Quel"li*o (?), n. [Sp. cuello, L. collum neck.] A ruff for the neck.
[Obs.] B. Jonson.
||Quelque"chose` (?), n. [F. quelque chose something.] A trifle; a
||kickshaw. Donne.
Queme (?), v. t. & i. [AS. cwman, akin to cuman to come. √23.] To
please. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Queme"ful (?), a. Kindly; merciful. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Quench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quenching.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in cwencan, to extinguish
utterly, causative of cwincan, cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS.
cwnan, cwnan, to waste or dwindle away.] 1. To extinguish; to
overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things
burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench
flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.
Ere our blood shall quench that fire.
Shak.
The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her
infamy.
Shak.