Quick-match. See [Laboratory Stores].
Quickstep. A lively, spirited march generally played by military bands.
Quiloa, or Keelwa. A seaport town of Zanguebar, on the east coast of Africa, 225 miles north of Mozambique. It was taken and burned by the Portuguese, in 1505, but abandoned by them soon after.
Quincunx. Forming a body of men checkerwise.
Quintain, or Quintin. An instrument used in the ancient practice of tilting. It consisted of an upright post, on the top of which a cross post turned upon a pivot; at one end of the cross post was a broad board, and at the other a bag of sand. The practice was to ride against the board with a lance, at such speed as to pass by before the sand-bag could strike the tilter on the back.
Quinte. The fifth guard in fencing.
Quirites. In ancient Rome the citizens were so called as distinguished from the soldiery.
Quischens. The old term for cuisses, the pieces of armor which protected the thighs.
Quit. To leave; to abandon. To quit your post or ranks, is to retire, without having received any previous order for that purpose, from a station intrusted to your care, or a position in which you may be. For punishment inflicted upon persons quitting their posts, see Appendix, [Articles of War], [40].
Quiver. A case or sheath for arrows.