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QUINQUINA.
xxi. (1794) 291 Their common characters are a quinquefid
calyx. 1876 HARL&Y Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 711 The .. true
calyx is one-leafed, .with an obtusely quinquifid Margin.
fQuinquin, -quene, varr. KINKIN, kilderkin.
a 1600 Aberd. Reg. (Jam.), A quinquin of oynyeonis. Ibid.,
Ane quinquene of peares.
Quinquina (kinkrna, kwinkwai'na). Med.
Auo 7 kinkina, 8 kinquina. See also QUINA-
QUINA. [Sp. spelling of Peruvian (Quichuan) kinkina
or kina-kina, rcdupl. of kina bark, QUINA.
'
In Quichua, when the name of a plant is reduplicated, it
almost invariably implies that it possesses some medicinal
'. qualities C. R. Markham Pernv. Bark (1880) 5.)
a. Peruvian or Jesuits' bark the bark of several
;
species of cinchona, yielding quinine and other
febrifugal alkaloids, b. One or other of the trees
producing cinchona-bark.
1656 SIR K. DIOBY Let. in Winthrop Papers (1849) 15,
I haue made knowne. .in these partes, a barke of a tree that
infallibly curelh all intermittent feauours. It cometh from
Peru ; and is the barke of a tree called by the Spaniardes
Kinkina. 1681 (title) tr. Bellon's New 1846 SOWERBY Brit. Bat, (ed. 3\ Quinsey wort. 1861
Miss PRATT Flower. Ft. III. 159 Its specific name, .as well
as its English name of Quinsey-wort
Mystery in Ph'ysitk
discovered by curing of fevers and agues by quinquina or
or Quinancy-wort,
refer to its ancient uses in disorders of the throat.
Hence Qui'nsied a., afflicted with quinsy.
1855 SINGLETON Virgil I. l?8 Drips from their nostrils
sable blood, And presses quinsied jaws a furry tongue.
Quinszisme, obs. form of QUINZI^ME.
Quint (kwint), sb^ Also 6 quints, [a. F.
quint m. (sense l), or quinte !. (senses 2 and 3) :
L. quint-us, -a, -urn, ordinal to quinque five.]
1. A tax of one-fifth.
1516 in Dillon Customs of Pale (1892) 83 He must paye to
the kinge the v' h pennie of his goods for the quinte. 1852
TH. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav, I. v. 176 The payment of
the quint to the officers of the crown.
2. Mus. a. An interval of a fifth.
1865 tr. Spohr's Autobiog. II. 14 Three ugly quints follow
each other. 1887 A. RILEY Athos 406 It is not founded
upon the modern system of octaves, but is a succession of
similar quints.
b. (In full quint-stop^) An organ-stop which
gives a tone a fifth higher than the normal.
1855 E. J. HOPKINS Organ xxi. no Some [stops] sound g
on the C . .
key
Those are called '
fifth-sounding '
or Quint
Stops. Ibid. 117 The Quint on the Pedal is almost invariably
composed of stopped pipes.
Quint (kint, kwint), sb.- [a. F. f.: quinte see
Jesuites' Powder. 1755 Gentl. Mag. XXV. 406 Physicians,
who . . prescribe the bark of the Quinquina. 1852 THACKERAY
Esmond i. v, He cured him of an aguewith quinquina. 1871
W. H. G. KINGSTON On the banks ofthe Amazon (ityb) 101
Since its use became general in Europe, the export trade of
the quinquina has been very considerable.
attrib. 1717-41 CHAMBERS Cycl. s-v., The corregidor of
Loxa sent to the viceroy a quantity of the quinquina bark.
1880 C. R. MARKHAM Piruv. Bark 17 The first description
of the quinquina-tree is due to that memorable French
expedition to South America.
Quinquinvirate : see QUINQUEVIRATE.
t Quinqui-plicate, v. Obs. rare ,
[f. ppl.
stem of L. : quinquiplicdre cf. QUADRUPLICATE ZA]
' To multiply by fives, to double five times '
for a horse.
Quinsie;s)m, -sime, obs. forms of QUINZI^ME.
