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‖n. [ F. ] 1. (Bot.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a grotesque manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A killer of men; a manslayer. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. miquelete. ] (Mil.) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. “Truth obliquely leveled.” Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Declining from the noon of day,
The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray. Pope [ 1913 Webster ]

His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from others. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To quell or subdue completely. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Murder. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Quelled p. pr. & vb. n. Quelling. ] [ See Quail to cower. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To die. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Winter's wrath begins to quell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. quellen to kill, AS. cwellan, causative of cwelan to die; akin to OHG. quellen to torment, Icel. kvelja. See Quail to cower. ] 1. To take the life of; to kill. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ducks cried as [ if ] men would them quelle. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overpower; to subdue; to put down. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much did his words the gentle lady quell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- to subdue; crush; overpower; reduce; put down; repress; suppress; quiet; allay; calm; pacify. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller. [ Obs. ] Wyclif (Mark vi. 27). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. cuello, L. collum neck. ] A ruff for the neck. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. quelque chose something. ] A trifle; a kickshaw. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quinque- + literal. ] Consisting of five letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Quinque- + lobate, -ated: cf. F. quinquélobé. ] Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quinque- + lobe. ] Same as Quinquelobate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quinque- + locular: cf. F. quinquéloculaire. ] Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; so called after Duc de Roquelaure, in the reign of Louis XIV. ] A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century. [ Written also roquelo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sequela, fr. sequit to follow: cf. F. séquelle a following. See Sue to follow. ] 1. That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Conclusion; inference. [ R. ] Whitgift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Sequelae [ L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow. ] One who, or that which, follows. Specifically: (a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. “Coleridge and his sequela.” G. P. Marsh. (b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sequelae, or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Squelched p. pr. & vb. n. Squelching. ] [ Cf. Prov. E. quelch a blow, and quell to crush, to kill. ] To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you deceive us you will be squelched. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A heavy fall, as of something flat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A crushing reply; as, the perfect squelch for a conceited remark. [ Colloq. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. [ Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch. ] To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; to squish; also, to move with such a sound. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching as he walked. P. L. Ford. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

A crazy old collier squelching along under squared yards. W. C. Russell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]

A character statuesquely simple in its details. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]