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QUAK.
t Qnar, sl>. 3 abbrev. of , QUARRY sb.z Obs. rare.
1606 SYLVESTER Du Bartas n. iv. n. (Magnificence) 1149
What mightie Rowlers, and what massie Cars Could bring
so far so many monstrous Quars? [F. quarreaux}, Ibict.
1158 The whole, a whole Quar [F. guarreait] one might
rightly tearm. 1617 Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 73
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quarres mendid in the other windowes.
Quar, v.l Obs. exc. dial. Also 6 querre, 7
quarre. [Of obscure origin : ? cf. OE. d-cweorran
to glut.] a. trans. To choke or block up (a channel
or passage), b. intr. Of a channel : To silt or
Hence Quairing vbl. sb.
iS4-3 Act 34 # 35 Hen. VIII, c. 9 i The mouth and
fill up.
hole channel! of the saide hauen is so heaped and quarred
with stones and rohull of balastes of the shippes. 1584-5
Act 27 Eliz. c. 20 i Where also the said hauen of Plym.
mouth . . doth dayly querre and fill with the sand of the
Tinne-workes and Mynes. 1628 SIR R. BOYLE Diary in
Lismore Papers (1886) II. 257 Provided, .he do nothing to
the prejudice of my yron worcks, or stopping or quarreing
vp of the River.
Quar, v. 2 Obs. exc. dial. [Of unknown : origin
cf. QUABL v.] intr. To curdle, coagulate.
1578 LYTE Dodoens n. Ixxiv. 246 It. .keepeth the mylke
from quarring and crudding in the brest. 1591 PERCIVALL
Sp. Dict.t ngrumecer, to clot, to quar like cold blood.
Quar, obs. north, f. WHERE and were (see BE z>.).
Quarancy : see QDARANTT.
t Quarantain. Obs. Also 7 -aine, 8 -ane.
[ad. F. quarantaine (= It. qttarantana), f. quarante
forty : see next.]
1. A set of forty (nights), rare 1 .
ifi53 URQUHART Rabelais n. L i It is above fourty quarantaines,
or fourty times
fourty nights, according to the supputation
of the ancient Druids.
2. = QUARANTINE 2.
1669 R. MONTAGU in Buccleitch MSS. (Hist, MSS. Comm.)
I. 452 After having made their quarantaine and aired their
goods. 1687 Land. Gaz. No. 2211/1 The Prince of Brunswicke
keeps his Quarantain in the Island Lazaro. ijoj
W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xi. 47 Those who come from
infected Places, there to pass their Quarantain.
attrib. 1755 MAGENS Insurances II. 236 Anchorage,
ordinary Quarantain Charges, and such like.
b. . " fig QUARANTINE 2 b.
1666^-7 DENHAM Direct. Paint, i. xvii, There let him
languish a long Quarantain. 1714 Let.fr. Layman (ed. 2)
23 This_ Crime . . is never to be purged away ; no not by
performing a Quarantain for a Twelve-month in the Church.
1741 WARBURTON Div.
Legal. II. Pref. p. xiv, The Calumnies
of his Enemies obliged him to a kind of Quarantane.
3. Kings quarantain (tr. F. quarantaine du
rot): see quots.
17*7-41 CHAMBERS Cycl.,Qtiaranlam ofthe King, in France,
denotes a truce of forty days appointed by St. Louis, during
which it was expresly forbid to take any revenge (etc.).
1818 A. RANKEN Hist. France IV. in. i. 233 Forty days,
called the King's quarantain, were allowed the friends or
relations of a principal in a private war to grant or find
security.
t Quarante, var. COURANTE, akind ofdance. Obs.
1598 R. DALLINGTON Meth. Trav. Vij, Euery poore
draggletayle can Dance all your Quarantes, Leualties,
Bransles, and other Dances.
Quarantinable, a. rare. [f. QUARANTINE v.
+ -ABLE.] Subject or liable to quarantine.
1894 Harfet's Weekly 7 Apr. 315 The protection against
cholera and other quarantinable diseases.. is secured.
Quarantine (kwo'rant*n), sb. Also 7 quarantene,
8 -in, 7-8 quarantine. [In sense i ad.
med.L. quarentlna ; in sense 3 prob. ad. It. qua-
rant-, quarentina, f. quaranta forty.
