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694 words match “QUIN”

lly in the phrase to forge ahead. Totten. And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. De Quincey.

FRIGORIFIC; FRIGORIFICAL a.

Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy.

A medicament or application for the forehead. [Obs.] Quincy.

uttered by ecclesiastical authority. They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. De Quincey.

FUNK; FUNKING n.

back through fear. [Colloq.] "The horrid panic, or funk (as the men of Eton call it)." De Quincey.

Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.

monplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey.

The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy.

igantic wickedness. Milton. When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Strom wind of the equinox. Longfellow.

boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.

he Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, comb…

GLEY v. 2 definitions

To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. [Scot.] Jamieson.

To squint; to stare. [Obs.]

ic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a ty…

A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting.

Like gossamer; flimsy. The greatest master of gossamery affectation. De Quincey.

GRANGER RAILROADS; GRANGER ROADS n.

armers or grangers; -- specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.].

out any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption. Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. De Quincye. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.

One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history. De Quincey.

A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Quincy.