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r. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Addison.

th from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." Flatman.

Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging. With pungent pains on every side. Swift. His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. J. R. Green.

Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.

" The queynte ring." " His queynte spear." Chaucer. " A shepherd young quaint." Chapman. Every look was coy and wondrous quaint. Spenser. To show bow quaint an orator you are. Shak.

Turning or dipping in any or every direction.

Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.

revent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels. Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering. De Quincey.

A low woman; a wench; a slut. "The dread of every scolding quean." Gay.

Request; desire; solicitation. Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion. Herbert.

One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. "The idle stories of quidnuncs." Motley.

Public games celebrated every five years.

Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.

Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. -- n. (Med.)

Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. Milton.

air and life in the understanding, when you trace them to their radicals, where you find every word strongly stamped with nature; full of energy, meaning, character, painting, and poetry. Cleland.

A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang] Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. Lowell. Rag bolt, an iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it in place. -- Rag carpet, a carpet of which the weft consists of narrow of cloth sewed together, end to end. -- Rag dust, fine particles of ground-up rags, used…

clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains. The rain it raineth every day. Shak.

ment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. Mahan.

; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam. Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees. Burton.