quern (kwern)

ly curn; = Stone Querns for Grinding. - Dublin Museum. metal pin inserted in the lower. In using the quern the grain is dropped with one hand into the central opening, while with the other the upper stone is revolved by means of a stick inserted in a small hole near the edge. Men wende that bele Isaude Ne coude hem noght of love werne; And yet she that grynt at a querne Is al to good to ese hir harte. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1798. Some apple-colour'd corn Ground in faire querns ; and some did spindles turn. lus, complaining: see querulous.] A genus of IMG:content-1478.png:[graphic][merged small] fruit-crows, giving name to the subfamily Que rulinæ; the type is C. purpurata, the piahau. Vieillot, 1816. querulation (kwer-ö-lā'shon), n. [ Will not these mournings, menaces, querulations , stir your hearts, because they are derived from God through us, his organ-pipes, as if they had lost their vigour by the way? Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 349. querulentialt (kwer-ö-len's hal), a . [ queru l (ous) + -ent + -ial .] Having a tendency to querulousne ; querulous. [Rare.] Walpole had by nature a propensity, and by constitution a plea, for being captious and querulential , for he was a martyr to the gout. Cumber land , Memoirs, I. 23. Querulinæ (kwer-ö-li'nē), n . pl. [NL., la + -inæ .] A subfamily of Cotingidæ , taking name from the genus Querula : same as Gym noderinæ. Swains on , 1837. querulous (kwer'ö-lus), a. [L. querulus, full of complaints, complaining, O querulous and weak! - whose usele brain Once thought of nothing, and now thinks in vain; Whose eye reverted weeps o'er all the past. IMG:content-1479.jpg:[graphic] Cowper, Hope, 1. 29. 2. Expre ing complaint; proceeding from a complaining habit: as, a querulous tone of voice. Quickened the fire and laid the board, Mid the crone's angry, querulous word Of surly wonder. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, III. 69. Warlike, ready to fight, querulous , and mischievous. Holland . The cock his crested helmet bent, And down his querulous challenge sent. =Syn. 1 and 2. See plaintive and petulant . querulously (kwerʼö-lus-li), adv . In a queru- lous or complaining manner. querulousne (kwer'ö-lus-nes), n . The state of being querulous; disposition to complain, or the habit or practice of murmuring. query (kwē'ri), n .; pl. queries (-riz). [Formerly, as L., quære , being the L. quære , ask, inquire (i. e. 'inquire further into this,' 'look this up'), 2d pers. sing. impv. of quærere , seek, search for, ask, inquire: much used as a marginal note or memorandum to indicate a question or doubt, and hence taken as a noun: see quest .] A question; an inquiry to be answered or resolved; specifically, a doubt or challenge, as of a writ- ten or printed statement, represented by the interrogation-point (?), or by an abbreviation, q., qy., or qu . , or by both. This name of Sion, Silon, or Siam may worthily moue a quære to Geographers. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 459. Answer'd all queries touching those at home With a heaved shoulder and a saucy smile. Tennyson , Aylmer's Field. =Syn. Inquiry , Interrogation , etc. See question . query (kwe'ri), v.; pret. and pp. queried , ppr. querying . [ query , n .] I. in trans . To put a query; ask a question or questions; expre doubt. Each prompt to query , answer, and debate. Pope , Dunciad, ii. 381. He queried , and reasoned thus within himself. S. Parker , Bibliotheca Biblica, I. 394. II. trans. 1. To mark with a query; expre a desire to examine as to the truth of. This refined observation delighted Sir John, who digni. fies it as an axiom, yet afterwards came to doubt it with a "sed de hoc quære" query this! I. D'Israeli, Curios. of Lit., II. 384. It [Chelsea College] was afterwards repurchased by that monarch (but query if purchase money was ever paid). N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 185. 2. To seek by questioning; inquire or ask: as, to query the sum or amount; to query the mo- tive or the fact. queset (kwēz), v. t. [ quæsere , seek, beg, ask, var. of quærere , seek, ask: see quest1 .] To search after; look for. Milton . [Rare.] quesitive (kwes'i-tiv), a. [ quærere , pp. quæsitus , seek, inquire: see quest1 . Cf. inquisitive .] In- terrogatory.- Quesitive quantity. See quantity . quest (kwest), [ME. q queste , queste , F. quéte = Pr. = Pr. quest a , quist a = It. chiesta , 〈 ML. quæsta , quæsit a (sc. res ), a thing sought, quæsitum, a question, fem. or neut. of quæsitus , pp. of quærere , also quæsere , OL. quairere , seek, search for, seek to get, desire, get, acquire, obtain, seek to learn, ask, inquire, etc. From the same L. verb are ult. E. que- rent2 , 2, query , question , acquire , conquer , exquire , inquire , per quire , require , acquest , conquest , in quest , request , etc., exquisite , perquisite , inquisi- tion, perquisition, requisition, etc. In def. 6 quest is in part an aphetic form of inquest .] 