Quiet

kwi'et, adj. at rest: calm smooth peace- able gentle, inoffensive — the state of being at rest repose calm stillne : peace.—v.t. to bring to rest to stop motion to calm or pacify — to lull to allay. [L quittus quit's to akin to L. Cuba, Cr kennai, Sans to hc.J Quietism, kwi'et-mn, n rest ol the mind menial tranquillity apaLhy the doctrine that religion consists in repose of the mind and pa ive con- — temp lati on of the Deity a. Qlli'etlSt, one who believes in this doctrine. Quietly, kwi'et-fi, adv in a quiet manner without motion or alarm calmly: silently patiently Quietne , kwl'et-nes, Quietude, kwi'et* fid, u. rest: repose: freedom from agitation or alarm:.stillne peace silence. Quietus, kwT-e'tus, «. a final settlement or discharge. [L., at rest, quiet.] Quill, kwil, «. a reedpea the feather of a goose or other bird used as a pen a anything like a quill the spine, as of a porcupine the reed on which weavers wind their thread: the instrument for striking the strings of certain instruments the tube of a musical instrument. —v.t. to plait with small ridges like quills: to wind on a quill. [Ong a stalk, the stalk or a cane or reed, and anything pointed, tapering, Fr. qmlle a peg— O. Ger Kegil or chegil, Ger. kegel, a cone-shaped object, mnepin.] Quillet, kwil'et, n a trick in argument a petty quibble. [A corr. of L. quuihbet, ‘what you will.’] Quilt, kwilt, n a bed-cover of two cloths sewed together with something soft between them a thick coverlet. v.t to make into a quilt: to stitch together with something soft between to sew like a quilt. [O. Fr. cmlte (Fr. couette)—L. culcita a cushion, mattre . See Counterpane. Quinary. kwfnar-i, adj consisting of or arranged in jives. [L. quinanus quiuque, five.]