PUR 1 559.- Fate, får, fåll, fåt;- me, mët;-plne, pin ;

PULVERABLE, půl'vér-â-bl. a. Possible to be reduced to dust.

PULVERIZATION, pûl-věr-é-zà'shûn. s.

act of powdering, reduction to dust or powder. To PULVERIZE, pûl'vêr-ize. v. n. To reduce to powder, to reduce to dust. PULVERULENCE, pâl-vér'ů-lênse. s Dustiness, abundance of dust. PULVIL, půl'vil. s. Sweet scents.

|PUNGENT, pân'jent. a. Pricking, sharp on the. tongue, acrid; piercing, sharp, acrimonious, biting. PUNIČEOUS, pù-nish'âs. a. 357. Purple. PUNINESS, p'nè-nés. s. Pettiness, smallness To PUNISH, pân'nish. v. a. 176. To chastise, to afflict with penalties; to revenge a fault with pain or death. PUNISHABLE, pån'nish-â-bl. a. Worthy of punishment, capable of punishment. PUNISHABLENESS, pan'nish-å-bl-nês. s. The PUMICE, på'mîs, or påm'mis. s. A slag or cin- quality of deserving or admitting punishment. der of some fossii, originally bearing another [PUNISHER, pån'nish-år. s. 98. One who in form, and reduced to this state by the violent flicts pain for a crime. action of fire: it is a spongy substance full of PUNISHMENT, pûn'nish-mẻnt. s. pores, and is of a whitish gray colour. It is tion imposed in vengeance of a crime. found about the burning mountains, Ætna, Ve- ||PUNITION, på-nish'an. s. Punishment. suvius, and Hecla. PUNITIVE, pu'nè-tiv. a. Awarding or inflicting punishment.

To PULVIL, půl'vil. v a. To sprinkle with perfumes in powder.

This word ought to be pronounced peumis. In nothing is our language more regular than in preserving the u open when the accent is on it, and followed by a single consonant; and therefore Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, and Buchanan, who give it this sound, ought rather to be followed than Mr Elphinstone, Dr. Kenrick,W. Johnston, Perry, and Entick, who adopt the short u-See LUCULENT.

PUMMEL, påm'mil. s. 99. See POMMEL.
PUMP, pump. s. An engine by which water is
forced up from wells; a shoe with a thin sole
and low heel.

To PUMP, pâmp. v. n.

To work a pump, to throw out water by a pump. To PUMP, pump. v. a. To raise or throw out by means of a pump; to examine artfully or by sly interrogatories.

PUMPER, pump'år. s. 98. The person or the
instrument that pumps.

PUMPION, pump'yun. s. 113. A plant.
PUN, pûn. s. An equivocation, a quibble, an expres-
sion where a word has at once different meanings.
To PUN, pån. v. n. To quibble, to use the same

word at once in different senses. To PUNCH, pånsh. v. a.

To bore or perforate

by driving a sharp instrument. PUNCH, punsh. s. A pointed instrument, which, driven by a blow, perforates bodies; a liquor made by mixing spirit with water, sugar, and the juice of lemons, or oranges; the buffoon or harlequin of the puppet-show; in contempt or ridicule, a short fat fellow.

PUNCHEON, pûnsh'ån. s. 259. An instrument driven so as to make a hole or impression; a measure of liquids.

Any inflic

PUNITORY, pú'ně-tår-è. a. 512. Punishing, tending to punishment.

PUNK, pangk. s. A whore, a common prostitute. PUNSTER, pån'står. s. A quibbler, a low wit who endeavours at reputation by double meaning.

PUNY, pù'nè. a. Young, inferiour, petty, of an under rate.

PLNY, pů'nè. s. A young unexperienced unseasoned wretch.

To PUP, påp. v. n. To bring forth whelps, used of a bitch bringing young.

PUPIL, på'pil. s. The apple of the eye; a scholar, one under the care of a tutor; a ward, one under the care of his guardian.

PUPILAGE, pú'pil-adje. s. 90. State of being a scholar; wardship, minority.

PUPILLARY, på'píl-år-è. a. 512. Pertaining to a pupil or ward.

