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An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written also quæstor.]

The office, or the term of office, of a questor.

A seeker; a pursuer. [Obs.] "Hot questrists after him." Shak.

One employed to collect profits. [R.] "The pope's questuaries." Jer. Taylor.

The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

To fasten, as hair, in a queue.

A heifer. [Scot.]

To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn.

. Etym: [L., without this.] (Law) The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.

Acquisition; the thing gained. [R.] Bacon.

Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill.

f Byrsonima crassifolia, used in tanning; of Alchornea latifolia, used medicinally; or of Quercus ilex, the cork tree.

ntation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.

Lofty speech; pompous language. [R.] Bailey.

High-sounding; pompous in speech. [R.] Bailey.

Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser.

In an antique manner.

The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison.

Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work.