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Qua [Conjunction] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.

Qua-bird [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The American night heron. See under Night.

Quab [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A fish of Russian rivers, which delights in clear water.

Quab [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.

Quab [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Quob, v. i.

Quacha [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quagga.

Quachilto [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A Brazilian fowl of the moor-hen kind, of a fine black color variegated with white. It voice resembles the crowing of a cock.

Quack [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A boaster; one who pretends to skill or knowledge which he does not possess.

2. A boastful pretender to medical skill which he does not possess; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

Quack [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To cry like a duck or goose.

2. To boast; to bounce; to talk noisily and ostentatiously; as, pretenders to medical skill quack of their cures.

Quack [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.

Quack [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.

2. A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.

Quack [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.

2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.

3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.

Quack grass Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Quitch grass.

Quackened [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Almost choked or suffocated.

Quackeries [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Quackery

Quackery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The boastful pretensions or mean practice of an ignoramus, particularly in medicine; empiricism.

Quackery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.

Quacking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Quack

Quackish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Like a quack; boasting of skill not possessed; trickish.

Quackish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.

Quackism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The practice of quackery.

Quackism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quackery.

Quackle [Verb intransitive and transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To suffocate; to choke.

Quackled [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. QUACK'LED ,

2. QUACK'SALVER, noun

3. One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan.

Quackled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Quackle

Quackling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Quackle

Quacksalver [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.

Quad [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Evil; bad. [Not used.]

Quad [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Quade

Quad [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A quadrat.

2. A quadrangle; hence, a prison.

Quade [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind.

Quadra [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.

2. A fillet, or listel.

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Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

Genesis 26:20

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Genesis 26:21

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

Genesis 26:22

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

Genesis 45:24

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”

Exodus 13:7

Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.

Exodus 16:13

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

Exodus 17:7

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

Exodus 21:18

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

Exodus 29:40

And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

Exodus 40:15

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

Leviticus 23:13

And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.

along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

Leviticus 26:25

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Numbers 4:3

From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 11:31

And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

Numbers 11:32

And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.

Numbers 15:4

Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.

then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.

Numbers 15:5

And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.

With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.

Numbers 20:3

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!