For the accent of this word, see PAPILLARY. Dr. Johnson has spelled this word with one 7, as if derived from our own word pupil, and not from the Latin pupillaris.

PUPPET, påp. s. 99. A small image moved by men in a mock drama; a word of contempt.

This word was formerly often pronounced as if written poppit; but this pronunciation is now confined to the lowest vulgar. PUPPETMAN, påp'pit-mẵn. s. Master of a puppet-show.

PUPPETSHOW, rûp'pît-shỏ. s. A mock drama performed by wooden images moved by wire. PUPPY, pup'pè s A whelp, progeny of a bitch

a name of contempt to an impertinent fellow.
To PUPPY, påp'pè. v. n. To bring whelps.
PURBLIND, pür'blind. a. Near-sighted. Cor
rupted from Poreblind.

PURBLINDNESS, pår'blind-nès. s. Shortness
of sight.
That may

PUNCHER, pånsh'ür. s. 98. An instrument that
makes au impression or hole.
PUNCTILIO, punk-til'yo. s. 113. A small nice-
ty of behaviour, a nice point of exactness.
PUNCTILIOUS, pånk-til'yås. a. Nice, exact,
punctual to superstition.
PUNCTILIOUSNESS, punk-tll'yás-nês. s. Nice-To
ty, exactness of behaviour.

PUNCTO, pångk'tò. s. 408. Nice point of cere-
mony; the point in fencing.
PUNCTUAL, pångk'tshd-ål. a. 461. Comprised
in a point, consisting in a point; exact, nice,
punctilious.

PUNCTUALITY, pûngk-tshå-âl'è-tè. s. Nicety,
scrupulous exactness.
PUNCTUALLY, pângk tshu-âl-è. ad.
exactly, scrupulously.
PUNCTUALNESS, pângk'tshù-âl-nés. s. Ex-
actness, nicety.

PUNCTUATION, pangk-tshù-å'shûn. s. The
act or method of pointing.

To PUNCTULATE, pangk'tshu-låte. v. a
mark with small spots.
PUNCTURE, pångk'tshåre. s. 461. A hole made
with a very sharp point.

PUNGENCŸ, půn jễn-sẻ. s. Power of pricking;
heat on the tongue, acridness, power to pierce
turë mind; acrimoniousness, keenuess.

PURCHASABLE, pår'tshås-å-bl. a.
be purchased or bought.

PURCHASE, pûr'tshâs. v. a. To buy for a price; to obtain at any expense, as of labour or danger; to expiate or recompense by a fine or forfeit.

PURCHASE, pâr'tshås. s. Any thing bought
or obtained for a price; any thing of which
possession is taken.

PURCHASER, pâr'tshås-år. s. A buyer, one
that gains any thing for a price.
PURE, pare. a. Not sullied; clear; unmingled;
not connected with any thing extrinsick; free;
free from guilt, guiltless, innocent; not vitiated
with corrupt modes of speech; mere, as, a Pure
villain; chaste, modest.

FURELY, pure'lé. ad. In a pure manner, not with
mixture; innocently, without guilt; merely.
PURENESS, pùre'nês. s. Clearness, freedom
from extraneous or foul admixtures; simplici-
ty; înnocence; freedom from vicious modes of
speech.

PURFILE, pår'fal. s. 140. A sort of ancient trimming for women's gowns,

—nỏ, nôve, nỗi, nốt ;tube, tải, bull ;—81;pound ;thin, THIS.

To PURFLE, púr'fl, v. a. 405. To decorate with || PURPOSELY, pâr'pås-lè, ad. By design, by a wrought or flowered border.

s. A border of embroi-To PURR, pår. v. a.
leopard in pleasure.

dery. PURGATION, pûr-ga'shun. s. The act of cleansing or purifying from vicious mixtures; To PURSE, pârse. v. a. To put into a purse, the act of cleansing the body, by downward to contract as a purse. evacuation; the act of clearing from imputa-PURSENET, purse'net. s. A net of which the tion of guilt. mouth is drawn together by a string PURSEPROUD, pårse'proůd. a. Puffed up with

PURLIEU, pärlù. s. The grounds on the bor-To PUSH, půsh. v. n. To make a thrust; to ders of a forest, border, enclosure.