1. The act of seeking; search; pursuit; suit. Her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece;... And many Jasons come in quest of her. Shak., M. of V., i. 1. 172. 2. An act of searching or seeking, as for a par- ticular object: as, the quest of the holy grail. Thei entred in to many questes for to knowe whiche was the beste knyght. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 503. A long and wearisome quest of spiritual joys, which, for all he knows, he may never arrive to. Bp. Atterbury , Sermons, I. xi., Pref. And those that had gone out upon the Quest, Wasted and worn, and but a tithe of them, And those that had not, stood before the King. Tennyson , Holy Grail. 3. A body of searchers collectively; a search- ing party. Volumes of report Run with these false and most contrarious quests Upon thy doings. Shak., M. for M., iv. 1. 62. 5. Request; desire; solicitation; prayer; de- mand. Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrain'd hope or pa ion. G. Herbert, The Temple, Content. 6. A jury of inquest; a sworn body of exam- iners; also, an inquest. By God, my maister lost c. marc by a seute of Margyt Bryg upon a defence of atteynt, because a quest pa ed ayenst hyr of xij. penyworth lond by yeer. Paston Letters, I. 404. The judge at the empanelling of the quest had his grave looks. Latimer , 5th Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. meanors and annoyances were held. Halli- well. A hag, repair'd with vice-complexion'd paint, A quest - house of complaint. What lawful quest have given their verdict up Unto the frowning judge? Shak ., Rich. III., i. 4. 189. xii. they must be to make an enquest or, as some call it, a quest. An enquest or quest is called a law full kind of triall by xii. men. Smith , Commonwealth, ii. 18. ( Richardson .) Crowner's quest. See crowner2.- Kirby's quest, an ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the Exchequer: so called from its being the inquest of John de Kirby, treasurer of King Edward I. Rapalje and Law- quest1 (kwest), v . [ questen , ques- ter , F. quéter , seek, queste , a seeking: see quest , n .] I. in trans . 1. To go in search; make search or inquiry; pursue. And that the Prelates have no sure foundation in the Gospell, their own guilt in e e doth manifest; they would not else run questing up as high as Adam, to fetch their origin all, as tis said one of them lately did in publick. How soon they were recognized by grammarians ought to be ascertainable at the expense of a few hours' questing in such a library as that of the British Museum. F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 326. He [Samuel Johnson] dined on venison and champagne whenever he had been so fortunate as to borrow a guinea. If his questing had been unsucce ful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay , in Encyc. Brit., XIII. 722. There was another old beggar-woman down in the town, questing from shop to shop, who always amused me. Fraser's Mag. 3. To give tongue, as a dog on the scent of game. To bay or quest as a dog. Florio , p. 1. ( Hall i well .) Pup . They are a covey soon scattered, methink; who sprung them, I marle? Town. Marry, yourself, Puppy, for aught I know; you quested last. B. Jonson, Gipsies Metamorphosed. As some are playing young Spaniels, quest at every bird that rises; so others, held very good men, are at a dead stand, not knowing what to doe or say. N. Ward , Simple Cobler, p. 19. While Redmond every thicket round Tracked earnest as a questing hound. Scott , Rokeby, iv. 31. II. trans . 1. To search or seek for; inquire into or examine. [Rare.] 2. To announce by giving tongue, as a dog. Not only to give notice that the dog is on game, but also the particular kind which he is questing . Dogs of Great Britain and America , p. 111. Same as queest . 2. That which is asked; an inquiry; a query; the expre ion of a desire to know something indicated more or le definitely. In grammar, questions are cla ed as (1) direct ( independent ) : as, John is here? is John here? who is that? (2) indirect ( dependent ), taking the form of an object-clause: as, he asks if John is here; he asks who that is; (3) simple : as, is that man a soldier? (4) double ( alternative , compound , disjunctive ): as, is that man a soldier or a civilian? (5) indirect double : as, he asks whether that man is a soldier or not; (6) deliberative or doubting : as, shall I do it? shall we remain? (7) pos i- tive : as, is that right? - with emphasis on the verb this expects the answer "No"; (8) negative : as, is not that right? - this expects the answer "Yes." Answer me quest2 (kwest), n . questantt (kwes'tant), n . [OF. questant , F. quétant , ppr. of quester , F. quéter , seek: see quest1 , v.] A candidate; a seeker of any ob- 6. Doubt; controversy; dispute: as, the story When The bravest questant shrinks, find what you seek, That fame may cry you loud. Shak ., All's Well, ii. 1. 