Quinsy (kwi'nzi). Forms : a. 4 qwinaci,
quinesye, 5 queynose. 0. 5 quynsy, qwynse,
5-6 quynoe, 6 quenoy, 6 quinsye, 7 -S6> -oy, 8
-sie, 6-9 quinsey, (8 -zey), 6- quinsy. 7. 6
quynuanoy, quinanoie, 6, 9 -cy. [ad. med.L.
quinancia, f. Gr. Kwafxt CYNANCHE, perh. as a
refashioning of the commoner squinancia, whence
the current Romanic forms, and Engl. squinacy
(i3th c.), -ancy, SQUINSY.] Inflammation of the
throat or parts of the throat ; suppuration of the
tonsils ; tonsillitis. Also, a form or attack of this.
a. 13 .. Minor^ Poems fr. Vernon MS. 16^ Men called
}>at vuel Comuynli, pat he hedde the Qwinaci. 14.. Voc.
in Wr.-Wiilcker 791/9 Hec sfn[in]acia, a queynose. a 1450
ME. Med. Bk. (Hemrich) 215 Ferst lete hym blod .. to
rype Je quinesye.
P. 14 .. \'oc. in Wr.-Wtilcker 587/32 Glttturna, Quynsy.
14.. Nominate ibid. 709/1 The qwynse. 1493 Festivall
(W. de W. 1515) 95 b, On a tyme he was nere deed of the
quency. 1534 MORE Com/, Trib. III. Wks.
agst. 1246/1 He
collereth them by the neck with a quinsye. 1570 B. GOOGE
Pop. Kingd. HI. 38 b, Blase driues away the quinsey quight,
with water sanctifide. 1646 SiRT. BROWNE Pseud. Ep. 102
A famous medicine in Quinses, sore throats, and strangulations.
1753 RICHARDSON Grandison (1781) II. xvi. 167 She
tried to swallow, as one in a quinsey. 1841 CATLIN N.Atner.
Ind. (1844) U- Ivi'- 221 An alarming attack of the quinsey
or putrid sore throat. 1892 Daily Neu oli g- denoting
a house and farm let at a rent of one-fifth (quinta
parte) of the produce of the latter.] A countryhouse
or villa in Spain or Portugal.
1777 W. DALRYMPLE Trav. Sf. 4 Port, cxxix, Passed
several quintas or country houses. 1811 WELLINGTON Let.
to Hillm Gurw. Dest. (1838) VIII. 167 My head quarters
are in a quinta near Portalegre. 1893 T. B. FOREMAN Trip
to Spain 27 We pass some charming quintas, surrounded by
gardens ablaze with flowers.
Quintagena-rian,erron. f. QUINQUAGENARIAN.
1844 W. H. MAXWELL Sport ff Adv. Scot. ix. (1855) 88
A literary quintagenarian at your elbow.
Obs. e\c. Hist. Forms:
Quintain 1 (kwi'nten).
a. 5-6 quyn-, 6 quiutayne, 6-7 -aine, 6- quintain
; 5 qwaintan, 7 quintan(e, whinta(i)ne ;
7 quinten. 0. 5 quyntyne, 6 -ine, 6-8 quintine,
7, 9 -in. 7. 7 quintel(l, -al, -il. [a. OF.
quintaine, -tene, -tine, etc. (see Godef.) = Prov.,
It. quintana, med.L. quintana, -tena ; usually re-
garded as identical with L. quintana the market
and business-place of a camp (f. quintus fifth, sc.
maniple), on the supposition that military exercises
A stout post
or
may have been practised there.]
plank, or some object mounted on such a support,
set up as a mark to be tilted at with lances or
poles,
or thrown at with darts, as an exercise of
skill for horsemen or footmen ; also, the exercise
or sport of tilting, etc. at such a mark.
The actual form of the quintain, and the object of the
sport, varied considerably. In some cases the or block
post
had to be struck so as to break the lance ; in others tl
quintain consisted of a revolving figure, or a bar weigntcU
with a sand-bag, which swung round and struck the unskilful
tiller. In the middle age., tilling at the quintain was a
QUINTAN.
common knightly exercise ; in the ij-iSth c. it is mentioned
as a favourite country sport at weddings.
[a 1259 MATTH. PARIS Cron. Maj. (Rolls) V. 367 Eodem
tempore (an. I253)juvenes Londinenses, statute pavone pro
bravio, ad stadium quod quintena vulgariter dicitur, vires
proprias et equorum cursus sunt expert!.]
o. c 1400 Dt'str. Troy 1627 Somur qwenes and qwaintans,
& o^er qwaint gamnes. c 1450 Merlin 133 After mete was
the quyntayne reysed. c 1530 LD. BURNERS A rth. Lyt. Bryt.
(1814) 530 Than Hector caused a faire quintayne to be
pyght vp in the myddes of the : cyte and tlierat ran these
yonge knyghtes, brekynge and sheueringe of theyr speres.
