QUICKENING
Quick"en*ing, n.
1. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.
QUICKENS
Quick"ens, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Quitch grass.
QUICKEN TREE Quick"en tree`. Etym: [Probably from quick, and first applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. quickenbaum, quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch grass.] (Bot.)
Defn: The European rowan tree; — called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.
QUICKHATCH
Quick"hatch`, n. Etym: [From the American Indian name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wolverine.