Vocabulary : Quichuan to Quickhatch
Quichuan : Designating, or pertaining to, a linguistic stock of South American Indians, including the majority of the civilized tribes of the ancient Peruvian Empire with some wild tribes never subjugated by the Incas. Most of these Indians are short, but heavy and strong. They are brachycephalic and of remarkably low cranial capacity. Nevertheless, they represent one of the highest of native American civilizations, characterized by agricultural, military, and administrative skill rather than by science or literature, although they were adept potters, weavers, and goldsmiths, and preserved by the aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in part written down since the introduction of writing.Quick : Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. ;; Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. ;; Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. ;; Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. ;; Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. ;; Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. ;; Pregnant; with child. ;; In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. ;; That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. ;; The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. ;; Quitch grass. ;; To revive; to quicken; to
Quickbeam : See Quicken tree.
Quicken : To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite. ;; To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.
Quicken tree : The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.
