For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though
by Homer cooked?
Roscommon.
4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience;
compunction. Dryden.
Qualm"ish, a. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly
languor; inclined to vomit. Shak.
-- Qualm"ish*ly, adv. -- Qualm"ish*ness, n.
Quam"ash (?), n. (Bot.) See Camass.
Quam"o*clit (?), n. [Gr. &?; a bean + &?; to bend, to slope.] (Bot.)
Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit
vulgaris, now called Ipomúa Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in
Ipomúa.
Quan"da*ry (?), n.; pl. Quandaries (#). [Prob. fr. OE. wandreth
adversity, perplexity, Icel. wandrÊi difficulty, trouble, fr. vandr
difficult.] A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Quan"da*ry, v. t. To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or
difficulty. [Obs.] Otway.
Quan"dong (?), n. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian
tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also
quandang.
Quan"dy (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoˆl.) The old squaw. [Local, U.
S.]
Quan"net (?), n. A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be
used like a plane.
Quant (?), n. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to
prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
Quan"tic (?), n. [L. quantus how much. See Quantity.] (Math.) A
homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general
containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called
quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third,
fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary,
ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four,
or more variables; thus, the quantic &?; is a binary cubic.
Quan`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [See Quantity.] Modification by a reference
to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.
The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to Sir William
Hamilton; viz., in its extension to negative propositions.
De Quincey.
Quan"ti*fy (?), v. t. [L. quantus now much + -fy.] To modify or qualify
with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
Quan"ti*ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. quantitatif.] Relating to quantity. --
Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv.
Quantitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which determines the amount or
quantity of each ingredient of a substance, by weight or by volume; --
contrasted with qualitative analysis.
Quan"ti*tive (?), a. [See Quantity.] Estimable according to quantity;
quantitative. Sir K. Digby.
Quan"ti*tive*ly, adv. So as to be measurable by quantity;
quantitatively.
Quan"ti*ty (?), n.; pl. Quantities (#). [F. quantite, L. quantitas, fr.
quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow, E. how, who. See Who.]
1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property
of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease,
multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which
answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount;
determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent;
size. Hence, in specific uses: (a) (Logic) The extent or extension of a
general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to
which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is,
the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations. (b)
(Gram.) The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in
which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or
syllable. (c) (Mus.) The relative duration of a tone.
2. That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially
(Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.
Quantity is discrete when it is applied to separate objects, as in
number; continuous, when the parts are connected, either in succession,
as in time, motion, etc., or in extension, as by the dimensions of
space, viz., length, breadth, and thickness.
3. A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion
or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or
sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.
The quantity of extensive and curious information which he had
picked up during many months of desultory, but not unprofitable,
study.
Macaulay.
Quantity of estate (Law), its time of continuance, or degree of
interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. Wharton (Law Dict. ) --
Quantity of matter, in a body, its mass, as determined by its weight,
or by its momentum under a given velocity. -- Quantity of motion
(Mech.), in a body, the relative amount of its motion, as measured by
its momentum, varying as the product of mass and velocity. -- Known
quantities (Math.), quantities whose values are given. -- Unknown
quantities (Math.), quantities whose values are sought.
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Quan*tiv"a*lence (?), n. [L. quantus how much + E. valence.] (Chem.)
Valence. [Archaic]
Quan*tiv"a*lent (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence.
[Archaic]
Quan"tum (?), n.; pl. Quanta (#). [L., neuter of quantus how great, how
much. See Quantity,] 1. Quantity; amount. "Without authenticating . . .
the quantum of the charges." Burke.
2. (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or
by a boundary. W. K. Clifford.
||Quantum meruit (&?;) [L., as much as he merited] (Law), a count in an
||action grounded on a promise that the defendant would pay to the
||plaintiff for his service as much as he should deserve. -- ||Quantum
||sufficit (&?;), or Quantum suff. [L., as much suffices] (Med.), a
||sufficient quantity. -- ||Quantum valebat (&?;) [L., as much at it
||was worth] (Law), a count in an action to recover of the defendant,
||for goods sold, as much as they were worth. Blackstone.
Quap (?), v. i. To quaver. [Obs.] See Quob.
Qua`qua*ver"sal (?), a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever + versus,
p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every
direction.
2. (Geol.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as
beds of lava round a crater.
Quar (?), n. A quarry. [Prov. Eng.] B. Jonson.
Quar"an*tine (?), n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante
forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It.
quarantina, quarentine. See Four, and cf. Quadragesima.] 1. A space of
forty days; -- used of Lent.
2. Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a
ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant
contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the
shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the
place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
Quarantine is now applied also to any forced stoppage of travel or
communication on account of malignant contagious disease, on land as
well as by sea.
3. (Eng. Law) The period of forty days during which the widow had the
privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died
seized.
Quarantine flag, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a vessel or hung
from a building, to give warning of an infectious disease; -- called
also the yellow jack, and yellow flag.
Quar`an*tine" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarantined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quarantining.] To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place,
without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to
put under, or in, quarantine.