16. quest-dovet (kwest'duv), п . Same as queest . Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, ii. 27. ( Davies .) quester (kwes'tėr), n . [ quest eur , F. qué- teur , quæsit or , a seeker, quærere , pp. quæsitus , seek: see quest1 , v . Cf. questor .] 1. A seeker; a searcher.-2. A dog employed to find game. The quester only to the wood they loose, Who silently the tainted track pursues. Rowe, tr. of Lucan's Pharsalia, iv. questful (kwest'fül), a . [ quest1 + -ful.] Full of quest; searching; investigating. Had they found a linguist half so good, I make no question but the tower had stood. Pope , Satires of Donne, iv. 85. In a work which he was, no question , acquainted with, we read F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 178. 7. Judicial trial or inquiry; trial; exam in a- tion. He that was in question for the robbery. Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., i. 2. 68. Mr. Endecott was also left out, and called into question about the defacing the cro in the ensign. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 188. 8. Examination by torture, or the application of torture to prisoners under criminal accusa- tion in order to extort confe ion. question 91. Conversation; speech; talk. I met the duke yesterday, and had much question with him. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 4. 39. 10. In logic, a proposition, or that which is to be established as a conclusion, stated by way of interrogation.-11. In parliamentary usage: (a) The point under discu ion by the house; the measure to be voted on: as, to speak to the question. (b) The putting of the matter discu ed to a vote: as, are you ready for the question?-Comparative, complex, double, Eastern question. See the adjectives. - Division of the question. See division. - Horary question, in astrol., a question the decision of which depends upon the figure of the heavens at the moment it is propounded.-Hypothetical question. See hypothetical. In question, under consideration or discu ion: indicating something just mentioned or referred to. He is likewise a rival of mine - that is, of my other self's, for he does not think his friend Captain Absolute ever saw the lady in question . Sheridan , The Rivals, ii. 1. Mr. Wall and his ally exert themselves to make up for the painful absence in question to their utmost power. W. M. Baker , New Timothy, p. 213. Leading question, a question so put as to suggest the answer which is desired, and thus to lead to and prepare the way for such an answer. A party is not allowed to put a leading question to his own witne , except in matters purely introductory, and not touching a point in controversy; and except that if his witne is obviously hostile or defective in memory the court may in its discretion allow a leading question. A party may put leading questions in cro -examining his adversary's witne . Mixed questions. See mixed . Out of question, doubtle ; beyond question. Out of question , you were born in a merry hour. Shak ., Much Ado, ii. 1. 346. Out of the question, not worthy of or requiring consideration; not to be thought of. It is out of the question to ask the Diet for money to clear off the enormous debts; so that it is difficult to gue how the matter will end. Contemporary Rev., XLIX. 287. Previous question, in parliamentary practice, the ques tion whether a vote shall be come to on the main i ue or not, brought forward before the main or real question is put by the Speaker, and for the purpose of avoiding, if the vote is in the negative, the putting of this question. The motion is in the form, "that the question be now put," and the mover and seconder vote against it. In the House of Representatives of the United States (it is not used in the Senate), and in many State legislatures, the object of moving the previous question is to cut off debate and secure immediately a vote on the question under consideration; here, therefore, the mover and seconder vote in the affirmative. The great remedy against prolix or obstructive debate is the so-called previous question , which is moved in the form "Shall the main question be now put?" and when ordered closes forthwith all debate, and brings the House to a direct vote on that main question. J. Bryce , American Commonwealth, I. 130. Question of fact, question of law. See fact, 3.