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understonden bet te soule bet. .nefde bute dead heou, haueO
ikeiht cwic heou. 1423 tr. Secreta Secret. 223 The [fifth
token] Is that a man haue quyke coloure. 1656 [see QUICK-
NESS 2], 0x693 AUBREY Lives (1898) I. 60 (W. Aubrey)
He had a delicate, quick, lively .. complexion.
f6. Of things seen: Lifelike, vivid. Obs. rare.
13. . E. E. A Hit. P. A. 1179 Fro alle bo sy^tez so quyker
tr. De Imitations I. xviii.
[Iread quyke] & queme. c 1450
19 Beholde e quicke ensamples of olde fadres. 1533
BELLENDEN Livy Prol. (1901) 4 Of awfull batallis, .. 3 may
fynd here, . . Als quyk as bai war led afore jour Ee.
f 7. a. Of rock : Natural, *
'. living b. Of earth :
(see quot. 1620). Obs.
C *47S Partenay 1125 Vppon the quicke Roche thay it
sett tho. Ibid. 4352 A caue.. Within the quike roche.
1620 MARKHAM Farew. Hush. n. ii. (1668) 7 You shall be
sure to raise up the quick earth which had not been stirred
up with the Plough before.
8. a. Mining. Of veins, etc. : Containing ore,
productive. (Cf. DEAD a. 10.)
1676 J. BEAUMONT in Phil. Trans. XI. 735 Subterraneous
Vaults or Grotto'$ whereof some . . are said by our Miners
t
to be quick, often
haying
oar in them. 1747 HOOSON
Miner's Diet. Q ij b, Veins, Serins, Pipes, &c. if they bear
and such as have no Ore, go by
any Ore, are called Quick ;
the Names of Dead Veins. 1881 in RAYMOND Mining Gloss,
b. Of stock, capital, etc. : Productive of interest
or profit.
1701 LUTTRELL Brief R el. (1857) V. i The quick stock of
both companies shal be paid for discharge of their debts.
1711 KEN Christojfhil
Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 423, 1. .spent on
the Quick-stock which I could never drain. 1818 JAS. MII.I,
Brit. India 1. 1. v. 81 The estimate which was formed of
their quick and dead stock. 1891 Pall Mall G. 19 Nov. 7/1
The quick assets [of the American Cotton Oil Trust] ..
amounted on August 31 last to 5,928,338 dots.
** Possessed of motion.
9. Of wells, springs, streams, or water: Running,
flowing. (Cf. OE. cwiewtlle adj.) Now rare*
t- 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) cxiii. 8 He. .clifu cyrreS on cwicu..
waeteres wellan. c izso Bestiary 34 1 Bihoue5 us to rennen
to cristes quike welle. 1340 Ayenb. 98 To lhade of be zeue
streames be quikke weteres. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiii.
(George) 319 In be mydis J>e altere a quyk wel sprang.
c 1430 LYDG. Com6l. Bl. Knt. xi, A litel welle, That had his
cours .. with quikke stremes colde. 1600 HOLLAND Livy
XLH. liv. 1 147 The place is . . watered also with many quicke
and running springs. 1677 EVELYN Diary (1827) II. 425
Whose house stands inviron'd with very sweete and quick
streams. ^1710 CELIA FIENNES Diary (1888) 289 Its not
a quick spring and very often is dranke drye. 1816 BYRON
Parisina xx, The living stream lies quick below, And flows,
and cannot cease to flow. 1889 PATER G. de Latour 75
Gently winding valleys, with clear, quick water.
10. Of soil, etc. : Mobile, shifting, readily yielding
to pressure. Now rare. Cf. QUICKSAND.
a 1340 HAMPOLE Psalter i. i As he b* gas on qwik grauel
bat eers him synk b l standis bar on. 155* HULOET,
Quycke sandes or shelues, syrtes. x6oa CAREW Cornwall
8 b, The quicke ground (as they call it) that mooued
with the floud. 1696 Phil. Trans. XIX. 352 Great
Freshes . . make the Sands Shift, and consequently Quick.
1771 SMOLLETT Humph. Cl. 12 Sept., The Solway sands,. .
as the tide . . makes, become quick in different places. 1890
EMERSON Wild Life 58, I pulled my legs out of the soft
ooze, and was soon across the patch of quick ground.
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Having some form of activity or energy.
11. f a. Of coals : Live, burning. Obs.
c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 224 Do to fyre on croccan, ofer
wylle on godum gledum clanum & cwicum. 1340 Ayenb.
205 A quic col berninde ope ane hyeape of dyade coles.
c 1400 MAUtfpCV. (Roxb.) xxxi. 142 If a man . .couer be coles
beroff with aschez, bai will bald in quikk a twelfmonth.
