To cleanse the quitture from thy wound.
Chapman.
Quiv"er (kwv"r), a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven,
kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.] Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver
fellow." Shak.
Quiv"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered (-rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Quivering.] [Cf. Quaver.] To shake or move with slight and tremulous
motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind.
Shak.
And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
Addison.
Quiv"er, n. The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
Quiv"er, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG. chohhri
quiver, receptacle, G. kˆcher quiver; akin to AS. cocor, cocur, cocer,
D. koker. Cf. Cocker a high shoe.] A case or sheath for arrows to be
carried on the person.
Beside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted thunder
stored.
Milton.
Quiv"ered (-rd), a. 1. Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver. "Like a
quivered nymph with arrows keen." Milton.
2. Sheathed, as in a quiver. "Whose quills stand quivered at his ear."
Pope.
Quiv"er*ing*ly (-r*ng*l), adv. With quivering motion.
||Qui` vive" (k` vv"). [F., fr. qui who + vive, pres. subj. of vivre to
||live.] The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like
||the English challenge: "Who comes there?"
To be on the qui vive, to be on guard; to be watchful and alert, like a
sentinel.
Quix*ot"ic (kwks*t"k), a. Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance;
absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. "Feats of quixotic gallantry."
Prescott.
Quix*ot"ic*al*ly (-*kal*l), adv. In a quixotic way.
Quix"ot*ism (kwks"t*z'm), n. That form of delusion which leads to
extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a
morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the
exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.
Quix"ot*ry (-r), n. Quixotism; visionary schemes.
Quiz (kwz), n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of a Dublin
playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should be the
common talk and puzzle of the city in twenty-four hours. In consequence
of this the letters q u i z were chalked by him on all the walls of
Dublin, with an effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally
a variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.] 1. A
riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.