PURPLES, pår'plz. s. Spots of livid red, which break out in malignant fevers; a purple fever PURPLISH, pâr'pl-ish. a. Somewhat purple.j PURPORT, pår'pòrt. s. Design, tendency of a||PUSILLÁNIMOUSNESS, pů-sil-ãn ́nè-mős-nës writing or discourse.

PUSS, pås. s. 173, 174. The fondling name of a cat the sportsman's term for a hare PURPOSE, pûr'pås. s. 166. Intention, design,||PUSTULE, pás'tshúle. s. 163. A small swelling effect, consequence; instance, example.

To PURPOSE, pâr'oûs, v. n. To intend, to de- PUSTULOUS, půs'tshu-lás. a Full of pustules, sign, to resolve

DL 559-Fate, får, fåll, fát;-mé, mêt ;-plne, pin ;—

rotten.

To PUTREFY, pù'trè-fl. v. a. 183. To make
rotten, to corrupt with rottenness.
To PUTREFY, pù'trẻ-fl. v. n. To rot.
PUTRESCENCE, pu-tres'sense. s. 510. The
state of rotting.

To PUT, påt. v. a. 173, 174. To lay or reposite PUTREFACTIVE, pủ-trẻ-fâk'tîv. a Making in any place; to place in any situation; to give up; to push into action; to use any action by which the place or state of any thing is cianged; to cause, to produce; to add; to place in a reckoning; to reduce to any state; to oblige,|| to urge; to propose, to state; to bring into any state of mind or temper; to offer, to advance; PUTRESCENT, pù-três'sent. a. Growing rotten to unite, to place as an ingredient. To put by; PUTRID, putrid. a. Rotten, corrupt. to turn off, to divert, to thrust aside. To put PUTRIDNESS, pa'trid-nês. s. Rottenness. down; to baffle, to repress, to crush; to de|PUTTER, påt'tår. s. 98. One who puts.. Putgrade; to bring into disuse; to confute. To ter on; inciter, instigator.-See PoT. put forth; to propose, to extend, to emit as a PUTTINGSTONE, put'ting-stone. s. In some sprouting plant, to exert. To put in; to in- parts of Scotland, stones are laid at the gates terpose. To put in practice; to use, to exer- of great houses, which they call Putting-stones. cise. To put off; to divest, to lay aside; to for trials of strength. defeat or delay with some artifice or excuse; PUTTOCK, påt'tåk. s. 166. A buzzard. to delay, to defer, to procrastinate; to pass PUTTY, pût'tè. s. A kind of powder on which fallaciously; to discard; to recommend, to glass is ground; a kind of cement used by gla vend or obtrude. To put on or upon; to imziers. pute, to charge; to invest with, as clothes or covering; to forward, to promote, to incite; to impose, to inflict; to assume, to take. To put over; to refer. To put out; to place at usury; to extinguish; to emit, as a plant; to extend, to protrude; to expel, to drive from; to make publick; to disconcert. To put to; to kill by, to punish by. To put to it; "to distress, to perplex, to press hard; to put to, to assist with. To put to death; to kill. To put together; to|| accumulate into one sum or mass. To put up; to pass unrevenged; to expose publickly; to start; to hoard; to hide. To put upon; to incite, to instigate; to impose, to lay upon. To put upon trial; to expose or summon to a solemn and judicial examination. To PUT, påt, or påt. v. n. To shoot or germinate; to steer. To put forth; to leave a port; to germinate, to bud, to shoot out. To put in to enter a haven. To put in for; to claim, to stand candidate for. To put in: to offer a claim. To put off; to leave land. To put over; to sail across. To put to sea; to set sail, to begin the course. To put up; to offer one's self a candidate; to advance to, to bring one's self forward. To put up with; to suffer without

resentment.

