Quash

kwosh, v.t. to crush to subdue or ext in- guish suddenly and completely to annul or make void. Fr. qua et F r easier— qua o, inten, of quatie, to shake prob. from the sound Qua ia, kwashi-a, w. a South American tree, the bitter wood and balk of which are used as a tonic, so called from a negro named Qtui y who first discovered its properties. Quaternary, kwa-te/nar-i, adj consisting of Jour by foms: a term applied to strata more recent than the upper tertiary. — « the number four. |L. qnatemarius. Quaternion., kwa-tcr'm-ou, n. the number four a file of four soldiers (L. quatenuo Quaternions, kwa-ter’m ons, a kind of calculus or method of mathematical investigation invented by Sir W R Hamilton of Trinity College, Dublin [So called because Jour independent quantities are involved.] Quatrain, kwot/ran or ka Iran, n a stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. |Fr] Quaver, kwa'ver, v to shake to sing or play with Lrcmulous modulations —« a vibration of the voice a note in music, a crotchet or ^ i of a semibreve. [Fiotn the souud, allied to Quiver Quay, n. a wharf for the loading or unloading of ve els. [Fr. quai — Celt., as in W. ate, an inc lost irc, barrier, Rret. kae.