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1657 TRAPP Comm. Ps. cxx. 4 Juniper . . maketh a very
scorching fire, and quick coals, such as last long. 1764
HARMER Observ. iii. 118 They. .put it into an oven upon
the quick coals.
b. Of fire or flames : Burning strongly or briskly.
Also of an oven : Exposed to a brisk fire.
c 1374 CHAUCER Boeth. iv. pr. vi. 104 (Camb. MS.) A ryht
lyfly and quyk fyre of
thpwht, 1604 E. G[KIMSTONE]
D'Acosta's hist. Indies II. vii. 96 If it [the fire] bee quicke
and violent, it doth greatly evaporate the quick-silver.
16x4 QUARLES Stan's Satin, xx. 19 Thy breath . . incends
quicke flames, where Ember'd sparkes but shine. 1708
J. C Compl. Collier (1845) 16 It makes a hot quick Fire.
1769 MRS. RAFFALD Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 4 Bake it in
a quick oven three hours. i8ai SHELLEY Prometk. Unb.
III. i. 38 God ! Spare rrte ! I sustain not the quick flames.
1863 READE Hard Cask xiv, You will cook your own
goose by a quick fire.
f!2. Of speech, writings, etc. : Lively, full of
:igge :
quicke scele o)Ter aperte miracle. ^1386 CHAUCER Prol.
306 That [speech] was . . short and quyk, and ful of hy
sentence, c 1400 Apol. Loll. 8 Ajen swilk feynid . .indulgens,
howij> a feibful prest to multiply quek resouns. 1531
and mery dialoges elect out
ELVOT Gov. i. x, Some quicke
of Luciane. 1589 PUTTENHAM Eng.
Poesie I. xxviii. (Arb.)
70 An inscription.. in few verses, pithie, quicke and senten-
tious. i6as GILL Sacr. Philos. Pref., Though his writings
be easie and quicke, yet his matiers are scattered.
1 13. Of places or times : Full of activity or
business ; busy. Of trade : Brisk. Obs.
c 1386 CHAUCER Frankl. T. 774 Amyd the toun, right in
the quyke strete. 1538 LELAND Itiii. I. 8 A good quik
Market Toune. 1641 BEST Farm. Bks- (Surtees) 102 The
kinge beinge there, the markets were very quicke. ft 1661
FULLER Worthies (1840) II. 190 He called Manchester the
fairest and quickest town in this county, a 1687 PETTY
52
Pol. Arith. (1690) 18 Some where or other in the World,
Trade is always quick enough. 1726-46 THOMSON Winter
779 Pure, quick, and sportful is the wholesome day.
(14. Of sulphur: Keadilyinflammable, fiery. Obs.
c 1530 Hickscorner in Had. Dodsley I. 179 He asked for
a mouthful of quick brimstone. 1559 MORWYNG Evanytn. 323, ij unces of bothe kindes of Sulphur or brimstone, that
is of the quik and dead. 1590 SPENSER /'. Q. i. vii. 13 That
divelish yron Engin,..With windy Nitre and quick Sulphur
fraught. 1661 LOVELL Hist. Anim. $ Mitt. 107 Honey,
nitre, . . and quick brimstone, reduced unto the consistence
of honey.
1 15. Of wine and other : liquors Brisk, effervescent.
Obs.
i6zo VENNER Via. Recta ii, 25 A pure and quicke wine.
1677 YARRANTON Eng. Iniprov. 122 As the different heat of
the Climate is, so the Liquor shall ripen and grow quick
and fit to drink. 1730-46 THOMSON Autumn 706 The
mellow-tasted burgundy; and, quick As is the wit it gives,
the gay champagne.
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Producing a strong effect on the senses or
mind.
16. fa. Of the voice: Loud, clear. Obs. rare"*,
c 1105 LAY. 12306 Heo ..him to cleopeden quickere stseuene
[c 1275 mid swife loude stemne].
b. Of colour : Vivid, bright, dazzling, rare.
1664 POWER Exp. Pkilos. i. 13 Eyes. .of a very quick and
lively transparency or fulgour. 1851 G. MEREDITH Ltnv
in the Valley xx, Stain are the poppies that shot their
random scarlet Quick amid the wheatears.
17. Of : feelings Lively, vivid, keen, strongly felt.
1449 PECOCK Kepr. n. viii. 183 Quyk and feruent and ..
deuout remembraunce. 1551 ROBINSON tr. Mare's Utofi. n.
ix. (1895) 284 Onles they, by quycke repentaunce approue
the amendement of their lyffes. 1665 GLANVILL Def.
Vain Dogtn. 75, I have still a quick resentment of the
Vanity of Confiding in Opinions. 1710 STEELE Tatter No.