To PUZZLE, pôz'zl. v. a. 405. To perplex, to
confound, to embarrass, to entangle.
To PUZZLE, påz'zl. v. n. To be bewildered in
one's own notions, to be awkward.
PUZZLE, püz'zl. s. Embarrassment, perplexity
PUZZLER, pâz'zl-år. s. 98. He who puzzles.
PYGARG, pl'gårg. s. A bird.
PYGMEAŃ, pig-mèʼân.

pygmy.

a. Belonging to a

This word has the accent on the penultimate for the same reason as Epicurean. It is deriv ed from Pygmiei, Pygmies; and its adjective, if it had one, must have had the diphthong in it, which would necessarily fix the accent on that syllable. See EUROPEAN,

'They less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount. Milton. PYGMY, pig'mè. s. A dwarf, one of a nation fabled to be only three spans high, and after long wars to have been destroyed by cranes. PYLORUS, pè-lö'rás. s. 187, 503. The lower of the stomach.

PYPOWDER, p''poů-dür. s.-See PIEPOWDER. PYRAMID, pir'à-inid. s. 109, 180. In Geometry, is a solid figure, whose base is a polygon, and whose sides are plain triangles, their several points inceting in one.

The common pronunciation of London is the first sound given to this word; but in Ireland and the different counties of England, it is generally pronounced regularly so as to rhyme with hut, nut, &c. W. Johnston has adopted this sound, and Mr. Perry gives it both ways, but seems to prefer the regular sound. Mr.PYRAMIS, pir à-mis. s. A pyrainid. Nares is decidedly in favour of this sound; and PYRE, pire. s. A pile to be burnt. as this word, when a noun, is always so pro-PYRITĖS, pé-ri'těz, or pîr'è-těz. s. 187. Firenounced, it seems a needless departure from rule, and embarrassing the language, to have the same word differently pronounced. This is an inconvenience to which perhaps all languages are subject; but it ought in all languages to be avoided as much as possible.-See BOWL.

PÝRAMIDAL, pé-râin'ẻ-dâl. 187. ) a. Having
PYRAMIDICÁL, pîr-â-mid'è-käl. §
the form of a pyramid.
PYRAMIDICALLY, pir-â-midè-kâl-é. ad. In
form of a pyramid.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Elphinstone, Mr. Scott, Dr.
Kenrick, and Mr. Smith, adopt the first sound.
PUT, påt. s 175 A rustick, a clown; a game at
cards.

PUTAGE, pů'tidje. s. 90. In Law, prostituțion
on the woman's part..
PUTANISM, pu'ta-nizm. s. The manner of liv-
ing, or trade of a prostitute.

liv-||

stone; a mineral. Iron Pyrites is composed of sulphur and iron, and Copper Pyrites of sulphur and copper.-Parkes Chymistry.

This word is accented on the second syllable by Dr. Johnson, Mr. Sheridan, Barclay, Bailey, and Fenning; and on the first by Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash, 'Mr. Perry, and Entick. Pyrites is the analogical pronunciation; for as the word is derived from the Greek verras and the Latin Pirites, (both with the accent on the penultimate, and preserving the form of their originals,) it ought to have the accent on the same syllables. -See Principles, No. 503. PYROMANCY, pir'd-mân-sè. s. 519. Divination

by fire.

PUTATIVE, pů'tâ-tív. a. 157. Supposed, reputed. | PYROTECHNICAL, pir-o-têk'ně-kál. a. 530.

PUTID, pu'tid. a. Mean, low, worthless.

Engaged or skilful in fireworks.

PUTIDNESS, pu'tides. 3. Meanness, vileness.PYROTECHNICKS, pir-ò-têk'niks. s.

PUTLOG, pût lög. Putlogs are pieces of tin-
Ler or short poles about seven feet long, to
bear the boards they stand on to work, and to
lay bricks and mortar upon.
PUTREDINOUS, pù-trêd'è-nås. a. Sinking,

The art

The art of

of employing fire to use or pleasure, the art of fireworks? PYROTECHNY, pir'd-têk-nẻ. s. managing fire. PYRRHONEAN, pir-ro'nè-an. a. the opinion of Pyrrho. Mason. PUTREFACTION, på-trè-fák'shun. s. The state | PYRRHONISM, pir'rò-nizm, s. of growing rotten; the act of making rotten. universal doubt.

