Quich (?), v. i. [Cf. Quinch.] To stir. [Obs.]

He could not move nor quich at all.

Spenser.

Quick (?), a. [Compar. Quicker (?); superl. Quickest.] [As. cwic,

cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik, OHG. quec, chec,

G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living, Goth. qius, Lith. qvas, Russ.

zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. jva

living, jv to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid, Quitch grass, Whitlow.] 1.

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were.

Chaucer.

The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at

his appearing and his kingdom.

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