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QUENCHABLE.
the same [heat] the quencher you must be. a . 166$ J GOOD-
WIN Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 353 Those quenchers of the
Spirit in themselves. 1704 r. FULLER Med. Gymn, (1711)
86 Liquorice .. was ever reputed by the Ancients, for the
greatest quencher of Thirst in Nature. 1848 DICKENS
Dombey viii, Mrs. Pipchin's presence was a quencher to any
number of candles. 1879 H. N. HUDSON Hamlet Pref. 4
A feast so overlaid with quenchers of the appetite.
b. colloq. Something to quench thirst a ; drink.
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with his thirst to . . quent But there he found or ere he went
a greater drougth.
fQuent, Sc. f. a(c)fuent, ACQUAINT///, a.
1536 BELLENDRN Cron. Scot. (1821) I. New servandis
i4_9
ar m derisioun amang the quent servitouns.
Quent, obs. f. QUAINT a. obs. ; pa. pple. of
QUENCH v. Quentance, -ise, var. QUAINTANCE,
-ISE. Quenthing, erron. f. QUETHING.
fQue-ntin. Obs. rare ", [a. F. ijueiilin
'
French Lauae'(Cotgr.). Cf. QUINTIN.] 'A sort
QUERCITRON.
of French Linnen-cloth that comes from S. Quentin
in Picardy* (Miege 1687; also in Phillips 1706,
3. transf. To put an end to, stifle, suppress (a
feeling, act, condition, quality, or other non-material
thing, in early use chiefly something bad).
riaoo ORMIN 4911 All idell ?ellp&
i'i
idell ros |>u cwennkesst.
c iyt$ Songs ofMercy mE. E. P. (1862) 120, I whenched al Ji
care, c 1330 R. BRUNNE Chron. Wace ( Rolls) 16357 Louerd !
JK>U quencbe his wykkednesse. 1494 FABYAN Chron, v.
xci. 67 In thysc Prouynces the faythe of Criste was all
quenchyd. 1545 BRINKLOW Compl. iii. (1874) 16 How
mercifully dyd God quench the fury of the peple. 1631
LITHGOW Trav. in. 84 Quenching the least suspition he
might conceiue. 1744 YOUNG Nt. Th, n. 340 All god-like
passion for eternals quencht. 1833 HT. MARTINEAU Loom
$ Lugger ii. v. 81 The observance of this rule would soon
quench the desire for protection. 1876 TAIT Rec. Adv.
Phys, Sc. vii. (ed. 2) 172 The final effect of the tides in
stopping or quenching the earth's rotation.
p. To slake (thirst) completely; t rarely, to
satisfy or dispel (hunger).
1390 GOWER Conf. II. 201 Thus the thurst of gold was
ueynt. 41533 LD. BERNEHS Gold. Bk, M. Aurel. (1546)
^>ijb, His hunger is not thereby quenched. 1535 COVER-
DALE Ps. ciiilij. ii That the wylde asses maye quench
their thyrste. 1661 LOVELL Hist. Anim, 4- Min. 335
Stickle-backs .. serve better to quench hunger, than to
nourish, tyyt YOUNG Brothers iv. i, Friends, sworn to.,
quench infernal thirst in kindred blood. 1841 ELPHINSTONE
Hist. Ind. I. 489 Where they could quench their thirst at a
well of brackish water.
t C. With personal object. Obs. rare.
16x1 SHAKS. Cymb. v. v. 195 Being thus quench'd Of hope,
not longing [etc]. 16x4 B. JONSON Barth, Fair n. ii, A
botle of Ale, to quench mee, Rascal.
4. To destroy, kill (a person) ; to oppress or
crush, t Also with out. Now rare.
c xsoo ORMIN 19632 pejs wolldenn himm forrfaretm all &
cwennkenn. 1:1380 WYCLIF Set. Wks. III. 363 He wi|> his
part J>at love)? be world quenchen men )?at speken bis. 1399
LANGL. Rick. Redeles in. 327 They constrewed quarellis to
quenche the peple. 1567 Triall Treas. (18501 44, I, Tyme,
. .quenche out the ungodly, their memory and fame. 1850
DOBELL Roman iv. Poet. Wks. (1875) 54 Oh sea, if thou
hast waves, Quench him ! 1850 TENNYSON I'iz'icn 216 (67)
His greatness whom she quench'd.
absoL tr 1*00 ORMIN 15213 Swillc iss winess kinde, }iff ..
mann drinnke|>j> iu att oferrdon, itt cwennkebb.
b. To put down (in a dispute), to squash.
