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QUALB.
So old and toothless and quaky that she can't sing a bit.
1884 H. COLLINCWOOD Under Meteor Flag 88 A curious
quaky sensation which had for a moment oppressed me.
Qual, obs. form of WHALE sb.
t Quale *. Obs. [OE. fwalu = ON. kv?l (stem
kvaT-} torment, torture, f. *ktval- ablaut-var. of
*kwel- : see QUELE, QUELL. The vowel is long in
OS. quala (MDu. qutile, Du. kwaal, LG. quaal),
OHG. quala, chwdla t etc. (MHG. quale, qua!, etc.,
G. ^a/).] Death, destruction, mortality.
900 tr. Bxda's Hist. II. xi. [xiv.] (1890) 138 Se cyning mid
arleasre cwale of slegen waes. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) xxix. 8
Drihten, hu nyt is fe min slaege, obbe min cwalu. ^1175
Lamb. Horn. 121 God ne sparede na his a^ene berne ; ac $ef
hine to cwale for us alle. c i5 LAY. 31807 pat quale com
on orue vnimete swiSe.
b. Comb., as quale-house, house of torture;
quale-sithe, death from pestilence.
c xw>5 LAV. 727 Vt of J>on quarterne, of ban quale-huse
[c 1175 cwal-huse], /bid. 3769. /bid. 31900 Heo . . cudden
heore cunne of heore quale-siSe.
II Quale
2 (kw^-h"). [L., neut. sing, of qualis of
what kind.] The quality of a thing; a thing having
certain qualities.
1675 [Bp. CROFT] Naked Truth 25 The quid, the giiale,
the quantum^ and such-tike quacksalving forms, a 1679
T. GOODWIN Govt. Ch. Christ xi. Wks. 16^7
IV. 94 The
Quale, or what sort of Bodies. .Christ hath instituted, is to
be afterward discussed. 1768-74 TUCKER Lt. Nat. (1834)
1 1. . . 462 Qualities cannot actually subsist, though they may
be thought of, without a quale to possess them. 1875
JOWETT Plato (ed. a) 1. 270 When I do not know the '
quid '
of anything how can I know the 'quale'?
Quale, obs. f. QUAIL sb. and v., WHALE sb.
Qualifiable, a. rare. [f. QUALIFY v. + -ABLE.]
That may be qualified or modified.
1611 COTGR., Modifiable, modifiable, qualifiable. a 1677
BARROW Serm, Wks. 1716 III. 296 As to that. .Excision
of theCanaanites. .we may find it qualifiable, if we consider
..the Trespasses which procured it.
Qualification (kwo'lifik^'-Jan). [ad. med.L.
qualificatiO) n. of action from : qualificare see
QUALIFY and -ATION, and cf. F. qualification (1573
in Godef. Compl.}.] The action of qualifying ; the
condition or fact of being qualified; that which
qualifies.
1. Modification, limitation, restriction ; a modifying
or limiting element or circumstance.
'543-4 Act 35 Hen. VIII, c. 5 (Title) An acte concerning
the qualification of the statute of the syxe articles. 1651
BAXTER Inf. Bapt. 190 There can be no true closing with
Christ in a promise that hath a qualification or condition
expressed. 1756 BURKE Subl. ff B. i. iv, The removal or
qualification of pleasure has no resemblance to positive
pain. 2845 Encycl. Metrop. X.
7^6
There is however some
qualification to be admitted in this general statement. 1891
Law Times Rep. LXIII. 765/1 The defendants were liable
as as
principals, they had contracted in their own names
without any qualification.
1 2. The determining or distinctive quality of a
person or thing ; condition, character, nature. Obs.
1604 SHAKS. Oth. \\. \. 282 Out of that will I cause these
of Cyprus to Mutiny. Whose qualification shall come into
no true taste againe, but by the displanting of Cassio.
a 1674 CLARENDON Hist. Reb. xn. n The commissioners
. .notwithstanding their qualification . . were imprisoned by
the Parliament. 1745 De Foe's Eng. Tradesman Introcf.
(1841) I. 3 Having thus described .. the English Tradesman,
it is needful to inquire into his qualification.
f3. A quality, attribute, or property (of}.
Obs.
1669 GALE Crt. Gentiles i. m. x. 107 Plato laies down as
qualifications of true Oratorie [etc.). 1711 ADDISON Sfect.
No. 435 p 7 Liveliness and Assurance are . . the Qualifications
of the French Nation. 1719 LONDON & WISE Compl.
Card. 118 The useless Branches, whether it be because they
are worn or spent, or because they have no good Qualifications.
1799 I. MILNER in xi.
Lift
18 (1842) 194 Whatever
may be their views of justifying faith, that is, whether they
think it consists in qualifications or in appropriation.
t b. An accomplishment. Obs.
