The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . [< L. {n-), a shaking or beating, < cpiassare. shake,shatter: see quash.] The act of shaking;concussion; the state ot being shaken. Continual contusions, threshing, and quassations. Gayton, Notes ou Don Quixote, p. 68. quassative (kwasa-tiv), a. [y a large eolumnar receptacle bearing a small tlve-loljed calyx. t\vv loiiR trcct pt-t^ils. ten threail-like stamens, and a tlve-lolieii ovaiy ripenin>t into tlve tlushydrupes. There are 2 species
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . [< L. {n-), a shaking or beating, < cpiassare. shake,shatter: see quash.] The act of shaking;concussion; the state ot being shaken. Continual contusions, threshing, and quassations. Gayton, Notes ou Don Quixote, p. 68. quassative (kwasa-tiv), a. [y a large eolumnar receptacle bearing a small tlve-loljed calyx. t\vv loiiR trcct pt-t^ils. ten threail-like stamens, and a tlve-lolieii ovaiy ripenin>t into tlve tlushydrupes. There are 2 species: one, little kntwn, is from. Branch o( Quassia amara, with , a flower; d, the fruit. 4901 3. To flatter. Hnlliirell. [Prov. Eng.] To (kwot), . [Origin obscure.] 1. Apustule or pimple.— 2. Figuratively, a small,shabby, or iusignilieant person. I have nibljil tliis young qiiat uhnost to the he grows angry. .STia*., Othello, v. 1. 11. quat-t (kwot), i: t. [A strong pret. and pp. of ijnit, useil also as inf.] To (^ (kwotj. ]i. (I. [See quat-^,».] Quit; free; vilcasfd. [Scotch.]quat^, iir(i)i. A dialectal form of (kwiitii), n. Same as (( (kwoeh), v. i. [Origin obscure.] To tell: be a telltale; peach. HalUweU. [Prov. Eng.]quatchl (kwoch), «. [< quatch^, v.] A word. Hiilliirrll. [l^rov. Eng.] Xoe ; not a quatch, sad poets ; donbt youThere is not greifc enough williout you?Bp. Corbel, Elegy on Death of (Jueeii Anne. {Davies.) quatch-t (kwoch), a. [Cf. quan, squat (?).]Sijuat; tlat. It is lilte a barbers chair, that fits all buttoc
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