5. (Building) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or
floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.
Gwilt.
6. (Arch.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width,
used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.
Quirk molding, a bead between two quirks.
Quirked (kwrkt), a. Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks.
Quirk"ish (kwrk"sh), a. Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk.
Barrow.
Quirk"y (-), a. Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.
Quirl (kwrl), n. & v. See Querl.
Quir"pele (kwr"pl), n. [Tamil krippiai.] (Zoˆl.) The Indian ferret.
Quirt (kwrt), n. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo
hide. T. Roosevelt.
Quish (kwsh), n. See Cuish.
Quit (kwt), n. (Zoˆl.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine
birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and
Guitguit.
Quit (kwt), a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See Quit, v., Quiet.]
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved;
acquitted. Chaucer.
The owner of the ox shall be quit.
Ex. xxi. 28.
This word is sometimes used in the form quits, colloquially; as, to be
quits with one, that is, to have made mutual satisfaction of demands
with him; to be even with him; hence, as an exclamation: Quits! we are
even, or on equal terms. "To cry quits with the commons in their
complaints." Fuller.
Quit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quit or Quitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quitting.]
[OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier, cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit,
LL. quietare, fr. L. quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See
Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a., Quite, Acquit, Requite.] 1. To set at
rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to
clear; to liberate. [R.]
To quit you of this fear, you have already looked Death in the
face; what have you found so terrible in it?
Wake.
2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to
absolve; to acquit.
There may no gold them quyte.
Chaucer.
God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
Milton.
3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a
claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.
The blissful martyr quyte you your meed.
Chaucer.
Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this horrid act.
Shak.
Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
Fairfax.
4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct;
to acquit; -- used reflexively.
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men.