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Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stati…

art or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. Hence, specifically:

A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill.

Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture. Blackstone. He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question. Macaulay.

gally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically:

A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.

Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance. [Written also chinic, kinic.]

Race glass, a kind of field glass. -- Race horse. (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or kept for running races. (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running. (c) (Zoöl.) The steamer duck.

instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically:

ins. Rush. -- Radical quantity (Alg.), a quantity to which the radical sign is prefixed; specifically, a quantity which is not a perfect power of the degree indicated by the radical sign; a surd. -- Radical sign (Math.), the sign sq. root (originally the letter r, the initial of radix, root), placed before any quanti…

The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform. Radicalism means root work; the uprooting of all falsehoods and abuses. F. W. Robertson.

Rooted; specifically:

A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radiomuscular, radiocarpal.

being or to appear; to give to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like. Hence, specifically: --

Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. [U.S.]

An engine of war used for butting or battering. Specifically:

One who, or that which, rams or drives. Specifically:

That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve. [Obs.] "The tamis ranger." Holland.

One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door. Sterne.

Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.