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n. [ Anthracene + quinone. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Cf. Askant, Squint. ] With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + quintile: cf. F. biquintile. ] (Astron.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coin. See Sequin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. coinquinatus, p. p. of coinquinare to defile. See Inquinate. ] To pollute. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Defilement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Colocynth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., shellfish, cockle. ] A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Equine. “An equinal shape.” Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. a&unr_;va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j&unr_;r, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a&unr_; to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Sir J. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Equine. ] (Med.) Glanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequinoctials, fr. aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. équinoxial. See Equinox. ] 1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equinoctial colure (Astron.), the meridian passing through the equinoctial points. --
Equinoctial line (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. See Equator. [ 1913 Webster ] Thrice the equinoctial line
He circled. Milton. --
Equinoctial points (Astron.), the two points where the celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point of Libra. --
Equinoctial time (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal equinoctial point. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The equinoctial line. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Towards the equinox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. equinoxium, equenoxium, L. aequinoctium; aequus equal + nox, noctis, night: cf. F. équinoxe. See Equal, and Night. ] 1. The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal. [ 1913 Webster ]

When descends on the Atlantic
The gigantic
Stormwind of the equinox. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Equi- + L. numerans, p. pr. of numerare to number. ] Equal as to number. [ Obs. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arlequin, formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. Hell, Kin. ] A buffoon, dressed in parti-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Harlequin bat (Zool.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. --
Harlequin beetle (Zool.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennae. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. --
Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zool.) See Calicoback. --
Harlequin caterpillar. (Zool.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (Euchaetes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair. --
Harlequin duck (Zool.), a North American duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white. --
Harlequin moth. (Zool.) See Magpie Moth. --
Harlequin opal. See Opal. --
Harlequin snake (Zool.), See harlequin snake in the vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick. [ 1913 Webster ]

And kitten, if the humor hit
Has harlequined away the fit. M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arleguinade. ] A play or part of a play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white, especially the eastern coral snake, a small poisonous snake (Micrurus fulvius or Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southeastern United States. They are widely distributed in Southern and Central America;
Syn. -- coral snake, New World coral snake. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Hydro-, 2 + quinone. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also dihydroxy benzene. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. inquinatus, p. p. of inquinare to defile. ] To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inquinatio. ] A defiling; pollution; stain. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Coming between the equinoxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. F. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iodo- + quinine. ] (Chem.) A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance, . It is the base of herapathite. See Herapathite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The searching of a ship for unentered goods. [ Eng. ] [ Written also jerguer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The searching of a ship for unentered goods. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Cf. Lamboys, Label. ] 1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ species name. ] A large European spider crab.
Syn. -- European spider crab, king crab, Maja squinado. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Manikin. ] An artist's model of wood or other material. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- fashion model, model. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- manikin, mannikin, manakin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape. [ PJC ]

n. The vernal equinox. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Naphthalene + quinone. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nitro- + quine + -ol. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Oxy- (b) + quinoline. ] (Chem.) Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- called also carbostyril. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim, Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. parya&ndot_;ka, palya&ndot_;ka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref. peri-) + a&ndot_;ka a hook, flank, probably akin to E. angle fishing tackle. Cf. Palkee. ] An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [ Written also palankeen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lampoon; to satiraze. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To see himself pasquined and affronted. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. pasquino a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the place of the Orsini; -- so called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the statue was dug up. On this statue it was customary to paste satiric papers. ] A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Grecian wits, who satire first began,
Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pasquinade, It. pasquinata. ] A lampoon or satirical writing. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lampoon, to satirize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline. ] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline. [ Written also chinaldine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quinarius, from quini five each, akin to quinque five: cf. F. quinaire. See Five. ] Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quinary system (Zool.), a fanciful classification based on the hypothesis that each group contains five types. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quini five each. ] (Bot.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of quinic acid. [ Written also kinate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Quinoline + azote. ] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline. [ Written also chinazol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. a pl. from OE. quyne, coin, OF. coin, cooin, F. coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj., Cydonian, Gr. &unr_; Cydonian, &unr_; &unr_; a quince, fr. &unr_; Cydonia, a city in Crete, &unr_; the Cydonians. Cf. Quiddany. ] 1. The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) a quince tree or shrub. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japan quince (Bot.), an Eastern Asiatic shrub (Cydonia Japonica, formerly Pyrus Japonica) and its very fragrant but inedible fruit. The shrub has very showy flowers, usually red, but sometimes pink or white, and is much grown for ornament. --
Quince curculio (Zool.), a small gray and yellow curculio (Conotrachelus cratægi) whose larva lives in quinces. --
Quince tree (Bot.), the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris) which produces the quince. [ 1913 Webster ]