Embracing

Scepticism,

manỏ, mỏve, nor, nốt ;...tube, tub, bảll ; 3 ;—pound ;—thin, THIS PYRRHONIST, pîr'rò-nist. s. A sceptick. Ma-||QUADRIPARTITE, kwá-drip'pår-tite. a. 165 Having four parts, divided into four partsSee BIPARTITE.

a.

PYTHAGOREAN, pè-thâg-ò-rè'ân. a. Founded on the opinion of Pythagoras. PYTHAGOREAN, pè-thag-o-rè'án. s. A Pythagorean philosopher. Muson.

PYX, piks. s. The box in which the Host is kept.

Q.

To QUACK, kwåk. v. a. 85, 86. To cry like a
duck; to act the part of a boasting pretender
to physick, or any other art.
QUACK, kwâk. s. A boastful pretender to arts
which he does not understand; a vain boastful
pretender to physick, one who proclaims his
own medical abilities in publick places; an art-
ful tricking practitioner in physick.
QUACKERY, kwak'kår-è. s. Mean or bad acts
in physick.

QUADRIREME, kwôd'drè-rème. s. A galley.
with four banks of oars,

QUADRISYLLABLE, kwód-drè-sîl'lå-bl. s. 414
A word of four syllables.
QUADRUPED, kwód'drù-pêd. 8. An animal
that goes on four legs, as, perhaps, all beasts.
QUADRUPED, kwôd drù-péd. a Having four

feet.

To QUADRUPLICATE, kwå-drd'plè-kåte. v. a
To double twice.

QUADRUPLICATION, kwód-drù-plè-kå'shûn. a
Taking a thing four times.

QUADRUPLY, kwôd'drù-plè. ad. To a fourfold
quantity.

QUÆRE, kwè'rẻ. s. Inquire, seek.

To QUAFF, kwâf. v. a. 85. To drink, to swallow in large draughts.

QUACKSALVER, kwák'sål-vår. S. One who To QUAFF, kwaf. v. n. To drink luxuriously. brags of medicines or salves, a charlatan. QUAFFER, kwåf'für. s. He who quaffs. QUADRAGESIMAL, kwôd-ra-jês'sè-mål. a. 414.||QUAGGY, kwäg'gè. a. 85, 283. Boggy; soft, not Lenten, belonging to Lent.

solid.

QUADRANGLE, kwôd'rång-gl. s. 414. A square,QUAGMIRE, kwåg'mire. 8. s. A shaking marsh QUAIL, kwale, s. A bird of game.

414.

2. 414.

a surface with four right angles. QUADRANGULAR, kwâ-drẫn'gå-lûr. Square, having four right angles. QUADRANT, kwa'drânt. s. 85. The fourth the quarter; the quarter of a circle; an instrument with which latitudes are taken.

QUAILPIPE, kwale'pipe. s. A pipe with which
fowlers allure quails.

part,QUAINT, kwant. a. Scrupulously, minutely ex-
act, neat, petty; subtilely excogitated, fine-
spun, affected, foppish.
QUAINTLY, kwant le. ad.
with petty elegance; artfully.
QUAINTNESS, kwant'nes.
elegance.

S.

Nicely, exactly

Nicety, petty

V. n. To shake with cold

or fear, to tremble; to shake, not to be solid or firm.

QUAKE, kwåke. s. A shudder, a tremulous agi

tation.

It has been observed in the Principles, No. 85, 86, &c. that w, by articulating the a, gives it the deep broad sound equivalent to the diphthong au; and that u, preceded by q, has exactly the same effect. 414. This is evident from||To QUAKE, kwåke, the sound of a in this and similar words, which, till lately, was always pronounced broad. Some innovators have attempted to give the a in this word its slender sound; but the publick ear seems in opposition to it, nor ought it to be||QUAKER, kwå'kûr. s. A sect of Christians that admitted. The broad sound is the genuine En- arose near the middle of the seventeenth cenglish pronunciation, as appears in every word tury, who were so nained from the trembling where it is succeeded by r. As this consonant, with which they preached and prayed. when final, or followed by another consonant,QUAKING GRASS, kwa king-grås. s. An herb gives eveva that precedes it the Italian sound heard in Juther; so, when these letters are preceded by qu, or w, the a falls into the broad sound heard in water. Thus, as we hear bar,||To dart, barrel, with the sound of the Italian a, so we hear war, quart, and quarrel, with the German a. Equator, quaver, and words ending with hard c, g, and f, have departed from this rule; but a sufficient number of words are left to in-QUALITY, kwollé-tè. s. 86. Nature relatively

dicate plainly what is the analogy, and to direct
us where usage is doubtful.