1840 DICKENS Barn. Rudge ix, I knew I should quench
her, said Tim. 1868 Miss ALCOTT Little Women (1869) I.
vi. 94 Jo quenched her by slamming down the window.
t o. To destroy some quality of (a thing). Obs.
1398 TREVISA Barth. De P. R. xvi, vii. (1495) 556 Quycke
syluer .. is quenchyd wyth spotyll whanne it is frotyd
thetwyth.
II. intr. f 6. Of fire, a burning thing, etc. :
To he extinguished, to go out, to cease to burn or
shine. Obs.
1 1190 S. Eng. Leg. I. 19/6 Heore li^t que'mcte ouer-al.
c 1386 CHAUCER Knt's T.
1479 Right anon on of the
fires queinte . . And as it queinte, it made a whisteling.
1460 Lybcaus Disc. 1805 The torches that brende bryght
Quenched anon ryght. 1513 DOUGLAS sEneis iv. xii. 121
Thair with all the natural! neit out quent. c 1586 C'TESS
PEMBROKE Ps. cxx. iv, Coales. .which quickly fired, Flame
very hott, very hardly quenching. 1613 FLETCHER Bloody
Brother iv. in, Like a false star that quenches as it glides.
f b. transf. Of non-material : things To come
to an end, perish, disappear. Obs.
1:1305 St. Edmund in in E. E. P. (1862) 74 Quenche
rai^te hire fole bojt mid blod heo schadde. c
j?at 1400 Rom.
Rose 5324 This love, .wole faile, and quenche anoon. 1641
MILTON Reform. Wks. 1738 I. 16 The Spirit daily quench*
ing and dying in them.
tc. Of a : person To cool down. Obs. rare*.
1611 SHAKS. Cymb. \. v. 47 Dost thou thinke in time She
will not quench, and let instructions enter Where Folly now
possesses.
Hence Quenched (kwenjt)///. a., extinguished.
1814 BYRON Lara i. xxix, Quench'd existence crouches in
a grave. 1825 J. NEAL Bro. Jonathan III. 412 He could
not bear the Took of the quenched eyes. 1868 BROWNING
Ring $ Bk. vt. 148 To relume the quenched flax.
Quenchable (kwe-nfab'l), a.
[f, prec. +
-ABLE.] That may be quenched.
1611 COTGR., Atnortissable, quenchable, stintable, dissolueable.
a i6ao J. DYKE.?*/. Serm. (1640) 8 If., it be a quenchable
fire. 1818 SCOTT Br. Lamm, v, Had we thought that
your, .drought was quenchable. 1837 CARLYLE Fr. Rev. II.
iv. ix, Fire itself is quenchable, yet only quenchable at first.
Hence Que'nchableness (Bailey vol. II. 1737).
t Que'nch-coal. Obs. [f. as prec. + COAL.]
Something which extinguishes burning coal. In
quots. fig. : An extinguisher.
1615 S. WAR ARD Coal fr. Altar Serm., etc. (1862) 71 Zeal
hath in this our earthly mould little fuel, much quenchcoal.
1641 SYMONDS Serm. bef. Ho. Comm. p iii b, Opinions
should not be quench-coales of love. 1741 J. WILLISON Balm
ofGiUad ii. (1800) 25 Carnal company oft proves a dangerous
quench-coal to zeal.
Quenche, obs. form of QUINCE.
Quencher (kwe-nfai). [f. as prec. -t- -ER 1 .]
One who, or that which, quenches.
c 1440 CAPGRAVE Life St. Kath. i. 820 Norysshere 1840 DICKENS Old C. Shof xxxv, Mr. Swiveller .
replied.
that be was still open
of vertu
and quenchere of vice. 1561 PRESTON KingCambyses&s^Qt
to a 'modest quencher'. 1856!'.
