Qualitied
(Qual"i*tied) a. Furnished with qualities; endowed. [Obs.] "He was well qualitied." Chapman.
Quality
(Qual"i*ty) n.; pl. Qualities [F. qualité, L. qualitas, fr. qualis how constituted, as; akin to E.
which. See Which.]
1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively
considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.
We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest quality.
Bacon 2. Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
I made that inquiry in quality of an antiquary.
Gray. 3. That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable
of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as,
the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
Qualities, in metaphysics, are primary or secondary. Primary are those essential to the existence,
and even the conception, of the thing, as of matter or spirit Secondary are those not essential to such a
conception.
4. An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
He had those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding.
Clarendon. 5. Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. "Persons of quality." Bacon.
Quality binding, a kind of worsted tape used in Scotland for binding carpets, and the like. — The
quality, those of high rank or station, as distinguished from the masses, or common people; the nobility; the
gentry.
I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they
will look in their traveling habits.
Addison. Syn. — Property; attribute; nature; peculiarity; character; sort; rank; disposition; temper.
Qualm
(Qualm) n. [AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. qualm. See Quail to
cower.]
1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.]
thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead].
Chaucer. 2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony." Milton.
3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked
On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked?
Roscommon. 4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction. Dryden.
Qualmish
(Qualm"ish), a. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.
Shak.
