Quickwork
(Quick"work`) n. (Naut.) A term somewhat loosely used to denote: (a) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking. (b) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps. (c) The short planks between the portholes.

Quid
(Quid) n. [See Cud.] A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.

Quid
(Quid), v. t. (Man.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; — said of horses. Youatt.

Quidam
(||Qui"dam) n. [L.] Somebody; one unknown. Spenser.

Quiddany
(Quid"da*ny) n. [L. cydoneum quince juice, quince wine. See Quince.] A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.

Quiddative
(Quid"da*tive) a. [See Quiddity.] Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative.

Quiddit
(Quid"dit) n. [Cf. Quiddity, Quillet, and Quibble.] A subtilty; an equivocation. [Obs.] Shak.

By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause.
Drayton.

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