196 F 5 These have in their several Stations a quick Relish
of the exquisite Pleasure of doing Good. 175* CHESTERF.
Lett. (1792) III. 254 The scene of quick and lively pleasures,
1839 BAILEY Festus viii. (1848) 87 Firestranded, rolling in
quick agony.
18. fa. Of a taste or smell : Sharp, pungent ;
brisk. Also of things iu respect of taste or smell
(cf. 15). Obs.
1573 Treas, Hid. Secrets xlHi, If white Saunders. .be old,
and have no pleasant and quicke odour, they are nothing
worth. 1578 LYTE Dodoens v. xx. 574 These two Purcelaynes
are., of a sharps or quicke taste. 1641 FRENCH
Distill, v. (1651) 126 It will tast as quick as bottle beer that
is a fortnight old. 1670 NARBOROUGH JmL in Ace. Sev.
Late Voy, (1694) i. 68 This Rind . . is hotter than Pepper and
more quicker. 1758 REID tr. Macquer's Chynt. I. 33 Its
smell is.. extremely quick and suffocating when it smokes.
1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) I. 625/2 Their smell is quick and
penetrating, their taste pungent.
fb. Of speech or : writing Sharp, caustic. Obs.
1580 LYLY Enphues (Arb.) 280 A quicke aunswere that
might cut him. 1589 NASHE Pref. Greene's Menafhon
(Arb.) 9 In Scholler-like matters of controuersie, a quicker
stile may pass as commendable. 1616 BULLOKAR . Eng Expos. t
QitippC) a quicke checke, a pretty taunt. 1685 Roxb, Bali.
IV. 284 These quirks are too quick, you do put on me.
1748 JOHNSON Van. Hum. Wishes 62 ^How wouldst thou
. .Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe?
C. Of air or : light Sharp, rare.
piercing,
1608 SHAKS. Per. iv. i. 28 The air is quick there, And it
pierces and sharpens the stomach. 1818 KEATS Endym. n.
918 Other light, Though it be quick and sharp enough to
blight The Olympian eagle's vision, is dark.
f* d. Of what causes pain. Obs. rare~~ l .
a 1716 SOUTH Serm. (1744) II. 27 The punishment of the
Cross Is . . the quickest and the most acute.
III. Having in a high degree the vigour or
energy characteristic of life, and hence distinguished
by, or capable of, prompt or rapid action or movement.
19. Of : persons (or animals) Full of vigour,
energy, or activity (now rare] ; prompt or ready
to act ; acting, or able to act, with speed or rapidity
(freq. with suggestion or implication of sense 23).
13. . E. E. Allit. P. B. 624 He. .Comaunded hir to be cof
and quyk at pis one;, c 1330 R. BRUNNE Chron. Wace
(Rolls) 16372 Jtey smette to-gedere so bitterlyke, J>at cyber
side fond ober quyke. 1434 MISYN Mending Life 118 So
bat qwen ba rise to pray, ba be qwhickar pen pai before
were. (1440 Promp. Parv. 421/1 Quykj or lyvely, or delyvyr,
vivax, 1535 COVERDALE Ezra vii. 6 Ezdras . . was
a quycke scrybe in the jawe of Moses, n 1548 HALL Chron.,
Hen. flf 32 b, This king was ..formally compact, quicke
and deliver and of a stout courage. 1611 BIBLK Ecclns.
xxxi. 22 In all thy workes bee quicke. a 1715 BURNET Own
Time in. (1724) I. 382 Seimour..was a graceful man, bold
and quick. 1816 BYRON (,'/;. Har. in.
xiij, Quiet to quick
bosoms is a hell. 1833 TENNYSON Rosalind ii, The quick
lark's closest-caroll'd strains.
b. Of qualities
in a person (or animal).
4:1380 WYCLIF Serm. Set Wks. I. 109 Crist fastide fourty
daies . . and he was in quyke age, and listide wel to ete.
1535 STEWART Chron. Scot. I. 12 Thair curage .. that tyme
wessoquik. c 1580 SIDNEY Ps. xxxm. xi,Of quick strength
is an horse, a 1661 FULLER Worthies (1840) II. 536 He was
a good patriot, of a quick and clear spirit. 1733 NEAL
Hist. Purft. I. 342 He was a little man, of a quick
spirit. 1819 SHELLEY Cenci i. iii. 173 The resolution of
quick youth Within my veins.
c. Of things (material and immaterial).
1545 ASCHAM Toxoph. n. (Arb.) 117 So that he [a. bow] be
, . quycke and spedye ynoughe for farre castynge. 1551
ROBINSON tr. Morels Utop, n. iv. (1895) 149 They., finde
spedy and quicke remedies for present fautes. 1592 SHAKS.
