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QUICK.
D. Special combs, or phrases (chiefly the adj. in
close connexion with a sb., sometimes written as
a single word, or : hyphened) f quick anatomy
(see ANATOMY i b) ; quick-change, attrib. as
epithet of an actor or other performer who quickly
changes costume or appearance in order to play
a different part; t quick dissection, vivisection;
quick-fire, attrib. of a type of gun which can fire
shots in *apid succession ; quick-firer, a quickfiring
gun; quick-foot adv.) in haste, swiftly;
quick-
"t* quickfrith, plants to form a quick hedge ;
in-the-hand, a popular name of the yellow balsam ;
t quick-iron, the load-stone, magnet ; f quickline,
asbestos ; quick-loader, a device to enable
a gun to be loaded quickly; f quick-mire, a quag-
'
mire ; quick relief, Naut.^ one who turns out
speedily to relieve the watch'(Smyth Sailor's Wordbk.
1867); quick-return, attrib. of gearing in a
cutting machine which brings the bed quickly back
after each cut of the tool (Knight Diet. Mech. \ 875) ;
quick saver, Naut., *
a span formerly used to
prevent the courses from bellying too much when
off the wind *
(Smyth) ; f quick-scab, a form of
scab in horses; f quick shot, fig.) small drinking-vessels
that are quickly emptied ; quickaide,
Naut. = t FKEE-BOABD ; t quick-spring, a
running spring; f quick-spur, one who rides
quickly (in quot. fig.'} ; quick-stick^s), quickly,
without delay (also in quick sticks}; fquickthorn,
thorn used for hedging ; t quiokthorned a., resem-
bling hedge-thorn ; quick-water [ = G. quick-
ivasser]) a solution of nitrate of mercury and gold
used in water-gilding (Knight). See also QUICK-
BEAM, -LIME, MARCH, -MATCH, -SAND, -SET, -SILVER,
STEP, TIME, -WOOD, -WORK.
artist
vtiliti .. f ,
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haue beholden in quicke dissections. 1891 Times 7 Oct.
4/6 A Gruson *quick-fire howitzer, which is intended to
discharge shells m rapid succession. 1804 Pall Mall G.
23 Oct. 2/1 ..
They carry in their huge fighting masts an
arsenal of *quick-firers. 1901 Spectator 12 Oct. 524/1 The
newest 6 in. quick-firers are not officially known as quickfirers,
because
they
have not a metal cartridge-case. 1891
ATKINSON Last . . ofGiant-killers 52 Willy was sent off *quiclcfoot.
1536 MS. Ace. St. John** Hasp., Canterb., for
Payd
gatheryng*quykfryth. ,\i\)d. tjB$M\RTVN Reusseaus Sot.
xxvi. (1794) 407 We have also a wild species called Yellow
Balsam, and also by the familiar names of *Quick -in-hand
and Touch-me-not. 1864 PRIOR Plant-n., Quick-in-thehand,
that is 'alive in the hand', the Touch-me-not, from
the sudden bursting and contortion of its seed pods upon
being pressed. 1398 TREVISA Barth. DC P. R. xvi. Ixii.
(1495) 573 The stone magnes drawyth to itself yron, therfore
in the comyn speche this yren is callyd "quycke yren.
1601 HOLLAND Pliny II. 515 The ignorant people seeing
these rings thus rubbed with the load-stone,, .call it quickyron.
IBid. There is
4 a kind of Line found out which will
not consume in the fire: this in
Italy they call "Quick-line.
1884 Sat. Rev. 16 Feb. 209/2 A contrivance called a '
quickloader'
has been issued for simultaneous trial with the
Martini-Enfield. c 1394 P. PL Crede 226 WiJ? a face as fat
as a full bledder . . pat all wagged his Heche as a *quyk my re.
1577 DE ? Rflat > Spir. i. (1659) 12 A place, where Springs,
Quick-mires, and Bogs are. 1639 DEFRAY Expert F'errier
11. xvii. 297 This malady, which we call the . "Quick-scab, .run-
neth from one member of the horse to the other.
Ghost Wks. II.
(1843) 155 With froth-canne and nick-
host 20 in S.'*
f
>t, and such nimble *quick shot. i67CAi*T. SMITH Seaman's
ram. ix. 39 Lest they . . if her pot,
Gram. ix. 39 Lest they *quicke side lie in the water,
. . if her "qt
ouerset the ship. 1694 MOTTEUX Rabelais v. xvii. (1737) 76
Lest the Ship's Quick-Side should lye in the Water. i6as
A. COURT Constancie \, 33 Hence as from a *quick-spring
did flow that Constancie. 1660 SHARROCK Vegetables 89
You need but open that very place to your quick-spring,
and give it a clear vent, and certainly your bog would
decay. 1600 SURFLET Countrie Farms in. xxi. As
4^73
concerning the of
grafting it, you must take the time of
autumne, for . . this tree is a *quickespur and forerider. 1877
BLACKMORE Erema Ivi. (1880) 424 Die he must, and "quick
stick. 1890 R. BOLDREWOOD Squatter's Dream xvi. 204
We should have a note to settle our little account in quick
sticks. 1785 COWPER in Life (1836) V. 166 The people of
Turvey have burnt him ,. in effigy, with a bundle of
*quickthorn under his arm. 1567 MAPLET Gr. Forest 89
The Hedgehog hath a sharp and *quickthorned garment.
