Quin"que*reme (?), n. [L. quinqueremis; quinque five + remus an oar:
cf. F. quinquÈrËme] A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as,
an Athenian quinquereme.
Quin"que*syl`la*ble (?), n. [Quinque- + syllable.] A word of five
syllables.
{ Quin"que*valve (?), Quin`que*val"vu*lar (?), } a. [Quinque- + valve,
valvular: cf. F. quinquÈvalve.] (Bot.) Having five valves, as a
pericarp.
||Quin"que*vir (?), n.; pl; E. Quinquevirs (#), L. Quinqueviri (#).
||[L., fr. quinque Five + vir man.] (Bot. Antiq.) One of five
||commissioners appointed for some special object.
||Quin*qui"na (?), n. [NL. & F. See Quinine.] Peruvian bark.
Quin*quiv"a*lent (?), a. [Quinque- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See
Valence.] (Chem.) Same as Pentavalent.
Quin"sy (?), n. [Contr. fr. squinancy, F. esquinancie, L. cynanche a
sort of sore throat, Gr. &?; sore throat, dog quinsy, fr. &?; dog + &?;
to choke; cf. also L. synanche sore throat, Gr. &?;. Cf. Hound, Anger,
and Cynanche.] (Med.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent,
especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling,
painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever.
It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy,
and squinzey.
Quint (?), n. [F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth, quinque
five. See Five.] 1. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.