QUACKLE
Quac"kle, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Quackled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quackling.] Etym: [Cf.Querken.]
Defn: To suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]
QUACKSALVER Quack"sal*ver, n. Etym: [D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one's salves. See Quack, Salve, n.]
Defn: One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [Obs.] Burton.
QUAD; QUADE Quad, Quade, a. Etym: [Akin to AS. cwæd, cwead, dung, evil, G. kot, dung, OHG. quat.]
Defn: Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind. [Obs.]
Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. Chaucer.
QUAD
Quad, n. (Print.)
Defn: A quadrat.
QUAD
Quad, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [Cant or Slang]