Quick, sb. 2 Also 4 quike, 5 quyke, quikk,
9 north. w(h)ick. [Northern form of QUITCH sb. 1
]
coll. or//. Couch-grass, and other field-grasses and
weeds, or their underground stems. = QUICKEN sb.~
a 1387
Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 23 Gramen^
. .
speciahter accipitur in medicina pro quadam herba..an*
quikes. 1483 Cath. Angl. 297/1 Quikk (A. Quyke), eraus.
1764 Museum Rusticitm III. 296 A machine, that would
clear . . land from quicks, or other weeds. 1800 TUKE A%ric.
85 Heavier harrows, .are used to clean the land from quicks.
1876- In northern dial, glossaries, in form ivhick or wick.
So Quick-grass. (Cf. Da. qvik- t qvxkgrxs.}
1617 MiNSHEU/?KC/orn, asc, cwicbeam. cio$o Ags. Voc. in
Wr.-Wulcker 423/23 funipentm, quicbeam. 1533 ELYOT
Cast. Helthe (1541) 59 Purgers of melancolye . . courage :
Hartis tongue : Quickbeme. 156* [see QUICKEN sb^\. 1578
LYTE Dodoens vi. Hi. 727 The barke of one kinde of Sorbus
(whiche b our Quickbeme). 1579 LAKGHAM Card. Health
(1633) 628 The barke of the roots of heath may be vsed
in stead of the barke of the root of Tamariske, rather then
the barke ofquickebeame. 1731 ^i\\AX.^.Gard.Dict. t Sorbust The wild Service or Quickbeam. 1836 BRAY Descr. Tamar
Tavy vii. 122 Oaks .. interspersed with what is called
in Devonshire the quick-beam, or mountain -ash. 1873
O'CuRRY Lect. Ancient Irish II. 213 Let them cut down
and carry out loads of thequickbeam. 1884 JEFPERIES Red
Deer xii. 112 In the Exmoor country the mountain-ash is
called the quick-beam.
attrib. c 1000 Sax. Leeckd. 1 1. 78 Wyl on wsetere aescrinde,
cwicbeam rinde. 1562 TURNER Herbal n. (1568) 59 b, The
quikbem tre which is a kynde of sorbus. 1587 MASCALL
Govt, Cattle, Hogges (1627) 263 Tamarix, which as I thinke,
is called in the English quick-beame wood. 1760 J. LEE
Introd. Bot. App. 324 Quick beam- tree, Sorbus.
Quick-chaws, obs. variant of KICKSHAW.
Quicken (kwi-k'n), s&. 1 Also 4 quiken, 6
quickene; 6- whicken, 7 whighen, 9 wicken,
wiggin. [The northern equivalent of QUICKBEAM,
and presumably from QUICK a. but the exact nature
t
QUICKEN.
of the ending is not clear : in early use always in
comb, with tree. Cf. QUICK TREE.
An OE. cwictreow is found in glosses, rendering an obscure
L. crest's orjMvJk]
1. a. The mountain-ash, or rowan-tree (Pyrus
aucuparia). b. The service-tree (Sorbus domestc.
The juniper. (06s.)
-- kyi___
.
Enghshe a rountree or a Quicken tree. 156* Herbal
n. (1568) 71 The tre whiche we call in the North countre
a quicken tre or a rown tre, & in the South countre a
quikbeme. 1686 PLOT Staffordsh. 223 The Fraxinus sylvestris
or Quicken-tree, which they firmly believe will
certainly preserve them from all fascinations, and evill
spirits. 1756 SIR J. HILL Brit. Herbal^514 We have two other
species, i. The common Service. .. 2. The Quicken-tree.
M. A. RICHARDSON Borderer's Tablc-bk. VII. 182
.S. l-'.nt:. Leg. I. 476/485 Mi?hte bis wumman quikie a-^ein ;
and liuen and hire sturie ? c 1425 Cursor M. 20883 (Trin.)
A ded inon quyked bi his shade, c 1520 L. ANDREWE Noble
Lyfe in Babees Bk. (1868) 234 Whan she feleth her yonges
quycke, or stere in her body.
fig. c 1000 ^ELFRIC Horn. I. 494 Se synfulla mid godcundre
onbryrdnysse cucnb.
t b. Of a firebrand or fire : To kindle, begin to
burn. Obs. rare.
