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51qua|ter|ni|ty — «kwuh TUR nuh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. a group or set of four persons or things: »A remarkable quaternity of great grandmamma, grandmamma, mamma, and little daughter (Saturday Review). 2. the state of being four. ╂[< Late Latin quaternitās… …
52qua´ver|ing|ly — qua|ver «KWAY vuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to shake; tremble: »The old man s voice quavered. Like rivers over reeds Which quaver in the current (Philip J. Bailey). 2. to trill in singing or in playing on an instrument. –v.t. 1. to sing or say in… …
53qua|ver — «KWAY vuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to shake; tremble: »The old man s voice quavered. Like rivers over reeds Which quaver in the current (Philip J. Bailey). 2. to trill in singing or in playing on an instrument. –v.t. 1. to sing or say in trembling …
54Qua mandatarĭus — (lat), als Bevollmächtigter …
55Qua talis — (lat.), als solcher, als der er sein soll …
56qua|drilled — «kwuh DRIHLD», adjective. = quadrille3. (Cf. ↑quadrille) …
57Qua|paw — «KWAH paw», noun, plural paw or paws. a member of a Siouan Indian tribe of the Arkansas River Valley, formerly thought to be mentioned in an account of de Soto s expedition from 1539 to 1543 …
58qua|sar — «KWAY sahr, KWAH ; zahr», noun. a heavenly object which emits powerful blue light and radio waves; quasi stellar object. A quasar is larger than a star and smaller than a galaxy. »The term quasar…was originally applied only to the starlike… …
59qua|si-leg|is|la|tive — «KWAY sy LEHJ ihs LAY tihv, zy ; KWAH see , zee », adjective. 1. having in some degree, or within a specified area, such authority as belongs to the legislature: »a quasi legislative body. 2. legislative in nature but not under the authority or… …
60qua|si-mil|i|tar|y — «KWAY sy MIHL uh tuhr ee, zy ; KWAH see , zee », adjective. partly military; semimilitary: »The history of the world shows that republics and democracies have generally lost their liberties by way of passing from civilian to quasi military status …
