QUICK RELIEF. One who turns out speedily to relieve the watch before the sound is out of the bell.
QUICK-SAND. A fine-grained loose sand, into which a ship sinks by her own weight as soon as the water retreats from her bottom.
QUICK SAVER. A span formerly used to prevent the courses from bellying too much when off the wind.
QUICK-STEP. See [Quick-march].
QUICK-WORK. Generally signifies all that part of a ship which is under water when she is laden; it is also applied to that part of the inner upper-works of a ship above the covering board. Also, the short planks worked inside between the ports. In ship-building the term strictly applies to that part of a vessel's side which is above the chain-wales and decks, as well as to the strakes which shut in between the spirkettings and clamps. In general parlance quick-work is synonymous with spirketting.
QUID. The chaw or dose of tobacco put into the mouth at a time. Quid est hoc? asked one, tapping the swelled cheek of his messmate; Hoc est quid, promptly replied the other.
QUIETUS. A severe blow, a settler.
QUIHI. The sobriquet of the English stationed or resident in Bengal, the literal meaning being, "Who is there?" It is the customary call for a servant; one always being in attendance, though not in the room.
QUILKIN. A west-country term for a frog.
QUILL-DRIVER. Captain's clerk, purser's secretary, et hoc genus omne.