QUAINTNESS
Quaint"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being quaint. Pope.
QUAIR
Quair, n. Etym: [See 3d Quire.]
Defn: A quire; a book. [Obs.] " The king's quhair." James I. (of
Scotland).
QUAKE
Quake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking.] Etym:
[AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.]
1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. Quaking for dread." Chaucer. She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. Sir P. Sidney.
2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking bogs." Macaulay.
QUAKE
Quake, v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.]
Defn: To cause to quake. [Obs.] Shak.
QUAKE
Quake, n.