Part 727

The ducks cried as men would them quelle.

Chaucer.

2. To overpower; to subdue; to put down.

The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority.

Macaulay.

Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.

Longfellow.

3. To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.

Much did his words the gentle lady quell.

Spenser.

Syn. -- to subdue; crush; overpower; reduce; put down; repress; suppress; quiet; allay; calm; pacify.

Quell, n. Murder. [Obs.] Shak.

Quell"er (?), n. 1. A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller. [Obs.] Wyclif (Mark vi. 27).

2. One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.

Quel"li*o (?), n. [Sp. cuello, L. collum neck.] A ruff for the neck. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

||Quelque"chose` (?), n. [F. quelque chose something.] A trifle; a ||kickshaw. Donne.

Queme (?), v. t. & i. [AS. cwman, akin to cuman to come. √23.] To please. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Queme"ful (?), a. Kindly; merciful. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Quench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quenching.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in cwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cwnan, cwnan, to waste or dwindle away.] 1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.

Ere our blood shall quench that fire.

Shak.

The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy.

Shak.

2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.

Syn. -- To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.

Quench, v. i. To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. [R.]

Dost thou think in time She will not quench!

Shak.