CUTS Lamt. Horn. 81 J>e brand be is al aquenched .. ne
quiked he neure. c 1384 CHAUCER //. Fame in. 988 As fire
ys wont to quyk and goo. c 1386 Knt's T. 1477 Oon of
the fyres queynte And quyked agayn.
tc. Of a rumour: To arise, spread. 06s.rare~ l .
1-1415 Cursor M. 17476 (Trin.) Wo was hem . . whenne (>is
tiding bigon to quyk.
2. fa. trans
QUICKEN z/. i.
trans. To give or restore life to. Obs.
cgy> Lindisf. Gosp. John v. 21 Suae se faeder a*ua;cce3 Sa
deado & cuica#, sure sec 5e sunu 3a3e [he] wil cwicad.
a 1300 Cursor M. 8622 pe barn to fir in barm sco bar, And wel
sco wend to quik it J>ar. 1377 1 .ANGL. P. PI. B. xv. 23 ' The
'
whiles I quykke the corps 7 quod he, called am I Amma '.
c 1440 CAPCRAVE Life St. Katk. iv. 1801 Whan to the body
he cam it for to queke. 1447 BOKENHAM Seyntys (Roxb.)
85, I . .beseche for thi dede man Qwyk hym ageyne lord.
fig. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) cxviii. 50 Me (nn spraec spedum
cwycade. 1430 LYDG. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 177 Pray
we to Crist.. To quyke a figure in cure conscience.
b. To give or restore vigour to to stir ; up, inspire,
etc. Now rare. = QUICKEN v. a.
a 1300 Cursor M. 25581 pou. .quicked vr hertes, suete iesu.
er to lyue, be Romayns to greue, fast gon J>ey stryue.
c 1386 CHAUCER Pars. T. p 462 Ire. .is the feruent blood of
man yquyked in his herte. c 1449 PECOCK Kefir, u. xv. 237
Forto quykee [sic] in hem the mynde..of the bifore seid
tiling"^. 1567 DRANT Horace, Ep. n. i. G vij. That . . poet
That can stere vp my passions, or 1844
Witchwood, the mountain ash .. called in divers parts of
Northumberland the whicken-tree. iSoO'GRADY Pursuit
Diarmuid 143 He . . followed Diarmuid s track to the foot
of the quicken tree.
iib&ol. 1674 in Depos.
quicke my sprytes at all.
Cast. York 209 They tye soe much
whighen about him, I cannot come to my purpose, else
I could have worn him away once in two yeares. 1756
POCOCKE Truv. (1889) II. 217 The quicken and yew grow
here. 1769 R. FRENCH in A. Young Tour Irel. (1780) I.
380 Two small groves .. consisting of quicken or mountain
ash. 1857 O'GRADY Pursuit Diarmuid 143, I know that
Diarmuid is in the top of the quicken.
2. attrib., as quicken-berry', -bough, -branch.
1579 LANGHAM Card. Health (1633) 88 Mulberies, Quickenberries,
greene Grapes. 1671 SIR W. BOREMAN in F. P.
Verney Mem. Verney Fam. (1892) 1. 15 The king's, .thankes
for the Quickenbury trees y u sent his ma'*. 1879 H ENDERSON
Folk-lore vi. 184 Twigs of mountain-ash or quicken-berry.
1894 YEATS Celtic Twilight 86 One of these bands carried
quicken boughs in their hands.
Quicken (kwi-k'n), sb* Sc. and north, dial.
Also north, whick-, wicken. [f. QUICK sb? t the
northern form of QUITCH.] Couch-grass; also//,
the underground stems of this and other grasses.
1684 MERITON Yorksh. Dial 41 Our Land is tewgh, and
full of strang whickens. 1816 SCOTT A ntiq. xxxv, The plant
Quicken, by which, Scottfcet we understand couch-grass,
dog-grass, or the Triticum refens of Linuseus. 1842 J.
AITON Domett. Kcon. (1857) 173 Quickens, docks, thistles,.,
furze, broom. 1898J. R. CAMPBELL in Trans. Highl. $ Agric.
Soc. 85 Quickens are in reality underground stems. Unlike
roots they are jointed. .. Quickens are not confined to one
species of grass.
b. attrib. and Comb., as quicken-grass^ -producer,
quickens-sfuUh.
1843 HARDY in Proc, Berw. Nat. Club II. No. n. 63 note,
Loosening and breaking the roots of the quicken -grass.
1858 R. S. SURTEES Ask Mamma Ixv. 295 The rushes of
one field and the whicken grass of the other. 1898 J. R.
CAMPBELL in Trans. Highl.