Quaker
111Quaker gun — noun a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood • Hypernyms: ↑gun * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized Q Etymology: so called from the Friends opposition to war : a dummy piece of artillery that is usually made of wood * * * a dummy… …
112quaker meeting — noun Usage: usually capitalized Q 1. : a society or congregation of Friends 2. a. : a meeting of Friends for worship in which prolonged periods of silence often occur b. : a social gathering marked by little or no conversation or by conversation… …
113quaker aspen — noun see quaker I, 6 …
114quaker moth — noun see quaker I, 3c …
115Quaker-bird — Quāˈker bird noun The sooty albatross • • • Main Entry: ↑Quaker …
116Quaker-buttons — Quāˈker buttons plural noun The round seeds of nux vomica • • • Main Entry: ↑Quaker …
117Quaker-colour — Quāˈker colour noun A grey or dull brown colour • • • Main Entry: ↑Quaker …
118quaker — noun Date: 1597 1. one that quakes 2. capitalized friend 5 • Quakerish adjective • Quakerism noun • Quakerly adjective …
119Quaker — noun see friend I …
120QUAKER — ou QUACRE. s. m. (On prononce Couacre. ) Nom anglais qui signifie Trembleur, et qu on donne à une secte religieuse établie principalement en Angleterre et dans les États Unis d Amérique. On dit au féminin, Quakeresse …