quick hedge

A hedge composed of quick or growing plants; a quick. quick-in-hand, s. Bot.: Impatiens noli - tangere. quick-loader, s. Firearms : (See extract.) "The object of the quick -loader, as the name implies, is to facilitate rapidity of loading. It is a case made of metal; and in shape and appearance something like a small pouch. When in use it is attached to the right side of the rifle, close to the breech action. It contains six cartridges, which, by means of a spring, are forced up one after the other in a very ready manner to the loader's hand."- Saturday Review , Feb. 16, 1884, p. 209. IMG:content-0099.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: Confervaceæ. Called also Quiver-worts. quick-scented, adj. Having sharp or acute scent.