Quid (?), n. [Etym. uncertain.] An English coin, a sovereign. [Slang, Eng.]

They invited him to come to-morrow, . . . and bring half a quid with him.

Charles Reade.

Quill, n. (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.

Quin*troon" (?), n. [Sp. quinteron the off-spring of a quadroon and a white.] (Ethnol.) The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.

Quin"tu*plet (?), n. [From Quintuple.] 1. A collection or combination of five of a kind.

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