Quoit, v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.
Dryden.
Quoit, v. t. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
Quoke (kwk), obs. imp. of Quake. Chaucer.
Quoll (kwl), n. (Zoˆl.) A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus),
about the size of a cat.
Quon"dam (kwn"dm), a. [L., formerly.] Having been formerly; former;
sometime. "This is the quondam king." Shak.
Quon"dam, n. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] "Make
them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." Latimer.
Quook (kwk), imp. of Quake. [Obs.] Spenser.
Quop (kwp), v. i. See Quob.
Quo"rum (kw"rm), n. [L., of whom, gen. pl. of qui who, akin to E. who.
See the Note below.] Such a number of the officers or members of any
body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a
quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not
present.
The term arose from the Latin words, Quorum aliquem vestrum . . . unum
esse volumus (of whom we wish some one of you to be one), which were
used in the commission formerly issued to justices of the peace in
England, by which commission it was directed that no business of
certain kinds should be done without the presence of one or more of
certain justices specially designated. Justice of the peace and of the
quorum designates a class of justices of the peace in some of the
United States.
Quo"ta (kw"t), n. [LL., fr. L. quota (sc. pars), fr. quotus which or
what in number, of what number, how many, fr. quot how many, akin to
quis, qui, who: cf. It. quota a share. See Who.] A proportional part or
share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division. "Quota
of troops and money." Motley.
Quot"a*ble (kwt"*b'l), a. Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a
quotable writer; a quotable sentence.
-- Quot`a*bil"i*ty (-bl"*t), n. Poe.
Quo*ta"tion (kw*t"shn), n. [From Quote.] 1. The act of quoting or
citing.
2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named,
repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. Locke.
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3. (Com.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks,
bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.