1976).          2. QUantifiers and SubTypes.   Language with a sophisticated       type system.   Just as types classify values, "kinds" classify       types and type operators.   Explicit universal and existential       quantification over types, type operators, and subtypes.       Subtyping is defined inductively on all type constructions,       including higher-order functions and abstract types.       User-definable higher-order type operators.          "Typeful Programming", Luca Cardelli , RR       45, DEC SRC 1989.          Implemented in Modula-3.          {(ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Quest/quest12A.tar.Z)}.          3. A {multimedia} {authoring} system.   Quest has       been available for {MS-DOS} for some time.   Version 3.5 for       {Microsoft Windows} was released around March 1995.   It       features an {Authorware}-style {flowchart} system with an       {ANSI-C} {script language}.          (1995-04-02)