The source of the -ine spelling in sense i is not clear : in
the Stasyons of Jerusalem (Horstm. Altengl. Leg. Neue F.,
365) the form Quaryntyne (riming with ivyne) is used to
render med.L. Quarentena, the name given to the desert
where Christ fasted for forty days. In sense i the prevailing
form in I7~i8th c. was quarentine, while quarantine has
always been the usual form in sense 2.]
1. Law. A period of forty days during which
a widow, entitled to dower, had the right to
remain in the chief mansion-house of her deceased
husband ; hence, the right of a widow to remain
in the house during this period.
1609 SKEKE Reg. Maj. 56 (Acts Robt. Ill, c. 20) Anent
widowes, quha . . can not haue their quarantine without
pley. 1628 COKE On Lite. 32 b, If she marry within the
forty days she loseth her quarentine. 1767 BI.ACKSTONE
Comm. II. 135 These forty days are called the widow's
quarentine. 1865 NICHOLS Britton II. 247 Some other
decent house shall be provided for their dwelling, where
they may keep their quarantine.
2. A period (orig. of forty days) during which
persons who might serve to spread a contagious
disease are kept isolated from the rest of the
community ; esp. a period of detention imposed on
travellers or voyagers before they are allowed to
enter a country or town, and mix with the inhabi-
tants; commonly, the period during which a ship,
capable of carrying contagion, is kept isolated on
its arrival at a port. Hence, the fact or practice
of isolating such persons or ships, or of being
isolated in this way.
1663 PEPYS Diary 26 Nov., Making of all ships coming
from thence, .to perform their '
quarantine for thirty days ',
as Sir Richard Browne expressed it . .
contrary
to the import
of the word (though, in the general acceptation, it signifies
now the thing, not the time spent in doing it). 1691 LUT
22
TRELL Brief R el, (1857) II. 185 Those that come from
J*aples..are obliged to perform a quarantine before they
come to Rome, because of the plague in that Kingdom,
1722 DE FOE Plague (1884) 204 The Family were oblig'd to
begin their Quarantine anew. 1799 E. STANLEY in A. Duncan
Nelson (1806) 112 Having finished their quarantine of thirteen
days. 1836 M ARRYAT Midsh. Easy xlii, As soon as
their quarantine at the Mother-bank was over, they disembarked.
1859 JEPHSON Brittany vi. 77 The lepers often
sought a voluntary death as the only escape from their
perpetual quarantine. 1867 Even. Standard 6 Aug. 6
A Royal order has been issued imposing forty days' quarantine
upon all arrivals in Spanish ports from Algeria, Morocco,
and the Roman States.
b. Jig. Any period, instance, etc., of detention
or seclusion compared to the above, f Free
quarantine, exemption from quarantine.
a 1680 BUTLER Rtm, (1759) I. 209 Where she denies
Admission, to intrude .. Unless they have free Quarenline
from her, 174* YOUNG Nt. Th. vn. 1046 Deists! perform
your quarantine ; and then Fall prostrate, ere you touch it,
lest you die.
1855 MOTLEY Dutch Rep. 11. i. (1866) 132 Nor
could bigotry devise an effective quarantine to exclude the
religious pest which lurked in every bale of merchandise.
C. A place where quarantine is kept or enforced.
1847 EMERSON Poems> Monadnoc Wks. (Bohn) I. 435 His
quarantines and grottos, where He slowly cures decrepit
flesh. 1892 STEVENSON Across the Plains 171 Somnolent
Inverkeithing, once the quarantine of Leith.
3. A period of forty days, in other connexions
than the above a set of ;
forty (days).
1639 FULLER //o/y Warm. xxii. 147When their quarantine,
or fourty dayes service, was expired. 1722 DE FOE
Plague
(1756) 235 Not a Ouarentine of Days only, but Soixantine,
not only 40 Days but 60 Days or longer. 1883-97 Catholic
Diet. 772/1 Indulgences of seven years and seven quarantines
are often granted for certain devotions.
4. attrib. (sense 2), as quarantine camp', flag',
hospital, law, officer, regulation, station, etc.
1805 Med. Jrnl. XVII. 507 The recent extension of the
quarantine laws. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 103/2 The mpst
important disease, with reference to quarantine regulations,
is the plague of the Levant Ibid. 195/1 A quarantine
station on a land -frontier. 1861-2 G. A. SPOTTISWOODE in
Vac. Tour. 87 Accommodation, .for the director or quarantine-officer.
1871 TYNDALL Fragnt. Sc, (1879) I. vi. 200 The
yellow quarantine flag was hoisted.
Quarantine (kw^-rantm), v. Also 9 quaranteen.