- Quesprivilege. Real question. See reall. - The Questions, the Shorter Catechism of the Westminster A embly of Divines. [Scotch.] - To beg the question. See begl.To call in question. (a) To doubt; challenge. You call in question the continuance of his love. tion of order. See order. Question of privilege. See Shak., T. N., 1. 4. 6. (b) To subject to judicial interrogation. Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. Acts xxiv. 21. The govern our wrote to some of the a istants about it, and, upon advice with the ministers, it was agreed to call Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 172. them [the offenders) in question. To pop the question. See pop1. = Syn. 2. Question, Query, Inquiry, Interrogation, and Interrogatory agree in expre ing a form of words used in calling for information or an answer from another. Question is the most general in its meaning, and inquiry stands next. Query stands for a question asked without force, a point about which one would like to be informed the word is used with all degrees of weakne down to the mere expre ion of a doubt: as, I raised a query as to the strength of the bridge. A question may be put in order to test another's knowledge; the other words expre an asking for real information. Interrogatory is a strong word, expre ing an authoritative or searching question that must be explicitly answered, sometimes in law a written question. Inquiry is somewhat milder and le direct than question, the order of strength being query, inquiry, question, interrogation. There is no perceptible difference between interrogation and interrogatory, except that the former may expre also the act. See askl and examination. -4 and 5. Propoquestion (kwes'chon), v. [ sition, motion, topic, point. IMG:content-1480.png:[blocks in formation] 4908 I haue heard him oft question with Captaine Martin and tell him, except he could shew him a more subs tanti all triall, he was not in a mou red with their durty skill. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 169. II. trans. 1. To inquire of by asking questions; examine by interrogatories: as, to ques tion a witne . Her father loved me; oft invited me; Still question'd me the story of my life. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 129. They questioned him apart, as the custom is, When first the matter made a noise at Rome. Browning, Ring and Book, I. 127. 2. To doubt of; be uncertain of; mention or treat as doubtful or not to be trusted. It is much to be questioned whether they could ever spin it [asbestos] to a thread. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 229. There is no po ibility to disprove a matter of fact that was never questioned or doubted of before. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 167. Nor question The wisdom that hath made us what we are. Lowell , Under the Willows. 3. To call in question; challenge; take eехсерtion to: as, to question an exercise of prerogative. What uproar 's this? must my name here be question'd In tavern-brawls, and by affected ruffians? Beau . and Fl ., Honest Man's Fortune, ii. 2. Power and right To question thy bold entrance on this place. Milton , P. L., iv. 882. Whatever may be questioned , it is certain that we are in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Being. J. R. Sceley, Nat. Religion, p. 44. =Syn. 1. Ask , Inquire of, Interrogate , etc. (see askl), catechize. 3. To controvert, dispute. questionable (kwes'chon-a-bl), a . [= Sp. cues tion able = Pg . question avel = It. question a bile ; tioned as questionable or inquired of of; inviting capable or of being seeming que to invite inquiry or conversation. [Now rare.] Thou comest in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. Shak ., Hamlet, i. 4. 43. 2. Liable to question; suspicious; doubtful; uncertain; disputable: as, the deed is of ques tion able authority; his veracity is questionable. It being questionable whether he [Galen] ever saw the di ection of a human body. Baker , Reflections upon Learning, xv. The facts respecting him [Governor Van Twiller) were so scattered and vague, and divers of them so questionable in point of authenticity, that I have had to give up the search. