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Quicken
a.
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To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.
Quicken
v. i.
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To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.
Quicken
v. i.
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To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.
Quickener
n.
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One who, or that which, quickens.
Quickening
n.
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The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
Quickening
n.
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The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.
Quickens
n.
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Quitch grass.
Quicken tree
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The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.
Quickhatch
n.
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The wolverine.
Quicklime
a.
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Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
Quickly
adv.
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Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
Quickness
n.
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The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
Quickness
n.
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Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
Quickness
n.
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Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Quickness
n.
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Sharpness; pungency of taste.
Quicksand
n.
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Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it.
Quick-scented
a.
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Acute of smell.
Quickset
n.
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A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
Quickset
a.
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Made of quickset.
Quickset
v. t.
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To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch.
Quick-sighted
a.
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Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.
Quicksilver
a.
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The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.
Quicksilvered
a.
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Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
Quicksilvering
n.
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The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
Quickstep
n.
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A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
Quick-witted
a.
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Having ready wit
Quick-wittedness
n.
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Readiness of wit.
Quickwork
n.
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All the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
Quickwork
n.
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The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
Quickwork
n.
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The short planks between the portholes.