Defn: As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; — used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.
QUASI CORPORATION
Qua"si cor`po*ra"tion.
Defn: A corporation consisting of a person or body of persons invested with some of the qualities of an artificial person, though not expressly incorporated, esp. the official of certain municipal divisions such as counties, schools districts, and the towns of some States of the United States, certain church officials, as a churchwarden, etc.
QUASIMODO
Quas`i*mo"do, n. Etym: [So called from the first words of the Latin
introit, quasi modo geniti infantes as newborn babes, 1 Pet. ii. 2.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Defn: The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.
QUASS
Quass, n. Etym: [Russ. kvas'.]
Defn: A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, — much used by the Russians. [written also quas.]
QUASSATION
Quas*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. quassatio, from quassare to shake. See
Quash to crush.]
Defn: The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken. Gayton.
QUASSIA Quas"si*a, n. Etym: [NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy, or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific.]