1715 SIR J. CLERK Mem. (1895) 87, I thought
it would be
an additional Qualification to him that he understood the
English Language. 1785 PALEY Mor. Philos. (1818) I. 70
The pleasures of grown persons., founded like music, painting,
&c. upon any qualification of their own acquiring.
1796 JANE AUSTEN Sense $ Setts. (1849) 161 Every qualification
is raised at times, .to more than its real value; and she
was sometimes worried down . . to rate good-breeding as
more indispensable to comfort than good-nature.
f 4. The action of qualifying, or process of being
qualified (for a position, etc.) ; also, the result of
this action or process. Obs.
1589-91 in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 535 Being informit of
the qualification, literature, and gude conversation of .. N.
1659 PEARSON Creed (1839) 308 The death of Christ [was]
necessary .. in reference to the Priest himself .. both in
regard of the qualification of himself, and consummation
of his office. 1665 BUKYAN Holy Citie 6, must ^1 sper.k a
word or two concerning John's qualification, whereby he
was enabled to behold, .this City.
6, A quality, accomplishment, etc. which , qualifies
or fits a person for some office or function.
1669 DK. YORK in Pepys' Diary (1879) VI. in Besides his
general qualifications for that trust. 1765 FOOTE Commissary
i. Wks. 1799 II, 15 A qualification for a canon of Strasbourg.
1779 BURKE Corr. (1844) II. 276 Even a failure in
it [law] stands almost as a sort of qualification for other
things. 1855 MACAULAY Hist. Eng. xli. III. 242 This
vehement hatred of Popery was.. the first of all qualifications
for command. 1873 HAMERTON Intell. Life i. vii.
(1875) 37 Even to taste and smell properly, are most impor-
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tnnt qualifications for the pursuit of literature, art, and
science.
b. absol.
1818 CRUISE Digest (ed. c) III. 27 The bishops are still in
law the judges of the qualifications of those who are presented
to them. 1861 M. PATTISON Ess. (1889) I. 37 The
preceptor .. whatever his other qualifications may have been,
had not earned his promotion by his Latin style. 1882
Miss BRADDON Ml. Rpval I. i. 29 A sturdy truthfulness
was one of her best qualifications.
6. A necessary condition, imposed by law or
custom, which must be fulfilled or complied with
before a certain right can be acquired or exercised,
an office held, or the like.
1723 Act ofPennsylvania, Every brewer, .shall be qualified
by oath, .which said qualification shall be taken by all
persons who brew. .for sale.
1765
BLACKSTONF. Cotttm. I. ii.
171 The true reason of requiring any qualification, with
regard to property, in voters. 1819 MACKINTOSH far/.
Suffrage Wks. 1846 III. 215 A representative assembly,
elected by a low uniform
qualification. 1875 JOWETT Plato
(ed. 2) III. 440 A law which fixes a sum of money as the
qualification of citizenship.
b. A document attesting that a is person qualified.
1748 SMOLLETT Rod. Rand, xviii, I cany my qualification
to the Navy-office. \Ibid., We must deliver our letters of
qualification at the Navy-office before one a-clock.]
7. The act of determining the quality or nature of
a thing ; spec. a. The determining whether a book or
proposition merits theological censure as heretical.
Cf. QDALIPICATOB.
i86 Blackm. Mag. XX. 336 His Catechism and other
works were submitted for qualification to Melchior Cano,
his denouncer.
b. Logic. The expression of quality, or the distinction
of affirmative and negative, in a proposition.
(Cent. Diet. 1891.)
8. altrib. and Comb., as qualification - ticket ;
qualification shares, shares which one must
hold in order to be qualified for a directorship of
a company.
1797 Sporting Mag. IX. TOO A gentleman . . . . applied for
a qualification-ticket. 1899 Daily News 28 Alar. 8/3 The
money had been given on account of that gentleman's
qualification shares.
Hence Quaaifica-tionless a., having no qualifica-
tion.
1898 Wtstm. Gaz. 16 Dec. 8/3 The new Bill evidently
contemplated the possibility of qualificationless directors.
Qualificative (kwj'lifik^'tiv), a, and sb. rare.
[f. QUALIFY v. : see prec. and -ATIVK. Cf. F. qualificatif,
-ive (i8th c.).] a. adj. Qualifying; denoting
some quality, b. sb. A qualifying word or phrase.
ni66i FULLER Worthies I. (1662) 59 An Apology for
Qualificatives used, and Blanks left in this History. 1860
F. WINSLOW Obscure Dis. Brain 361 Adjectives or qualificatives
disappear last. 1861 RAWLINSON Anc. Man. I.
vii. 148 His name . . is usually followed by a qualificative
adjunct.
