prxidanthera

[Greek pyxis =a box, and antheros.] [ANTHER.] Bot.: A genus of Diapensiacere. [PYXΙΕ.] pyx-Id-1-um, 8. [Greek pyxidion =a little box.] [PYXIS.] 1. Bot .: A syncarpous fruit, superior, and with the carpel dry and dehiscent by a transverse suture. Example, A nag all is. 2. Zool .: A genus of Vorticellina (q.v.). Solitary animalcules, according in structure with the zoõids of the compound genus Opercular i a. Two species, both from fresh water. 3314 THE seventeenth letter and the thirteenth consonant of the English alphabet, a consonant having only one sound, that of k or c. It is always followed by u, and since this combination can be represented by kw (ork when theu is silent), q is a superflouslet quadrangle quăck-Ish, a . [Eng. quack : -ish .] Like a quack or charlatan; pretending to skill not really po e ed; humbugging; characterized by quackery. †quăck-Işm, s. [Eng. quack ; -ism.] The practice of quackery. quăc-kle, v. t. & i. [From the sound made in choking.] A. Trans.: To interrupt in breathing; to almost ter. In Latin, as in English, & choke; to suffocate. ( Prov.) did not occur in the Anglo Saxon alphabet, its sound being represented by cw or cu , as cwic Eng. quick , cwén Eng. queen, cwelan Eng. quau , . For qu in English the Dutch use kw , the Germans qu , the Swedes and Danes qu . Qis most commonly found as an initial letter; it never ends a word. The name of the letter is said to be from Fr. queue =a tail, the form being that of an O with a tail to it. I. As an initial: Qrepresents the Latin Quintus in inscriptions or literature; in geometry, ., it represents the Latin quod (=which), as Q. E. D. = quod erat demonstrandum =which was to be shown or proved; Q. E. F. quod erat faciendum =which was to be done, abbreviations frequently written at the end of a theorem or problem respectively. II. As a symbol: 1. Q was formerly used for 500, and with a dash over it, Q, for 500,000. quả, adv . [Lat.) In the character or quality of; as being; as, He spoke not qua a public official, but qua a private person.