1611 COTGR., Quintaine, a Quintane (or Whlntane) for
day there is to be a Carousel, viz. Running at the Quintain
and the Ring. 1727-41 CHAMBERS Cycl. s. v., The custom
is still retained in Shropshire, and some other counties,
among the nuptial solemnities. He that breaks most poles
against the quintain, has the prize. 1814 SCOTT Chivalry
(1874) 26 Making him ride a career against a wooden figure
holding a buckler called a quintaine. 1808 Westm. Gaz.
26 July 10/1 This quintain [at Offham, Kent] (said to be
the only surviving specimen in England).
ft. 1440 Proitip. Parv. 421/1 Quyntyne, guirinarium.
1530 PALSGR. 178 Bersault, a quyntine. 1575 LANEHAM
Let. (1871)21 Before the Castl-.wnear azwaz pight a cumly
quintine for featz at armz. 1656 BLOUNT Glosso^r. s. v.,
A Quintin . . is set fast in the ground in the Highway,
where the Bride and Bridegroom are to pass. 1707 HEARNE
Collect. (O. H. S.) I. 334 Sports on the Sabbath amongst
which the Quintine. 1885 J. PAYN Talk of Town I. 137
(Blount
Glossogr. 1656). So t Quinquiplioa'tion, '
a
'
making four times double (Phillips, 1678).
Quinquisect, variant of QUINQUESECT.
Qui-nquity. rare 1 ,
[f. L. quinque + -ITY :
cf. F. quinquinitie (Littr^).] A set of five things.
1849 tr - Hamilton's Fairy Tales (Bohn) 129 She.. was
composed of nothing but qumquities ; for she had five arms,
five legs [etc.].
Quinquivalent (kwinkwi'valent), a. Chcm.
[f. L. quinqui- five- + valent as in equivalent,
quadrivalent.} Capable of combining with five
univalent atoms ; pentavalent.
1877 WATTS Fownes Chem. 1. 256 Quinquivalent elements,
or Pentads. 1880 CLEMINSHAW Wurtz' A torn. Th. 229 It is
quinquivalent in chloric acid. 1885 REMSEN Org. Chem.
(1888) 209 In contact with certain substances it [the nitrogen]
becomes quinquivalent.
t Quinse, v. Obs. rare. Also 6 cuinse, kinse.
[Origin obscure. The form cuinse, cited by Halliwell
from the Bk. of Hunting 1586, may be a misprint
: the Bk. St. Albans gives ' A Plouer Mynsed '
as the proper term.] To cut, carve.
or m wining Quailes. [1803 SALA Capt. Dangerous 111. i. o,
I.. succeeded in Quincing his face as neatly as a housewife
would slice Fruit for a Devonshire Squab Pie.]
t Quinsell. Obs. rare . Also 6 -zell. [ad.
obs. F. guinsal (Godef.), or It. guinzaglio rein,
leash.] A horse-rein.
1598 FLORID, Guinzaglio, . . among riders a long rayne of
1680 COTTON Compl. Gamester 59 A Quart
leather called a quinzell. 16x1 COTGR., Dillon, a Quinsell,
is a sequence
of four Cards, a Quint of five. Ibid. 60 You must reckon
for every . . Quart four, but for a Quint fifteen. 1719 R.
SEYMOUR Court Gamester 76 Quint or Quinze, fifteen,
though by a Corruption of Pronunciation we call it Kent.
18*6 Miss MITFORD Village Ser. n. (1863) 342 Never dealt the
right number of cards.. did not know a quart from a quint.
1877 SIR S. NOKTHCOTE in Life (1890) I. i. 3 note, He got
the point and also two quints, and thus a repique.
b. Quint major, the ace, king, queen, knave
and ten of a suit. Quint minor, the five cards
from the knave to the seven.
1650 Shuffling, Cutting fs Deal. 3 Two Quint Minors will
winthegame. 1663 DRYDEN USiMGallantn.i.'Wks. 1882 II.
84 Zounds, the rogue has a quint-major. 1720 R. SEYMOUR
Compl. Gamester i. 93 He who.. has a in his
Quint-Major
Hand, .cuts the other off from counting any inferior Quint,
Quart or Tierce. 1860 Bohn'sHand-bk. Games It. 44 Suppose
you have ace .. with a quint-major of another suit.
187^3
'CAVENDISH '
Piquet 34 The elder hand, when calling his
sequence, names it thus : 'A '
quint minor [etc.].
f2. trans/. A set of five persons. 06s. rare 1
.
1678 BUTLER Hud. in. ii. 1541 Since the State has made
a Quint Of Generals, he's listed in't.
