1. The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.
2. A quilting bee. See Bee, 2.
3. The material used for making quilts.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
QUIN
Quin, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. [Prov.
Eng.]
QUINALDINE
Quin*al"dine, n. Etym: [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; — called also methyl quinoline. [Written also chinaldine.]
QUINARY Qui"na*ry, a. Etym: [L. quinarius, from quini five each, akin to quinque five: cf. F.quinaire. See Five.]