Defn: A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
QUITTURE
Quit"ture, n.
Defn: A discharge; an issue. [Obs.]
To cleanse the quitture from thy wound. Chapman.
QUIVER Quiv"er, a. Etym: [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.]
Defn: Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." Shak.
QUIVER
Quiv"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.]
Etym: [Cf. Quaver.]
Defn: To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble;
to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. Shak.
And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. Addison.
QUIVER
Quiv"er, n.
Defn: The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
QUIVER Quiv"er, n. Etym: [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG. chohhari quiver, receptacle, G. köcher quiver; akin to AS. color, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. Cocker a high shoe.]