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Qua"ter*on (?), n. See 2d Quarteron.

Qua*torz"ain (?), n. [See Quatorze.] A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet. R. H. Stoddard.

Qua*torze" (?), n. [F. quatorze fourteen, L. quattuordecim. See Fourteen.] The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points.

Quat"rain (?), n. [F., fr. quatre four, L. quattuor, quatuor. See Four.] (Pros.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. Dryden.

Qua"tre (?), n. [F.] A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips

{ Qua"tre*feuille (?), Qua"tre*foil (?), } n. [F. quatre feuilles.] Same as Quarterfoil.

Quat"u*or (?), n. [F., fr. L. quattuor, quatuor, four. See Quartet.] (Mus.) A quartet; -- applied chiefly to instrumental compositions.

Quave (?), n. See Quaver. [Obs.]

Quave, v. i. To quaver. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Quave"mire` (?), n. See Quagmire. [Obs.]

Qua"ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quavering.] [OE. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. LG. quabbeln to shake, to be soft, of fat substances, quabbe a fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, D. kwabbe, and E. quiver, v.] 1. To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. Sir I. Newton.

2. Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument

Qua"ver, v. t. To utter with quavers.

We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera.

Addison.

Qua"ver, n. 1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.

2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.

Qua"ver*er (?), n. One who quavers; a warbler.

Quay (?), n. [F. quai. See Key quay.] A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels. [Written also key.]

Quay (?), v. t. To furnish with quays.

Quay"age (?), n. [F.] Wharfage. [Also keyage.]

Quayd (?), p. p. of Quail. [Obs.] Spenser.

Que (?), n. [Cf. 3d Cue.] A half farthing. [Obs.]

Queach (?), n. [Cf. Quick.] A thick, bushy plot; a thicket. [Obs.] Chapman.

Queach, v. i. [Cf. E. quich, v. i., quick, v. i.; or AS. cweccan to shake.] To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i. [Obs.]

Queach"y (?), a. 1. Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving. "The queachy fens." "Godwin's queachy sands." Drayton.

2. Like a queach; thick; bushy. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Quean (?), n. [Originally, a woman, AS. cwene; akin to OS. quena, OHG. quena, Icel. kona, Goth qin&?;, and AS. cwÈn, also to Gr. &?; woman, wife, Skr. gn goddess. Cf. Queen.] 1. A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.