quick scented (kwiksented)

Having an acute sense of smell; of an acute smell. I especially commend unto you to be quick - scented , easily to trace the footing of sin. Hales, Golden Remains, p. 168. (Latham . ) quickset (kwik's et), a . and n. [ quick + set1 .] I. a . Made of quickset. He immediately concluded that this huge thicket of thorns and brakes was designed as a kind of fence or quick set hedge to the ghosts it enclosed. Add is on , Tale of Marraton. IMG:content-1487.png:[blocks in formation] [ quykne e , quick-sighted ne (kwik'sī"ted-nes), n . quickne (kwik'nes), n. cwicne e; Herbert. cern. quality of being quick-sighted; quickne of sight or discernment; readine to see or dis quicksilver (kwik's il"vėr), n. [ must send thee hence Shak., Hamlet, iv. 3. 45. 3. Activity; briskne ; promptne ; readine : as, the quickne of the imagination or wit. Iohn Hoywood the Epigrammatist, who, for the myrth and quickne e of his conceits more then for any good learning was in him, came to be well benefited by the king. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 49. With too much quickne ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought. Pope , Moral E ays, ii. 97. 4. Acutene ; keenne ; alertne . Would not quickne of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still? Locke . In early days the conscience has in most A quickne which in later life is lost. Cowper, Tirocinium, 1. 110. 5. Sharpne ; pungency; keenne . Then would he wish to see my sword, and feel The quickne of the edge. Beau , and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, i. 1. A few drops tinge, and add a pleasant quickne . Mortimer . = Syn. 2. Quickne , Fastne , Speed, Celerity, Swiftne , Fleetne , Rapidity, Velocity, haste, expedition, despatch, alertne , liveline . Quickne is the generic term. Quick ne , fastne , speed, and rapidity may have relation to time only, or to space pa ed through or over; the others apply only to space. " Swift to hear," in Jas. i. 19, is a bold figure. Celerity is swift voluntary movement; but we do not ordinarily speak of the movements of an animal as having celerity. Fleetne also is voluntary, and is applied to animals; we may speak by figure of the fleetne of a yacht. The word suggests quickne in getting over the ground by the use of the feet: we speak of the swiftne or rapidity of the swallow's or the pigeon's flight; the fleetne of A talant a, a hound, a deer. Swiftne is presumably not too great for carefulne or thoroughne ; rapidity may be too great for either. Velocity is the attri bute of matter in motion; the word is especially a technical term for the rate of movement of matter, whether fast or slow. We speak also of the velocity of sound or light. Rapidity has le suggestion of personality than any of the others, except velocity. See nimble. - 3. Dexterity, adroit ne , expertne , facility, knack.-4. Penetration. (kwik's and), n . [ quyksande quicksand (kw (= D. kwikzand = G. quicksand = Icel. kvik sandr = Sw. quicksand = Dan. kviksand ); IMG:content-1488.png:[blocks in formation] The rogue fled from me like quicksilver . Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 248. Thou hast quicksilver in the veins of thee to a certainty. Scott , Abbot, xix. Quicksilver plastert, a mercury soap, prepared from chlorid of mercury and soap. Also called quicksilver soap. Quicksilver water, nitrate of mercury. quicksilver (kwik's il"vėr), v. t. [ quicksilvered (kwik's il"vėrd), p. a. 1. Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam, as a plate of gla with quicksilver and tin-foil, to make a mirror.-21. Partaking of the nature of quicksilver; showing resemblance to some characteristic of quicksilver. Those nimble and quicksilvered brains. Sir E. Sandys , State of Religion, H. 2. b. 1605. ( Latham . ) This may serve to shew the Difference betwixt the two Nations, the leaden-heel'd Pace of the one, and the quick silver'd Motions of the other. Howell, Letters, I. iv. 21. quicksilvering (kwik's il"vėr-ing), n . [Verbal n. of quicksilver , v .] 1. The proce of coating with quicksilver or with an amalgam.-2. A coating with quicksilver or an amalgam, as in a looking-gla . quickstep (kwik's tep), n. 1. Milit ., a march in quick time-that is, at the rate of 110 steps per minute.-2. Music adapted to such a rapid march, or in a brisk march rhythm. quick-tempered (kwik'tem" perd), a . Pa ion- ate; irascible. quick-witted (kwikwit"ed), a. Having ready wit; sharp; ready of perception. Bap . How likes Gremio these quick - witted folks? Gre. Believe me, sir, they butt together well. Shak., T. of the S., v. 2. 38. The quick-witted ne (kwik'wit"ed-nes), n. character of being quick-witted; readine of wit. quick wood (kwikwud), n. The hawthorn. And fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands Compare quickset . [Prov. Eng.] [should be cast upon the Syrtis, R. V.], [they] strake sail and so were driven. Acts xxvii. 17. And what is Edward but a ruthle sea? What Clarence, but a quicksand of deceit? Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., v. 4. 26. quick sandy (kwik's an-di), a. [ quicksand + -y.] Containing or abounding in quicksands; consisting of or resembling quicksands. The rotten, moorish, quick sandy grounds. IMG:content-1489.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1490.png:[blocks in formation] quid1 (kwid), n. [Also queed; var. of cud, q. v.] 1. Acud. [Prov. Eng.]-2. A portion suitable to be chewed; specifically, a piece of tobacco chewed and rolled about in the mouth. The beggar who chews his quid as he sweeps his cro ing. Disraeli . quid1 (kwid), v. t. and i.; pret. and pp. quidded, ppr.quidding. [ You must know my age Hath seene the beings and the quid of things; I know the dimensions and the termini Of all existence. Marston, The Fawne, i. 2. 2. Something: used chiefly in the phrase ter tium quid (see below). See predication. Tertium quid, something different from both mind and matter, a representative object in perception, itself immediately known, mediating between the mind and the reality. - The Quids, in U. S. hist. from 1805 to 1811, a section of the Democratic-Republican party which was attached to extreme State-rights and democratic views, and separated itself from the administration, under the leadership of John Randolph, favoring Monroe as succe or to Jefferson: supposed to have been so named as being tertium quid to the Federalists and administration Republicans. Also called Quiddists. In his next speech he avowed himself to be no longer a republican; he belonged to the third party, the quiddists or quids, being that tertium quid, that third something, which had no name, but was really an anti-Madison move H. Adams, John Randolph, II. 181. ment. quid3 (kwid), n. [Origin obscure.] A sovereign (£1). [Slang, Eng.]