HUGHES Tom Brawn \. i, A pleasant public, whereat we
must really
take a modest quencher. 1857 KINGSLEY Two
y. Ago xviii, Trebooze . . now offers Tom a '
quencher ', as
he calls it.
t Que-nch-fire. Obs. rare-1 . An apparatus,
or substance, for extinguishing fires.
1667 EVELYN Diary 10 July, I went to see Sir Sam. Morland's
inventions and machines, arithmetical wheeles, quenchfires,
and new harp.
Quenching (kwe-nfin), vbl. sb. [f. QUENCH v.
+ INQl.j
1. The action of the vb. in various senses.
c luo Bestiary 207 Dat is soule drink, sinnes quenching.
1390 S. Eng. Leg I. 315/556 per is banne selde wete to
maken quencningue of fuyre. 1398 TREVISA Barth. De P. R.
v. xxx. (1495) 141 Quenchyng and deynge of the herte is in
the nayles moste
openly
schewed.
1544 PHAER Regim. Life
(1553) 1 ij, Stinking thinges, as assafetlda. .and the quench*
yng out of candels. 1664 MARVELL Corr. Wks. 1872-5 II.
176 Engins, such as are used frequently in the quenching
of great fires. 1730 SAVERY in Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 307
Steel hardened by quenching, a 1864 HAWTHORNE Amer.
Note-bks. (1870) 1. 222 A quenching of the sunshine.
b. spec. The process of throwing water upon
the molten metal in a refining-hearth or crucible, so
that it may be removed in disks or ' rosettes '.
1875 KNIGHT Diet. Meek. 1847/2, 1984/1.
2. attrib. and Comb, as quenching-test, -tub.
1875 KNIGHT Diet. Meek. 1847/2 Quenching-tub. 1879
CasseU'sTech. Educ. IV. 373/1 These conditions provide for
the so called '
quenching and bending tests being applied
to a piece cut from each plate and bar.
So Qne nchinff ///. .]
and intr. To quench.
'557 Tottelts Misc. (Arb.) 262 Set about my hersse, Two
lampes to burne and 'not to queint {rime spent], 1567
TuKBERv. Epit., etc., Myrr.Fall nf Pride, He thought forth-
Bailey 1721).
Queor, obs. form of CHOIR.
Quep, erron. archaism for : guep see GUP.
1822 SCOTT Nigel iv, Marry quep of your advice. 1825
Betrothed ix, Marry quep, my cousin the weaver.
t Quequer, late var. COCKER, a quiver. Obs.
c 1500 Roiiii Hood ft Potter 51 in Child Ballads III. 112
To a quequer Roben went, A god bolt owthe he toke.
Quer, obs. form of CHOIR, WHERE.
t Queral, obs. form of CORAL.
1533 GAU Richt Vay 85 Mony prayis ye psalter of our
ladie..vith queral bedis.
tQuerant. Obs. rare-'1 ,
[a. F.?/, pple. of
querir to inquire (cf. QUERE v.).'] QUERENT sb.l
1591 SPARRY tr. Cattail's Geomancie 81 The questions.,
touching the siluer of the brother or sister of the querant.
t Querbole, obs. form of CUIR-BOUILLI.
453 Test. Ebor. (Surtees, 1855) II. 190, j par of tables ..
case of querbole.
Quercetin (kwausftin). Chem. [Arbitrarily
f. L. juerc-us oak + -IN l. (Cf. L. quercetum an
oak-wood.)] A yellow crystalline substance widely
distributed in the vegetable kingdom, but usually
obtained by decomposition of qnercitrin.
1857 MILLER Eletn. Chem. in. 512 When quercitrin is
boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, it is decomposed
into glucose and quercetin. 187* WATTS Diet.
Chent. ist Suppl. 982 Gintl . . has found quercetin in the
leaves of the ash-tree.
Hence Querce tamide, an amide obtained from
.quercetin in the form of an amorphous orangeyellow
powder. Quercetic (kwaise'tik) a., derived
from quercetin, as in
qttercetic acid.
