Quick

kwik, a. Alive; living; characterized by liveline ; animated; sprightty; speedv; hasty; swift; rapid; prompt; brisk; nimble; lively. — adv. In a quick manner; rapidly; in a short time; without delay. — n. A living animal or plant; esp., the hawthorn, quickset; the part of the body sensitive to pain; the living flesh; the sensitive part or point. — Quick'en, -n, v. t. [-ened (-nd), -ening.] To make alive, vivify, reinvigorate; to make lively, active, or sprightly; to make quick or rapid, stimulate, sharpen, expedite, speed. — v. i. To become alive, become vivified or enlivened; to move with a rapidity.— Quick'lime, n. {Chem.) Any carbonate of lime, as chalk, limestone, oyster-shells, etc., deprived of its carbonic acid and aqueous matter, bv exposure to intense heat; unslacked lime.— Quicks sand, n. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pre ure; esp., loose or moving sand mixed with water, and very dangerous, from its being unable to support the weight of a person. — Quick's et, v. t. To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge or fence.— a. Made of quickset,— Quick's ilver, ra. Mercury,— a fluid silver-like metal, moving as if quick, or living.— Quick's tep, n. {Mus.) A lively, spirited march. — Quick'-sighted, a. Having quick sight or acute discernment.