To QUALIFY. To fit for any thing. To give in the necessary qualifications for the exercising of a civil or military employment. In a general acceptation of the term, to qualify does not mean to give proofs of mental ability.
QUANTIEME, Fr. a term used among the French to signify, not only the day of the month, as quel quantiéme du mois avons nous? what is the day of the month? but likewise the numerical order in which an individual stands upon a muster-roll, &c. viz. Le quantiéme êtes vous dans votre campagnie? How do you rank in your company? or of what standing are you?
QUANTITY, the amount; bulk; weight; that property of any thing which may be increased or diminished.
QUARANTINE, (Quarantaine, Fr.) The time which persons, suspected of having any contagious disorder, are obliged to remain without mixing with the inhabitants of the seaport or town at which they arrive. It takes its name from quarantaine, the term of 40 days.
QUARRE, Fr. See [Square].
Bataillon Quarre d’hommes, Fr. A square battalion.
QUARREAUX, Fr. Darts or arrows which the bowmen anciently used, and which were so called from the iron at the end being square, with a sharp point.
QUARRELS, in a military sense, are disagreements between individuals of that serious nature, as to produce challenges, duels, &c. by the Articles of War, it is specified, that all officers, of what condition soever, have power to quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders, though the persons concerned should belong to another regiment, troop, or company, and either to order officers into arrest, or non-commissioned officers or soldiers to prison, until their proper superior officers shall be made acquainted therewith; and whosoever shall refuse to obey such officer (though of an inferior rank) or shall draw his sword upon him, shall be punished at the discretion of a general court martial.
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an arrow with a square head.