Rom. a. cwices
modes jeornlice leornade ba bing. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W.
de W. 1531) 8 In theyr owne pregnaunt and quycke wytte and
reason. 1589 PUTTENHAM Eng. Poesie in. xvii. (Arb.) 196
Synecdoche,, .because it seemeth to aske a good, quick, and
pregnant capacitie,. .1 chose to call him the figure.. of quick
conceite. 1651 HOBBES Leviatk. i. xiii. 60 One man . . of
quicker mind then another, a 1715 BURNET Own Time in.
( 1724) I. 354 Lord Sunderland was a man of. . a quick decision
in business. 1785 PALEY Mor. Philos. (1818) I. 361 At our
public schools .. quick parts are cultivated, slow ones are
neglected. 1804 Ann. Rev. II.
79/1 The author is evidently
a man of quick observation and lively fancy. 1855 MACAULAY
Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 310 Queen Mary.. had naturally a quick
perception of what was excellent in art.
22. Hasty, impatient, hot-tempered. ? Obs.
1549 LATIMER 6th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 172 The
Byshop was some what quicke wyth theym, and signified
that he was muche offended. 1588 SHAKS. L. L. L. n. i.
118 You must not be so quicke. 1628 FORD Lover's Mel.
n. i, Are you so quick? Well, I may chance to cross Your
peevishness.
b. So of temper, disposition, etc.
1837 DISRAELI Venetia \. viii, The expressions of a quick
and offended temper. 1 1850 Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 89 The
quick and violent disposition of his master.
23. Moving, or able to move, with speed.
c 1450 Cov. Myst. xxx. (Shaks. Soc.) 298, I am as whyt
[= whyk] as thought. aiSpgSKELTQti fyrtoi(r Rummyng
337 Her tonge was verye quycke, But she spake somwhat
thycke. 1599 SHAKS. Hen. K, v. i. 91 lie. .something leane
to Cut-purse of quicke hand. 1605 Lear iv. vii. 35 The
most terrible and nimble stroke Of quick, cross lightning.
1730-46 THOMSON Autumn 526 The quick dice .. leaping
from the box. iSax SHELLEY Epipsych. 532 The young
stars glance Between the quick bats in their twilight dance.
lizard is
1861 THORNBURY Brit. Artists I. 247 The quick
already out.
24. Of movement or succession : Rapid, swift.
1297 R. GLOUC. (Rolls) 4544 He sywede after be traytour
mid wel quic pas. 1602 T. MIDDLETON in Shaks. Cent, of
Praise (1879) 51 To keep quick time unto the owl. 1610
SHAKS. Temp. iv. i. 39 Incite them to quicke motion. 1632
LITHGOW Trav. vi. 298 The Dromidory hath a quicke
and hard-reaching trot. 1655 STANLEY Hist. Philos. i.
(1701) 63/2 The Body, which is continually in quick motion,
is., called sether. 1759 JOHNSON Kasselas vi, There may be
danger of too quick
descent. 1771 yunitts Lett. lix. 310
There is a quick succession of subjects. 1860 TYNDALL
Glac. n. xxvu. 384 The quicker flow of the centre causes
this structure to bend.
25. Of an action, occurrence, process, etc. : That
is done, happens, or takes place, rapidly or with
speed ; esp. that is over within a short space of
time; that is soon finished or completed.
a 1548 HALL C/tren., Hen. VI 169 And therfore willed her
in so quicke a mischief, to provide a hasty remedy. 1591
SHAKS. i Hen. K/, v. iii. 8 This speedy and quicke appearance
argues proofe Of your accustom'd diligence. 1607
Tiinon i. i. 91 Morall . Paintings . That shall demonstrate
these quicke blows of Fortune. 1634 MILTON Conins 284
They, .purpos'd quick return. Ibid, 841 She. .underwent a
quick quic immortal change. 1664 MARVELL MA Corr. Wks. 1872-5 872-5
II. . 151 Give me a quick dispatch one way or other, a 1756
MRS. HEVWOOD New Present (1771) 263 A quick Way
to take Grease out of Woollen Cloth. 1819 SHELLEY Mask
of Anarchy Ixxv, With a quick and startling sound. i8
Proweth, Unb. in. iii. 135 It feeds the quick growth of the
serpent vine. 1821 Epipsych. 547 The pebble-paven shore,
Under the quick, faint kisses of the sea Trembles. 1854
RONALDS & RICHARDSON Chem, Technol. (ed. 2) I. 343 A
quick process of distillation.
t 26. Of steel : Breaking readily ; brittle. Obs.
Steel .. is too
1677 MOXON Mech. Exerc. 55 The Spanish
quick (as Workmen call it) that is, too brittle for Springs or
Punches,