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 151. questionablene (kwes'chon-a-bl-nes), n. The character or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious. questionably (kwes'chon-a-bli), adv. In a questionable manner; doubtfully. questionary (kwes'chon-a-ri), a. and n. [= F. questionnaire = Sp. cues tion a rio = Pg. questio nario, II. n .; pl. questionaries (-riz). A pardoner; an itinerant seller of indulgences or relics. One of the principal personages in the comic part of the drama was a quæstionary or pardoner, one of those itinerants who hawked about from place to place reliques, real or pretended, with which he excited the devotion at once and the charity of the populace, and generally deceived both the one and the other. Scott , Abbot, xxvii. questioner (kwes'chon-ér), n. [ question + -er1.] One who asks questions; an inquirer. He that labours for the sparrow-hawk Has little time for idle questioners . Tennyson, Geraint. questioning (kwes'chon-ing), n. [Verbal n. of question, v.] 1. The act of interrogating; a query.-2. Doubt; suspicion. Those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things. Words worth, Ode, Immortality, st. 9. questioningly (kwes'chon-ing-li), adv . Interrogatively; as one who questions. questionist (kwes'chon-ist), n. [ question + -ist .] 1. One who asks questions; a questioner; an inquirer; an investigator; a doubter. He was not so much a questionist, but wrought upon the other's questions, and, like a counsellor, wished him to discharge his conscience, and to satisfy the world. Bacon , Charge against Went worth, Works, XII. 221. 2. In old universities, the respondent in the determinations; hence still at Cambridge, a quest us student of three years, who is consequently qualified to be a candidate for a degree. Yea, I know that heades were cast together, and counsell deuised, that Duns, with all the rable of barbarous question is tes , should have dispo e ed of their place and rowmes Aristotle, Plato, Tullie, and Demosthenes. Ascham , The Scholemaster (Arber's reprint, p. 136). The papers set on the Monday and Tuesday of the week following contain only about one low question a-piece, to amuse the ma of the Questionists during the half-hour before the expiration of which they are not allowed to leave the Senate House. C. A. Bristed, English University, p. 291. questionle (kwes'chon-les), a . and adv . [ question + -le .] I. a. Unquestioning. With the same clear mind and questionle faith. L. Wallace , Ben-Hur, p. 498. II. adv . Without question; beyond doubt; doubtle ; certainly. [An elliptical use of the adjective, standing for the phrase "it is questionle that."] I have a mind presages me such thrift That I should questionle be fortunate! Shak., M. of V., i. 1. 176. She's abus'd, questionle . Middle ton and Rowley , Changeling, iv. 2. What it [Episcopacy) was in the Apostles time, that questionle e it must be still. Milton , Reformation in Eng., ii. questmant (kwest'man), n. [ quest1 + man . ] 1. One having power to make legal inquiry. Specifically, in old law : (a) A person chosen to inquire into abuses and misdemeanors, especially such as relate to weights and measures. (b) A collector of parish rates. (c) An a istant to a churchwarden. Also called sidesman and synod - man . (d) A juryman; a person impaneled to try a cause. Also questryman . 2. One who laid informations and made a trade of petty lawsuits; a common informer. quest mon gert quest monger ongert (kwest'mun (kwest'mung"gėr), n. monger.] A juryman. [ quest1 questor, questor, quæstor qua (kwes'tor), n. [F. quest eur = Sp. cuestor Pg. questor = It. que store , quæstor , a magistrate having special jurisdiction in financial matters (see def.), quæ rere , pp. quæsitus , seek, procure: see quest1 .] 1. In ancient Rome, a member of one of two distinct cla es of magistrates: ( a ) One of two public accusers ( quæstores parricidii ) whose duty it was to lay accusations against those guilty of murder or other capital offense, and to see to the execution of the sentence. This magistracy was in existence at the. earliest historic time, but became obsolete about 366 B. C., its functions being transferred to other officers. (b) One of the officers (quæstores cla ic i) having the care and administration of the public funds; a public treasurer. It was their duty to receive, pay out, and record the public finances, including the collection of taxes, tribute, etc. Questors accompanied the provincial governors, proconsuls, or pretors, and received everywhere the public dues and imports, paid the troops, etc. After Julius Cæsar, some of their functions were given to the pretors and some to the ediles. The number of questors was originally two, but was gradually increased to twenty. Under Const an tine the quæstor sacri palatii was an imperial minister of much power and importance. 2. In the middle ages, one appointed by the Pope or by a Roman Catholic bishop to announce the granting of indulgences, of which the special condition was the giving of alms to the church.-3. A treasurer; one charged with the collection and care of dues.