1868 WATTS Diet. Ckem. V. 3 On adding ammonia to the
acid filtrate, quercetamide is obtained. Ibid. 5 Quercetin
heated with potash yields quercetic acid and other products.
1893 T. E. THORPE Diet. Chem. III. 324 If the melting is
continued longer than necessary to obtain quercetic acid,
then quercimeric acid is obtained.
t Querch e, obs. forms of CUKCH, kerchief.
c .Sc.
1375 Leg. Saints ii. (Pau[) 265 With be querch [he]
hid ms face. Ibid. 295 Paule myn querche gaf to me.
Quercimeric (kwarsime-rik), a. Chem. [f.
querci-, comb, form of L. qttercus oak + Gr. \iifxn
part + -1C.] Quercimeric acid, an acid derived
from quercetin or quercetic acid.
1868 WATTS Diet. Chem. V. 5 Quercimeric acid. .Produced
by the action of melting potash on quercetic acid. 1893
T. E. THORPE Diet. Chem. III. 324 Quercimeric acid .. is
isolated in the same manner as quercetic acid, from which
it differs by being much more soluble in water. [See also
QUERCETIC.]
Quercin (kwausin). Chem. [f. L. quercus oak
+ -IN'.] (See quots.)
1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 349/2 Quercin, a neutral
crystalline substance procured from the bark of the oak.
1894 ly'atts' Diet. Chem., Quercin .. occurs in oak bark,
being obtained from the motner-liquors in the preparation
of
quercite.^
Qnercine (kwausain), a. [ad. L. quercin-us, f.
quercus oak : see -INK 2 .] Of or pertaining to the
oak ; made of oak, oaken.
1656 BLOUNT Glossogr., Qnercine. oken, make of Okes.
1658 PHILLIPS Quercine, belonging to an oak. 1854 B.
TAYLOR Lands Saracen xxxvii. (1855) 440 The mast . . was
as sweet and palatable as chestnuts, with very little of the
bitter quercine flavour.
Qnercitannin (kwajsitas'nin). Chem. [f. L.
querci- oak- + TANNIN.] A form of tannin obtained
from oak-bark. So Quercita nnic a., in quercitannic
acid = quercitannin.
1845 W. GREGORY Outl. Org. Chem. 416 Tannic Acid .
Syn. Quercitannic Acid, Tannine. This acid occurs chiefly
in oak-bark and in nut-galls. 1852 MORFIT Tanning and
Currying (1853) 78 The tannin of tea is similar in
properties
to quercitannin. 1895 Naturalist 25 A tannin, which is
probably quercitannin.
Quercite (kw5-jsait). Ckem. [f. L. quercus
oak + -ITE 1 4.] A sweet crystalline alcohol obtained
from acorns.
1857 MILLER Eletn. Chent. m. . . 72 Quercite from acorns.
..Transparent prisms. 1863 FOWNES Chem. 434 The juice
of the acorn is submitted to fermentation. The fermented
liquor, on evaporation, yields small prisms of quercite.
Hence = 1 Qneroitiu(e) QUERCETIN (Webster 864,
citing Gregory). Que'rcitol = QUERCITE (Watts
Diet. Chem. 3rd Suppl. 1881).
Quercitron (kwausitren). [Abbreviated for
querci-citron, f. L. quercus oak + CITRON. Named
by Dr. Bancroft about 1 784.] The black or dyer's
oak of N. America : (Quercus lincloria'} also called
quercitron oak. b. The inner bark of this, used as
a yellow dye and in tanning : also quercitron bark.
1794 BANCROFT Philos. Perwan. Colours xii^ The Quercitron
bark . . is one of the objects of a discovery, of which
the use and application for dying, calico-printing, &c. are
exclusively vested in me . . by an act of parliament passed
in the 25th year of his present Majesty's reign. 1851
MORKIT Tanning
fft Currying (1853) loo The black, or
quercitron oak, is a large tree found throughout the United
States. Ibid. 101 The quercitron, so much used in dyeing, is
obtained from the cellular integument.
attrib. 1813 \]RK Diet. Chem. (ed. 2) 398/1 Cloth .. subjected
to the quercitron bath.
Hence Querci'trein, a product of quercitrin.