[f. the sb.]
1. trans. To put in quarantine.
1804 W. IRVING in Life $ Lett. (1864) I. v. 8^ Where
I should be detained, quarantined, smoked, and vinegared.
1860 TROLLOPE W, Ind. xxiii. 365 In going to Cuba I had
been becalmed . . and very nearly quaranteened. 1891
Catk, News 2 May 5/3 The Comte de Paris was quarantined
for a short time at Southampton.
b. To prevent by quarantine. In quot.^%-.
1850 Chamb. Jrnl. XIV. 49 Did any moral taint hang
about me that quarantined my entrance into its circle?
2. intr. To institute quarantine.
1888 Harper's Mag. Oct. 738/1 Only two cases had been
reported when every neighboring British colony quarantined
against Martinique.
Hence Quarantined, Quarantining />//. adjs. ;
also Qua-rantiner, one who puts, or is put, into
quarantine.
1831 SCOTT Jrnl. II. 444 The guardians, who attend to
take care that we quarantines do not kill the people whom
we meet 1884 Manch. Exam. 21 Nov. 5/4 The. .block in
which the quarantined person is located. 1891 Lancet 3 Oct.
777 Egypt . . always has been . . a quarantining country.
Quarantine (apple), variant of QDARENDEN.
t Quar an ty. Obs. Also -ancy. [ad. It.
qttarantia, f. quaranta forty : cf. F. quarantie.]
A former court of judicature at Venice, consisting
of forty members.
1636 E. DACRES tr. Machiavers Disc. Livy I. 198 They
have ordained the Quarantie, or counsell of forty. 1659
J. HARRINGTON Lawgiving HI. i. (1700) 439 After the manner
of the Venetian Quafancys. 1707 J. STEVENS tr.
Quevedo"s
Com. Wks, (1709) 446 On his Right was one Chief of the
Quarantie.
tQuardecu(e, variants of CAKDECU. Obs.
i6nCoTGR.,@K(W^rfV.rc aTeston ) or Quardecue; asiluer
peece of coyne worth i& sterl. 1657 HOWELL Londinop.
372 There comes not a Quardecu in every Crown clearly to
the Kings Coffers, which is but the fourth part.
Quardeel : see CAKDKL.
Quare, obs. form of QUIRE, WHERE.
tQuare, v. Obs. rare. [a. OF. quarer (F.
carter] : L. qitadrare QUADRATE v^\ To square.
Hence Quared///. a., Qua Ting vbl. sb.
a \yMCursorM. 1664 (Gott) A vessel . .sal be mad ofquarid
tre. 1611 MS. Ace. St. Johns Hasp., Canterb., Payd for
hewing and quaring of the tymber.
Quarefour, variant of CARFOUB.
I! Quare
impedit (kweVr*' i-mprdit). Law.
why he impedes or hinders'.] A form of writ
[L., '
issued in cases of disputed presentation to a benefice,
requiring the defendant to state why he hinders the
plaintiff from making the presentation.
[1292 BRITTON iv. vi. 2 Si acun, qi ad dreit de .
presenter.
voille presenter, et autre i mette destourbaunce . . adounc
tient proprement lu cest bref Quare im^edit.} 1498-9
Plnmpton Corr. (Camden) 133 The best remedy for your
Incumbent was. .to suy a quare Impedit at the comon law.
1548 STAUNFORD Kinges Prervg. (1^67) 54 b, If his highnes
bringe his Quare impedit or accion of trespas. 0,1670
HACKET Life Abp. Williams n. (1693) 79 In matters ecclesiastical,
as Advousons, Presentations, Quare -imped its, etc.
1705 BUHNET Own Time v. (1734) II. 27 The actions of
QUARRED.
Quare Itnpcdit, that they would be liable to, if they did not
admit the Clerks presented to them. 1804 UK OF LINCOLN
in G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 88 A caveat or a quare im~
Pedit may be advised. 1875 POSTE Gains iv. (ed. 2) 636
Both parties are said to be equally plaintiffs and equally
defendants in the actions .. Quare impedit and Replevin.
Quarel(e, -ell(e, obs. forms of QUAKHEL sb.
Quarelet : sec QUARRELET.
Quareiiden, quarender (kwg-rend'n, -dw).
Also 5 quaryndo(u)n, 7, 9 quarrington, 9 quarantine,
quarren(d)er, quarendel, -don, -ten.
[Of obscure origin : the L. equivalents given in first
quot. seem to be otherwise unknown.] A variety
of apple (see quot. 1886) common in Somerset
and Devon. Also attrib.
