Defn: The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness.
Shak.
QUEASY Quea"sy, a. Etym: [Icel. kweisa pain; cf. Norw. kveis sickness after a debauch.]
1. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.
2. Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish. " A queasy question." Shak. Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms. Cowper.
QUEBEC GROUP
Que*bec" group`. (Geol.)
Defn: The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of the Canadian period have been divided in the American Lower Silurian system. See the Chart of Geology.
QUEBRACHO
Que*bra"cho, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Bot.)
Defn: A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnoea of the lung, or bronchial diseases; — called also white quebracho, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose bark is said to have similar properties. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
QUEBRITH
Queb"rith, n. Etym: [OE. quebrit, quibrith, Ar. kibrit.] (Alchemy)
Defn: Sulphur. [Obs.]