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- English Word Quoin Definition To prevent casks from rolling.
- English Word Quoit Definition A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.
- English Word Quoit Definition A game played with quoits.
- English Word Quoit Definition The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
- English Word Quoit Definition A cromlech.
- English Word Quoit Definition To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
- English Word Quoit Definition To throw; to pitch.
- English Word Quoke Definition imp. of Quake.
- English Word Quoll Definition A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat.
- English Word Quondam Definition Having been formerly; former; sometime.
- English Word Quondam Definition A person dismissed or ejected from a position.
- English Word Quook Definition imp. of Quake.
- English Word Quop Definition See Quob.
- English Word Quorum Definition Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present.
- English Word Quota Definition A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- English Word Quotable Definition Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence.
- English Word Quotation Definition The act of quoting or citing.
- English Word Quotation Definition That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
- English Word Quotation Definition The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.
- English Word Quotation Definition Quota; share.