From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quick \Quick\, a. [Compar. {Quicker}; superl. {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. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living,
vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[imac]va living,
j[imac]v to live. Cf. {Biography}, {Vivid}, {Quitch grass},
{Whitlow}.]
1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to {dead} or
{inanimate}.
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Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer.
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The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim.
iv. 1.
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Man is no star, but a quick coal
Of mortal fire. -- Herbert.
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Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
some compounds, or in particular phrases.
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2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." --Shak.
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3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
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Oft he to her his charge of quick return
Repeated. --Milton.
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4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
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The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
signified that he was much offended. -- Latimer.
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5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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The air is quick there,
And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- Shak.
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6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." --Shak.
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They say that women are so quick. --Tennyson.
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7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak.
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{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.
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Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;
active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;
sprightly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quick \Quick\, v. t. & i. [See {Quicken}.]
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quick \Quick\, adv.
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste;
speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
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If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind
are performed. -- Locke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quick \Quick\, n.
1. That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant;
especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a
living hedge.
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The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick.
--Evelyn.
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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.
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This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick.
--Latimer.
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How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when
they come to the quick of the difference ! --Fuller.
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3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. --Tennyson.
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