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Webster 1913 Edition

Quick

Quick

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Quicker
;
sup
erl.
Quickest
.]
[As.
cwic
,
cwicu
,
cwucu
,
cucu
, living; akin to OS.
quik
, D.
kwik
, OHG.
quec
,
chec
, G.
keck
bold, lively, Icel.
kvikr
living, Goth.
qius
, Lith.
qȳvas
, Russ.
zhivoi
, L.
vivus
living,
vivere
to live, Gr.
βίοσ
life, Skr.
jīva
living,
jīv
to live. Cf.
Biography
,
Vivid
,
Quitch grass
,
Whitlow
.]
1.
Alive; living; animate; – opposed to
dead
or
inanimate
.
Not fully
quyke
, ne fully dead they were.
Chaucer.
The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the
quick
and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.
2 Tim. iv. 1.
Man is no star, but a
quick
coal
Of mortal fire.
Herbert.
☞ In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases.
2.
Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.
“ A quick wit.”
Shak.
3.
Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow;
as, be
quick
.
Oft he to her his charge of
quick
return
Repeated.
Milton.
4.
Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious;
as, a
quick
temper
.
The bishop was somewhat
quick
with them, and signified that he was much offended.
Latimer.
5.
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
The air is
quick
there,
And it pierces and sharpens the stomach.
Shakespeare
6.
Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready;
as, a
quick
ear
.
“To have an open ear, a quick eye.”
Shak.
They say that women are so
quick
.
Tennyson.
7.
Pregnant; with child.
Shak.
Quick grass
.
(Bot.)
See
Quitch grass
.
–
Quick match
.
See under
Match
.
–
Quick vein
(Mining)
,
a vein of ore which is productive, not barren.
–
Quick vinegar
,
vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material.
–
Quick water
,
quicksilver water.
–
Quick with child
,
pregnant with a living child.
Syn. – Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly.

Quick

,
adv.
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay;
as, run
quick
; get back
quick
.
If we consider how very
quick
the actions of the mind are performed.
Locke.

Quick

,
Noun.
1.
That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.
The works . . . are curiously hedged with
quick
.
Evelyn.
2.
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.
This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the
quick
.
Latimer.
How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the
quick
of the difference !
Fuller.
3.
(Bot.)
Quitch grass.
Tennyson.

Quick

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[See
Quicken
.]
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quick

QUICK

, v.i.
To stir; to move. [Not in use.]

QUICK

,
Adj.
[If q is a dialectical prefix, as I suppose, this word coincides with the L. vigeo, vegeo, and vig, veg, radical, coincide with wag.]
1.
Primarily, alive; living; opposed to dead or unanimated; as quick flesh. Lev. 13.
The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead. 2Tim. 4.
[In this sense, the word is obsolete, except in some compounds or in particular phrases.]
2.
Swift; hasty; done with celerity; as quick dispatch.
3.
Speedy; done or occurring in a short time; as a quick return of profits.
Oft he to her his charge of quick return repeated.
4.
Active; brisk; nimble; prompt ready. He is remarkably quick in his motions. He is a man of quick parts.
5.
Moving with rapidity or celerity; as quick time in music.
Quick with child, pregnant with a living child.

QUICK

,
adv.
1.
Nimbly; with celerity; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; be quick.
If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.
2.
Soon; in a short time; without delay. Go, and return quick.

QUICK

, n.
1.
A living animal. Obs.
2.
The living flesh; sensible parts; as penetrating to the quick; stung to the quick; cut to the quick.
3.
Living shrubs or trees; as a ditch or bank set with quick.

QUICK

,
Verb.
T.
To revive; to make alive. Obs.

QUICK

,
Verb.
I.
To become alive. Obs.

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