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Quavering
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Quaver
Quaver
v. i.
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To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
Quaver
v. i.
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Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument
Quaver
v. t.
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To utter with quavers.
Quaver
n.
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A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
Quaver
n.
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An eighth note. See Eighth.
Quaverer
n.
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One who quavers; a warbler.
Quay
n.
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A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels.
Quay
v. t.
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To furnish with quays.
Quayage
n.
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Wharfage.
Quayd
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p. p. of Quail.
Que
n.
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A half farthing.
Queach
n.
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A thick, bushy plot; a thicket.
Queach
v. i.
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To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i.
Queachy
a.
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Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
Queachy
a.
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Like a queach; thick; bushy.
Quean
n.
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A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.
Quean
n.
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A low woman; a wench; a slut.
Queasily
adv.
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In a queasy manner.
Queasiness
n.
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The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness.
Queasy
a.
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Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.
Queasy
a.
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Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
Quebec group
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The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of the Canadian period have been divided in the American Lower Silurian system. See the Chart of Geology.
Quebracho
n.
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A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn/a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also white quebracho, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose bark is said to have similar properties.
Quebrith
n.
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Sulphur.
Quech
v. i.
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Alt. of Queck
Queck
v. i.
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A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move.
Queen
n.
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The wife of a king.
Queen
n.
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A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
Queen
n.
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A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.