Quipus () of Quipu

Quipu () A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events.

Quirboilly () Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor.

Quire () See Choir.

Quire () To sing in concert.

Quire () A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.

Quirister () A chorister. See Chorister.

Quiritation () A crying for help.

Quirite () One of the Quirites.

Quirites () Roman citizens.

Quirk () A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.

Quirk () A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.

Quirk () A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.

Quirk () An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.

Quirk () A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.

Quirk () A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.

Quirked () Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks.

Quirkish () Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk.

Quirky () Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.

Quirl () See Querl.

Quirpele () The Indian ferret.

Quirt () A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

Quish () See Cuish.

Quit () Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

Quit () Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.

Quit () of Quit

Quitted () of Quit

Quitting () of Quit

Quit () To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

Quit () To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.

Quit () To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.

Quit () To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.

Quit () To carry through; to go through to the end.

Quit () To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting.

Quit () To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

Quitch () Same as Quitch grass.

Quitch () Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.

Quitch grass () A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.

Quitclaim () A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself.

Quitclaimed () of Quitclaim

Quitclaiming () of Quitclaim

Quitclaim () To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.

Quite () See Quit.

Quite () Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.

Quite () To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.

Quitly () Quite.

Quitrent () A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service.

Quits () See the Note under Quit, a.

Quittable () Capable of being quitted.

Quittal () Return; requital; quittance.

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