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nk. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest quality. Bacon

The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.

The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights. A footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.

The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc. There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it…

aken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in far).

Having the quality of hiding. [R.] Bailey.

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send reli…

The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin.

The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.

The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev.

The quality of being abortive.

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . . about three thousand men." Exod. xxii. 28.

The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller.

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).

The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

The quality of being abstersive. Fuller.

eas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. Whately.

The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.