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Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.

nder trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower. The atheist power shall quail, and confess his fears. I. Taylor. Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter. Longfellow.

A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony." Milton.

To utter with quavers. We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison.

ied or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb. The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. Ray. And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. Pope. When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun. Tennyson.

er. It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. Burke.

malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke.

ch every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. South.

on; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy. Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture. Addison. You grow correct that once with rapture writ. Pope.

ight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. Cant. iv. 9.

On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive. My heart is ready to crack. Shak.

a monolith. In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. Milton. It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. Barrow. Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. Ld. Lytton.

assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. Hoe could my hand rebel against my heart How could you heart rebel against your reason Dryden.

To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff. The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks. De Quincey.

assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace. Our hearts receive your warnings. Shak. The idea of solidity we receives by our touch. Locke.

eiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. What reception a poem may find. Goldsmith.

Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it. Waterland. At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. Bain.

To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest. Fairfax.

rd has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. I. Watts.

he style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings. Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges. Milton.