Quint, sb.z, abbrev. of QUINTET 3.
1807 Daily News 8 June 9/4 Belts was obliged to stop, the
chain of his pacing quint having given way.
1
Quint, a. rare , [ad. L. : quint-us see QUINT
ji. 1 ] Quinary.
1881 A. H. KEANE in Nature XXIII. 220 They often still
retain the old quint system, .in the Oceanic area now mostly
replaced by the decimal.
Quint-, erroneously used in combs, in place of
QUINQTJ(E)-, as quintangular,quintennial, -^quintpartite.
(Cf. QUINTI-.)
1687 Good Advice 52 The Indenture will at least -
be, quint
pertite, and Parties are not so mortal as Men. 1787 M.
CUTLER in Life, Jrnls. ff Corr. (1888) I. 206 Large timbers,
laid . . so as to make the form of the wells quintangular.
1871 Daily News 14 Aug., A system of annual, triennial,
or quintennial Parliaments. 1894 Westm. Gaz. That ancient game
5 Apr. 2/1
The Quintangular Tournament which followed this event.
the quintin.
Y. 1617 MINSHEU Dvctor, A Quintaine, or (Juinlell, a
game in request at marriages, when Jac and Tom, Die,
Hob, and Will, striue for the gay garland. 1644 QUARLES
Sheph. Orac. vi, Harmless sports.. And ceremonious Quin.
tils, that belongs To Shepheard's rural mirth. _ 1677 PLOT
Oxfordsh. 200 Running at the Quinten, ..or Quintel.
b. trans/. o^Jig.
1598 BP. HALL Sat. iv. iv. 32 Paune thou no gloue..Nor
make thy Quintaine others armed head. 1600 SHAKS.
A. y. L. i. il. 263 That which here stands vp Is but a quintine,
a meere liuelesse blocke. 1641 EARL MONM. tr. Biondi's
Civil Warres l. 20 Imagining himself to bee the only
quintan those lances addressed themselves against. 1694
S. JOHNSON Notes Past. Let. Bp. Burnet \. 98 [It] was
afterwards set up by it self for a Countrey Quintin, to be
thrown at. by all the Loyal Sparks of the Nation.
c. attrib., as quintain-knight, -post.
1575 LANEHAM Let. (1871) 46 Her quintine knights, &
proper bickerings of the Couentree men. 1857 TROLLOPE
Barchester T. III. 31 The quintain post stood .. before him.
Hence f Qui'ntaining, riding at the quintain.
'575 LANEHAM Let. (1871) 24 Theez ryderz .. leaft thear
quintining, and ran one at anoother.
t Quintain-. Obs. rare 1 , [f. L. quint- fifth,
after quatrain.] A stanza of five'lines a ; cinquain.
1589 PUTTENHAM Eng. Poesie II. x[i]. (Arb.) 102 This is in
a stafle of . . ten verses : whereas without a band in the
middle, it would seeme..two quintaines.
Quintain 3; see QDINTIN.
Quintal (kwi-ntal),krntal,ke -
ntle. Forms:
a. 6 quintals, 6-7 quintall, 7 -tell, 5- quintal.
0. 5 //. kyntawes, 5-6 kyntal(l, 6 -tayl, 6-7
kintall, 6 kintal ; 6-7 kentall, 7 -tal, 9 kentle.
[a. OF. quintal (i3th c.), pi. quinlaus, Sp. and Pg.
quintal, It. quintals, med.L. quintals (-allus}, quinlile,
ad. Arab, : qintdr see KANTAB.]
a. A weight of one hundred pounds ; a hundredweight
(i 1 2 Ibs.). b. In the metric system : A
weight of 100 kilograms.
o. c 1470 in Si. Bk. Exchet). (Rolls) II. 153 Of eche quintal
of balayn, iiij d. 1555 EDEN Decadesi\T, Two or more qum-
tales of powder. 1580 HOLLYBAND Treat. Fr. Tone, Betweene
the quintall .. of Englande to that of Fraunce, there is foure
poundes lost. 1613 PURCHAS i. Pilgrimage 608
ym. Ihey
draw yearely eight thousand quintals of Quick-silver. 1691
LUTTRELL Brief Rel. (1857) II- 627 Some French privateers
have taken 3 or 4 English ships, with 15,000 quintals of
fish. 1731 LEDIARD Sethos II. vn. 26 Elephants teeth so
large that those of one elephant weigh two quintals. l85
J. NICHOLSON Operat. Mechanic 761 A quintal of the ore is
put into a retort. 1873 R" SK!N ?*" clav - xxx -