quelelt

An obsolete form of quaill, queal. quele2t, n. An obsolete form of wheel. quelea (kwe'lē-ä), n. [African (?).] 1. The crimson-beaked weaver-bird of Africa.-2. [ cap.] IMG:content-1468.jpg:[graphic][merged small] queen's-delight (kwēnz'dē-līt"), n. A herb a- ceo us plant, Stilling i a sylvatic a , order Euphor- queer i (kwer), v . t . [ queer1 , a.] 1. To banter; IMG:content-1469.jpg:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1471.png:[blocks in formation] God zeue us grace in oure lyuynge To serue oure God, & Marie to qweeme . Parys full pristly with preciouse araye Worship pit that worthy in wedys full riche, As qwemet for a qwene & qwaintly atyret, That Priam hade purueit & to the place sent. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3404. Spenser, Shep. Cal., May. II. in trans. To become; come to be. To qweme qwyt of all other, To skape out of skathe and sklaunder to falle. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1809. [ME., queme + -ful.] Becom- IMG:content-1472.png:[blocks in formation] Now, sothely, na thyng bot a lathynge of all this werldis full langynge with a thristy zernyng to heuenly joye. Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 33. Haile! quemfull Queene, quaintly shape! Moste of all Macedoine menskfull Ladie! A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 582. quemlyt, adv . [ME., queme + -ly 2.] pleasing or fitting manner. The golde was all gotyn, & the grete sommes Of qwhete, & of qwhite syluer, qwemly to-gedur. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 11783. IMG:content-1473.png:[blocks in formation] formerly also queint . [ quenchen (pret. quencte, queynte ), cwencan (also, in comp., a - cwencan ), quench, put out, causal of * cwincan (pret. * cwanc ), in comp. ā - cwincan (= OFries. kwinka ), go out, be extinguished; cf. * cwinan (pret. * cwān ), in comp. ā - cwinan , go out, be ex- tinguished.] I. trans . 1. To extinguish or put out, as fire. Thy rage shall burn thee up, and thou shalt turn To ashes, ere our blood shall quench that fire. The taper, quenched so soon, Had ended merely in a snuff, not stink. The gentle deare returnd the selfe-same way, Thinking to quench her thirst at the next brooke. In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst. Pope , Moral E ays, iii. 175. Hail, Son of the Most High, heir of both worlds, Queller of Satan! Milton , P. R., iv. 634. quelliot, n. [ cuello , a ruff.] A kind of Only let me love none, no, not the sport, From country gra to confitures of court, Or city's quelque - choses , let not report IMG:content-1474.png:[blocks in formation] prefix, (pret. quemet, a. [ME., also quem , cweme , earlier i - queme , i - cweme , gecwēme , pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, fit (cf., with diff. prefi OHG. biquami , MHG. bequæme , G. bequem , fit), ge- , a generalizing prefix, prefix, + cum an (pr * cwam , com ), come: see come , and cf. become and comely .] Pleasing; agreeable. Wherfore I beqwethe me to your qweme spouse, To lyue with in lykyng to my lyfes ende. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L. 633. quemet, v. [ME. quemen , cwēman , also te, gerweme , gecweman , please, satisfy, propitiate, pleasing, becoming: see queme , a .] I. trans . To become; suit; fit; satisfy; please. B. Jonson , Bartholomew Fair, ii. 1. suppre ; stifle; check; repre ; de- stroy: as, to quench a pa ion or emotion. The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy. Some outward cause fate hath perhaps design'd, Which to the soul may utter quenching bring. quenchle (kwench'les), a. [ quench + -le .] That cannot be quenched or repre ed; inex- tinguishable: as, quenchle fire or fury. Come, bloody Clifford, rough North umber land, I dare your quenchle fury to more rage. IMG:content-1475.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To lay or place in water, as a heated iron. See temper . In quenching a tool of which one portion is thick and another thin, the thickest part should generally be the first to enter the water. C. P. B. Shelley , Workshop Appliances, p. 323. II. in trans . 1. To be extinguished; go out. Right anon on of the fyres queunte , And quykede agayn, and after that anon That other fyr was queynt, and al agon. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1476. Zif he be chosen to ben Prelate, and is not worth i, is Lampe quench ethe anon. Mandeville , Travels, p. 60. 2. To lose zeal; cool; become cool. Dost thou think in time quencht (kwench), n . [ quench , v .] The act cht wench), in quench , v . ] of quenching or extinguishing; also, the state IMG:content-1476.png:[blocks in formation] [F. quenouille = It. connochia , conucula , colucula , a distaff, dim. of L. col us , a distaff.] In hort ., a mode of training trees or shrubs in a conical form, with their branches bent down- ward, so that they resemble a distaff in shape. quenstedtite (kwen's tet-it), [Named after [Named F. A. Quenstedt (1809-89), a German geologist and mineralogist.] A hydrous sulphate of iron, occurring in tabular monoclinic crystals of a reddish-violet color: it is found in Chili. quentiset, n. Same as quaintise . quequert, n. A Middle English form of quiver2 . quercetic (kwėr-set'ik), a . [ quercet ( in ) + -ic.] Produced from quercetin: as, quercetic acid. quercetine, n. Same as quercitin . quercetum quercetum (kwer-se'tum), n . [L., an oak-wood, quercus , an oak: see Quercus .] A collection of living oaks, as in a botanical garden. The word is so o applied applied in the Kew Gardens, London. applied in quercine (kwer's in), a . [ quercinus , of the oak, of oak-leaves, quercus , oak: see Quercus.] Of or pertaining to the oak or oak- quercitannic The tannin of the quercitron, or quercitannic acid. C. T. Davis , Leather, p. 101. quercite (kwėr'sīt), n. [L. quercus , an oak, + -ite2 .] A crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5, derived from acorns, which resembles the sugars in that it is sweet and optically active, but does not ferment with yeast or reduce metallic salts.