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The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.

Like a Quaker.

Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish. Macaulay.

Quakerism. [Obs.] Hallywell.

A wagtail.

The state of being quaky; liability to quake.

a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen. -- Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. -- Quaking grass. (Bot.…

In a quaking manner; fearfully. Sir P. Sidney.

Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.

Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. Barrow.

The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement. How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this relation. Fuller.

An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.

Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale. -- Qualified indorsement (Law), an indorsement which modifies the liability of the in…

In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.

The state of being qualified.

, One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity. He had qualifi…

Relating to quality; having the character of quality. -- Qual"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. Qualitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which merely determines the constituents of a substance without any regard to the quantity of each ingredient; -- contrasted with quantitative analysis.

Furnished with qualities; endowed. [Obs.] "He was well qualitied." Chapman.