Qnalificator (kwo-lifilw'taj). [a. med.L.
agent-n. from qualificare to QUALIFY.] One of a
board oftheologiansattachedtotheHoly Office, who
report on the character (heretical or otherwise) of
propositions submitted to them. Cf. QUALIFIER 3.
1688 BURNET Lett. St. Italy 20 One of the Qualificators
of the Inquisition. 1736 CHANDLER Hut. Persec. 178 The
decision in such affairs belongs to the Divines, who are
thence called Qualificators. 1826 Blackiv. Mag. XX. 76
The whole, .is then transferred by the Inquisitors to Theologians,
Qualificators of the Holy Office.
Qualificatory (kwg-lifik^tari), a. [ad. L.
type *qualificatori-us : cf. prec. and -OKY.]
1. Having the character of qualifying, modifying,
or limiting ; tending to qualify.
iBoj W. TAYLOR in Ann. Rev. III. 651 That evasive,
Jesuitic, qualificatory extenuation. 1830 JAMES De L'Omic
xlvi. 319 rhe Count would hardly hear of any qualificatory
measures. 1868 Viscr. STRANGFORD Selections, etc. (1869)
II. 247 A qualificatory commonplace.
2. Such as to confer a : qualification (sense 6)
1889 Academy 12 Oct. 233^ Some teachers urge . . that
examinations should be solely qualificatory.
Qualified (kwo-lifaid), ///. a. [f. QUALIFY v.
+ -ED
1.]
I. 1 1. In predicative use : Furnished with,
possessed of (certain) qualities. Obs.
1596 SHAKS. Tam.Skr.w. v. 66 She is., so qualified as may
beseeme The Spouse ofany noble Gentleman. 1603 KNOLLES
Hist. Turks (1638) 158 A certaine Gentlewoman . . more
honourably borne, than honestly qualified. 1665 J. WEBB
Stone-Heng (1725) 45 All Stones are not Qualified alike;
some are hard . . some soft. 1681 DRYDEN Abs. *r Achit. 75
The moderate sort of men, thus qualified, Inclined the
balance to the better side.
fb. Attributively: Possessed of good qualities;
accomplished, perfect. Obs.
1592 NASHE P. Penilesse (ed. 2) 25 b, The fine qualified
Gentleman . . should carie it clean away from the lazie
clownish droane. 1598 R. BERNARD tr. Terence 286 Such
a qualified yong gentleman. 1656 FINETT For. Ambass.
238 Reverenced amongst them for his.. descent from a race
of qualified saints, a 1700 B. E. Diet. Cant. Crew, Qualified,
Accomplish! Statesman, Soldier, Scholar.
2. Endowed with qualities, or possessed of accom-
plishments, which fit one for a certain end, office,
or function ; fit, competent.
a. In predicative use : const, for (f in), or to
with inf.
QUALIFY.
1589-92 in Wodrow. Soc. Misc. (1844) 535 Cif he beis
fundin hable, meit, and sufficient He qualifeit thairfoir.
1605 SHAKS. Lear i. iv. 37 That which ordinary men arc
fit for, I am qualified in. 1665 BOYLE Occas. Refl. i. vii.
(1848) 89 Him that is qualify'd for such Employments.
1719 DE FOE Crusoe II. xiii. (1840) 274 A government qualified
only to rule such a people. 1755 J. MILLS tr. Crmiers
Rom. Enip. I. 107 That great man, equally qualified for
war or peace. 1845 S. AUSTIN Ranke's Hist. Re/. III. 83
A commune was not qualified to dispute concerning things
of this kind. 1863 LVKI.I, Antig. Man 33 In every way
highly qualified for the task.
b. Used attributively.
*S58 Q- KENNEDY in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) i5 Than
sulde be qualifeit men in all the esiaitis of the kirk.
1693 CAPT. G. ST. Lo (title) England's Safety . .proposing a
sure method for., raising qualified Seamen, for manning
their Majesties Fleet. 1849 COBDEN Speeches 86, I have
heard qualified persons say, that the.. police there, are the
finest armed and drilled men m Ireland. 1865 LIGHTFOOT
Galatians (1874) 72, I am.. a qualified witness of his resurrection.
1880 C. R. MARKHAM Pewit. Bark 93 The plan ..
was to make a collection of plants and seeds .. through the
instrumentality of qualified agents.
3. Legally, properly, or by custom, capable of
doing or being something specified or implied.
*559 Q- KENNEDY in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 267 That
I was nocht qualifier to ressone with Willok, because . .
I wes bot ane meyne man in our estait. 1656 in Gross
Gild Merck. (1890) II. 267 Sundry Persons not being
qualified according to the said Custome. 1702 Lona.
