quince wine

A wine like cider or perry made from the fruit of the quince. *quinçe (2), *quynce, subst . [Etym. doubtful.] The king's evil. ( Hall i well.) Perhaps the same as QUINSY (q. v.). *quin-çen-ten-ar-ỹ, s. [Lat. quint us =fifth and Eng. centenary (q. v.).] The five-hundreth anniversary of an event. ( London Times .) *quinch, v. i. [A nasalized form of quich or queach (q. v.).] To move, to stir, to wince. "Bestow all my soldiers in such sort as I have, that no part of all that realm shall be able to dare to quinch ."Spenser: State of Ireland . quin'-çite, subst. [After Quincy, France, where found; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min .: A carmine-red mineral found in small particles a ociated with rose-opal. Composition: Silica, 540; magnesia, 190; protoxide of iron, 8.0; water, 17.0=98. Color supposed to be of organic origin. quin-căn-cial, *quin-cun-tiall (ci, ti a h), adj . [Lat. quincuncial is , from quincunx (gen it. quincuncis)=a quincunx (q. v.).] 1. Ord. Lang.: Having the form of a quincunx. 2. Bot . ( of æstivation): Having five pieces, two exterior, two interior, and the fifth covering the interior with one margin, and having its other margin covered by the exterior. Example, Rosa. quin-căn-cial-ly(ci as sh), adv. [Eng. quin cuncial; -ly.] In a quincuncial manner or order; in manner of a quincunx. "All things are seen quincuncially."-Browne: Urne Burial, ch. iv.