QUADRANTAL, kwå-drån'tål. a. Included in
the fourth part of a circle.
QUADRATE kwa'dråte. 3. 91. Square, having
four equal or parallel sides; divisible into four
equal parts; suited, applicable.
QUADRATE, kwä'dråte. s. 414. A square, a
surface with four equal and parallel sides.
To QUADRATE, kwå'dråte. v. n. To suit, to be
accommodated.

QUADRATICK, kwâ-drât ́ik. a. 414. Belonging||

to a square.

QUALIFICATION, kwôl-lè-fe-ka'shan. s. Tha which makes any person or thing fit for any thing; accomplishment; abatement; diminution QUALIFY, kwöl'l-fl. v. a. 86. To fit for any thing; to furnish with qualifications, to accom plish; to make capable of any employment or privilege; to abate, to soften; to assuage; to modify, to regulate.

considered; property, accident; particular efficacy; disposition, temper; virtue or vice; accomplishment, qualification, character, comparative or relative rank; rank, superiority of birth or station.

QUALITY, kwôl'lė-tè. s. 86. Persous of high rank.
QUALM, kwảm. s. 403. A sudden fit of sick
ness, a sudden seizure of sickly languor.
QUALMISH, kwamish. a. Seized with sickly
languor.

QUANDARY, kwon-då'rè. s. A doubt, a difficulty
QUANTITIVE, kwôn'tè-tiv. a.
Estimable ac-
cording to quantity.

QUADRATURE, kwôd'rå-türe. s. The act of||QUANTITY, 'kwôn'tè-tè. s. 86. That property

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt :-mẻ, mêt ;~pine, pîn ;— QUARREL, kwôr'ril. s. 86, 414. A brawl, a petty | To QUAVER, kwà'vår. v. n. 86.

fight, a scuffle; a dispute, a contest; a cause of debate; objection, il-will. To QUARREL, kwôr'ril. v. n. 99. To debate, to scuffle, to squabble; to fall into variance; to fight, to combat; to find fault, to pick objections.

QUARRELLER, kwôr'ril-år. s. 98. He who quarrels.

QUARRELLOUS, kwôr'ril-ås. a. Petulant, easily provoked to enmity.

QUARRELSOME, kwôr'ril-såm. a. Inclined to
brawls, easily irritated, irascible, cholerick, pe-
tulant.

QUARRELSOMELY, kwôr'rîl-süm-lè. ad. In a
quarrelsome manner, petulantly, cholerickly.
QUARRELSOMENESS, kwôr'ril-sum-nés. S.
Cholerickness, petulance.

To shake

the voice, to speak or sing with a tremulous voice; to tremble, to vibrate.-See QUADRANT. QUAY, kè. s 220. A key, an artificial bank to QUEAN, kwène. s. 8. A worthless woinan, generally a strumpet.

the sea or river.

QUEASINESS, kwè'zè-nês. s. The sickness of a nauseated stomach.

QUEASY, kwè'zè. a. Sick with nausea; fastidi ous, squeamish; causing nauseousness. QUEEN, kwèèn. s. 8. The wife of a king, a

supreme governess.

To QUEEN, kwèèn. V. n. To play the queen.
QUEENING, kwèèn'ing. s. 410. An apple.
QUEER, kwèèr. a. Odd, strange, original, par-
ticular.

QUEERLY, kwèèr'lè. ad. Particularly, oddly.

QUARRY, kwôr'rè. s. 86. A square; game || QUEERNESS, kwèèr'nes. s. Oddness, parti flown at by a hawk; a stone mine, a place

where they dig stones.

To QUARRY, kwor rẻ. v. n

dig out stones.

To prey upon, to

cularity.

To QUELL, kwêl.

originally to kill. QUELL, kwel.

S.