Gas. No. 3839/4 The next winning Horse that is duly
qualified to run for this Plate. 1777 SHERIDAN Sch.
Scand. ii. ii, No person should be permitted to kill characters
. . but qualified old maids. 1840 MACAULAY Hist.
Eng. viii. II. 202 The king, .had no right to force on them
even a qualified candidate,
b. EccL Entitled to hold two benefices at once
(Minsheu Ductor 1617: cf. QUALIFY v. 1667).
4, quot.
4. Belonging to the upper classes of society ;
'
of
quality'. Obs. exc. dial.
1604 E. G[RIMSTONE] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies v. xix. 380
If any Indian qualified, or of the common sorte were sicke.
1608 WILLET Hexapla Exod. 481 These personal! wrongs
are .. of persons not qualified but of common and ordinarie
persons. 1703 Rules ofCivility 116 If. .you be behind, and
must after the
pass qualify'd Person. 1886 Cheshire Gloss.,
Qualified, in good circumstances. A rich man would be said
to be qualified.
H. 5. Limited, modified, or restricted in some
respect ; spec, in qualified acceptance, endorsement,
estate^ fee (see quot. 1818), negative, oath, property.
1599 Life More in Wordsw. Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 130
Delivering this qualified answer to the Kinge. 1635 SWAN
Spec. M. vi. 2 (1643) 196 If it be taken in a qualified sense,
it is not much amisse. 1746 HERVEY Medit. (1818) 211
Every object, a little while
ago, glared with light, but now
all appears under a more qualified lustre. 1769 BLACKSTONE
Cpmm. IV. 235 Animals, in which there is no property
either absolute or qualified. 1818 CRUISE Digest (ed. 2) I. 79
Where an estate limited to a person and his heirs has a
qualification annexed to it, by which it is provided that it
must determine whenever that qualification is at an end it ;
is then called a qualified or base fee. 1860 MILL Rfpr.
Govt. (1865) 1/2 Unfit for more than a limited and qualified
freedom. 1801 E. PEACOCK N, Brendan II. 432 Narcissa
gave a qualified reply.
Hence Qualifiedly adv., in a qualified fashion ;
Qua'lifieduess, the state of being qualified.
1675 J. SMITH Chr. Relig- App. i. 23 Csesar had nothing
to commend him to the Electors, but his qualifiedness for
that function, by the worth of his parts. 1858 BUSHNELL
Serm. New Life 308 A force independent and qualifiedly
sovereign. 1865 J. GROTE Treat. Mor. Ideas vii. (1876) 98
We cannot be truthful as we may be benevolent, less or
more, or qualifiedly.
Qualifier (kwg-lifaia-i). [f, QUALIFY + -EB 1
.]
1. One who, or that which, qualifies, in various
senses of the vb.
1561 T. NORTON Calvin's Inst. iv. xix. (1634) 719 Away
with these qualifiers, that cover one sacriledge with so many
sacriledges. 1576 NEWTON Lenmie's Complex. (1633) 79
Qualifiers and alayers of the heat of blood. 1638 R. YOUNGE
Drunkard's Character 269 Tobacco, being hot and dry,
must have a qualifier of cold and moist from the pot. 1754
RICHARDSON Grandison (1781) I.xxvi. 183 Sir Charles is no
qualifier. Sir, when he stakes his honour. LAMB Lett.
1796
(1857) I. 55, 1 was unwilling to let my last night's letter go off
without this qualifier. 1887 Pall Mall G. 9 Mar. 5/1 Our
qualifiers of beer have recently been [catching it].
2. Gram. A word, as an adjective or adverb,
attached to another word to qualify U.
1589 PuTTENHAM Eng. Poesie m. xvii. (Arb.) 103 Your
Epitheton or qualifier, .must be apt and proper for the thing
he is added vnto. 1875 WHITNEY Life Lang. vi. 103 Formal
correspondence between a substantive and its qualifier or
representative.
3. R. C. Ch. = QuALincATOR.
,71843 SOUTHEY Comm.-pl. Bk. (1851) IV. 670 Approved
and licensed by Qualifiers. 1888 G. SALMON Infall. Churck
xiv. 235 The question of law is referred to a special Board
of skilled theologians, under the title of Qualifiers.
Qualify (kwo'lifai), v. Also 6 qualyfy, -fle,
(6-7 qualle-, qualli-, quale-, -fye, -fie), 6-8
qualifie. [a. F. qualifi-er (i5th or ad. med.L.
c.),
qudlificare to attribute a quality to, f. qualis of
such a kind + :
-ficare
see -FT.]
I. To invest with a quality or qualities.
1. trans. To attribute a certain quality or qualities
to. a. To describe or designate in a particular way ;
to characterize, entitle, name, (f Const, with.}