14 . . Voc, in Wr.-Wulcker 574/34 Condnntn, a Quaryndoun.
Condnu$ a tre. t Quaryndon 1676 WORLIDGE Cyder (1691)
206 The Devonshire Quarrington is also a very fine early
' '
Red quarrenders
Apple. 1855 KINGSL.EY Westw. Ho i,
and maTardTcherries. 1869 BLACKMORE Lorna D. (1891)
125 As he took the large oxhorn of our quarantine apple
cider. 1874 T. HARDY Far fr. Mad. Crowd I. \\\ ii. 299
Some tall, gaunt costard, or quarrington. 1886 ELWORTHY
W. Sow. Word-bk.) O_uarrener,..an oblate shaped, deep
red, early apple ; also known as suck-apple. tQuarental. Obs. rare- 1 ,
It.
[f. quaranta
(F. quarante} forty, after TRENTAL.] A set of forty
requiem masses.
1566 Pasquitte in a Traunce 89 These false . . Prophets that
deceyue thy people with Trentals and Quarentals.
Qua*renten(e. Hist. rare. [ad. med.L. quarentena
: (AF. qnarenteyne} see QUARANTINE.]
A lineal or square measure containing forty ; poles
a furlong or rood.
1809 BAWDWEN Domesday Bk. 14 Wood pasture four
quarentens long and the same broad. 1869 PEARSON Hist.
Maps Eng. (1870) 51 A wood ten leagues long by six and
two quarentenes broad.
Quarantine, obs. variant of QUARANTINE.
Quarer(e, variants of QUARBER, quarry.
t Quarester, obs. form of CHORISTER.
1436 E. E. Wilts 105 To euery secundary & clerc of the
chirch iiij*. and to euery quarester ij rt . 1450 Rolls Parlt.
V. 188/1, xii Quaresters, and a maister to teche hem.
Quarfe, Quarfour, obs. ff. WHARF, CARFOUR.
t Quarfoxe, obs. form of CARFAX, cross-roads.
1483 CAXTON Gold, Leg. 80/2 Whan he cam to the quarfoxe
the deuyl caught the chylde.
Quarfulle, var. QUARTFUL a. Quarie, van
QUARRY a., coagulated. Quarierfe, obs. ff.
QUARRIER. Quarilous, var. QUARRELLOUS.
t Quarion, var. QUARRIER 2 , candle. Obs.
151* Hotiseh, Bk. Dk. Northumbld. 3 Wax wrought in
Quarions J Ib. [1860 Our Eng. Howe 91 Quarions and
morters..for burning in the chambers at night ; the former
were square lumps of wax with a wick in the centre.]
Quark (kwguk), v. [Imitative, or a. G. quarken.]
To croak. Hence Qua*rking vbl. sb.
1860 J. F. CAMPBELL Pop. T. W. Highl. II. 145 The
gurgling and quarking of spring frogs in a pond. 1893
[D. JORDAN] Forest Tithes, etc. 186 Rooks . . cawing and
quarking. Ibid. 190 The herons quarked harshly.
Quarken, variant of QUERKEN, to choke.
Quarl, quarle (kwgul), sb [var. of QUARREL
so^\ A large brick or tile ; esp. a fire-brick,
curved like part of a cylinder, used to form supports
for melting-pots, retort-covers, etc.
1875 Ure's Diet. Arts III. 67 (s.v. Lead) The erection of
nine six-ton pots requires.. 160 feet of quarles. 1883 Daily
News 19 SepL 3/2 Making passages below the oven floor,
and laying upon these passages perforated quarles or re-
cessed bricks. 1894 Northumbld. Gloss. Under the
s.y.,
term '
brick '
are included sizes up to twelve inches long by
six inches wide. Above this area it is called a quarl or tile.
Quarl, sb.* rare. [?ad. G. qualte, Du. kwal.]
The jelly-fish, medusa.
1884 Harper's Mag. Dec. 156/1 And momently athwart
her track The quarl upreared his island back.
t Quarl, v. Obs. rare. Also 8 quarrel. [Cf.
QUARZ/.^] Tocurdle, ?turnsour. Hence tQ-uarled
///. a. (Cf. QUARRED///. a.)
1607 TOURNEUR Rev. Trag. v. H ij, Moth. Are you so
barbarous to set Iron nipples Vpon the brest that gaue you
suck, Vind. That brest Is turnd to Quarled poyson. 1703
Art