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Queasiness. [Obs.]

Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous. [Obs.] Bp. Earle.

Same as Squilgee.

A small India-rubber roller with a handle, used esp. in printing and photography as a squeegee.

er closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.

One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.

Same as Squeeze, n., 2.

To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.] Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. Beau. & Fl. If you deceive us you will be squelched. Carlyle.

descent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.

atue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude. Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, that they have no background. Hare.

In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue. A character statuesquely simple in its details. Lowell.

Silly talk; babbling.

Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling. -- Stul*til"o*quent*ly, adv.

Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech. [R.]

water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.

Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid.

The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.

llowing in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.

At a later time; afterwards.

Remote consequence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.