QUARRYMAN, kwôr'rẻ-mån. s. 88. One who||QUELLER, kwêllår. s. 98.

or subdues.

kickshaw. French.

digs in a quarry. QUART, kwört. s. 86, 414. The fourth part, a||QUELQUECHOSE, kêk'shỏze. quarter; the fourth part of a gallon; the vessel in which strong drink is commonly retailed. QUARTAN, kwir tấn. s The fourth-day ague. QUARTATION, kwör-tashan, s. A chymical operation.

Obsolete.
One that crushes

To QUENCH, kwẻnsh. v. a. To extinguish fire;
to still any passion or commotion; to allay
thirst; to destroy.

To QUENCH, kwënsh. v. n. To cool, to grow
cool. Not in use.
QUENCHABLE, kwênsh'â-bl. a.
That may be
quenched.

QUARTER, kwör'tür. s. 86. A fourth part; a region of the skies, as referred to the seamen's card; a particular region of a town or country; the place where soldiers are lodged orQUENCHER, kwansh'år. s. 98. Extinguisher. stationed; proper station; remission of life,||QUENCHLESS, kwênsh'lés. a. Unextinguishable mercy granted by a conqueror; treatment || QUERENT, kwè'rênt. The complainant. shown by an enemy; friendship, amity, con- the plaintiff. cord, in this sense not used; a measure of eight|QUERIMONIOUS, kwêr-re-mo'nè-ûs. a. Que bushels. rulous, complaining.

S.

To QUARTER, kwōr'tår. v. a. To divide into|| QUERIMONIOUSLY, kwêr-rè-mo'ně-ás-lè. ad four parts; to divide, to break by force; to di- Querulously, complainingly. vide into distinct regions; to station or lodge || QUERIMONIOUSNESS, ̈ ̃kwêr-rẻ-mỏ'nè-ûs nês. soldiers; to diet; to bear as appendage to the hereditary arms. QUARTERAGE, kwôr'tůr-îdje. s. 90. A quarterly allowance.

QUARTERMASTER, kwör'tår-må-står s. One
who regulates the quarters of soldiers.
QUARTERN, kwörtårn.. s. 98. A gill, or the||QUEST, kwěst. S.
fourth part of a pint.

QUARTERSTAFF, kwor'tår-ståf. s. A staff of
defence.

QUARTILE, kwôr'til. s. 140, 145. An aspect
of the planets, when they are three signs or
ninety degrees distant from each other.
QUARTO, kwör'td. $. A book in which every
sheet makes four leaves.
To QUASH, kwôsh. v. a
to subdue suddenly; to
make void.

To crush, to squeeze ;
annul, to nullify, to

To QUASH, kwôsh. v. n. To be shaken with a
noise.

QUATERCOUSINS, kå'tër-kůz-z'nz. s. 415.
Friends.

QUATERNARY, kwå têr'nâr-è. s. The number
four.

QUATERNION, kwâ-tèr'nè-ân. s. The number four.

To QUERY, kwè'rẻ. v. a. To ask questions.
Search, act of seeking; an
empanelled jury; searchers, collectively; in-
quiry, examination.
QUESTANT, kwës'tant. s. Seeker, endeavourer
after. Not in use.

QUESTION, kwas'tshan. s. 464.

Interroga

tory, any thing inquired; inquiry, disquisition, a dispute, a subject of debate, affair to be examined; doubt, controversy, dispute; examination by torture; state of being the subject of present inquiry.

To QUESTION, Kwês'tshon. v. n. To inquire to debate by interrogatories.

TO QUESTION, kwês'tshån. v. a. To examine one by questions; to doubt, to be uncertain of; to have no confidence in, to mention as not to be trusted.

QUESTIONABLE, kwês'tshin-i-bl. a. Doubtful, disputable; suspicious, liable to suspicion, liable to question.

QUATERNITY, kwâ-têr'né-tè. s. The num-QUESTIONARY, kwês’tshån-d-ré. a Inquiring,

asking questions.

QUATRAIN, kwä'trin. s. 208. A stanza of four QUESTIONABLENESS, kwès'tshin-â-bl-nês s lines rhyming alternately

The quality of being questionable.