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n¡A,rc fi lia f,-rofl.! uf lhe: word , it is rcfiraincd te Ihore
rl.tnl(!d wi th Ihe h,lwthurn , undcr which name {here
)'oung pldnlS. or C"IS, are Cold by ,he nurfcry.&uJencrs
\ ralle.: thLOl for (;tle.
O ..y I Cl\ SILV ER. See C H Er.lISTRV. r · 85·
~ It.-n ST :i , a rel i~ious 1,,<1. ",hieh a gr.", noiCe
lOwArds {he clore of (h~ laft century .
T hey \\"ere Co c.J1ed (rom a kl nd of abColu,e rell and
in.tajoo, wh ich they fuppofed lhe fou l to be in whcn arri·
VI.d ....l Hate of perfefl,on whichthey c~lIed lhe unitive
Jile; in wlllch lIate, they imí!.gined lhe fOllJ wholly cm·
plúYl'J in conl<:mplatinc ilS God, te whore! ¡ofiucnce! It
WdS enlirdy (ubmiffivc, fo that he could t Uro and drive
i, where and ho .v he In ,his nate, ,he Coul no Ion·
ger nccds prayers, hymnst oc. belOg Lud. as it wr:re, in
lhe bofom, í!.nd between Ihe arms of its God , in whom
il 1S in a manner fwallowed up.
The Mahomctans feem lO be no firangers to quietirm .
T hey expound a 'ge in ,he Ceven,i«h chapter o( ,h e
Kordn, viz. O Ih'Ju(ouJ. rwhich Ilrl 01 refl, relurn unlo
JIJj , &e. o( a Coul, whieh hav<og, by purluing ,he
concatencuion of natura~ caures, u ifed ¡,relf tO the know·
ledge of ,h.. Being whieh produeed ,hem, and e"ills of
nt,;ccffilY, reOs fuily contt:nted, and aquiefces in tbe know~
ledge, be. of hin>, and in ,he co",empl..ion of his per–
feéhons.
QYILLS , ,he large Cea,hers ..ken out of ,he end of ,he
wing of a gooCe, crow, &c.
~ills are denominated from the order in which they
are fixed in the wing, the (econd and third quin, being
, he beí! for wri,ing. as ,hey have ,he largell and roundell
barreIs.
In order ' o harden a quill ,ha, i. CoC'. ,hrufl ,he bar–
rc:1 into hOl albes, Hirring it till it is (oft; then taking iv
ou r, pre(s it almoll Aat upon yoar knee- with lhe back of
a pcnknife, and arterwards reduce il tO a roundnefs witb
your fingers. If you have a number to harden. (el wa·
ter and alum over lhe firc j and while ie is boiling put in
a h; nMul o( e uillo, ,he barrel. only, for • mino,e, and
,hen lay ,hem by.
QYINCE. in bo,any. See ·PYRU'.
QYINCUNX. in Romao . nuqui,y. deno'e, any,hing ,hat
eonfills of five ,\VeIC,h,parts of ano,her, bu' partieularly
of ,he as.
Q UINDECAGON, in geometry, a plain figure wi,h fi(,een
lides and (jfleen angles
QYI N DECEMV!RI, in R oman an,iqui,y, a eollege of
'S m.•gif1rate3, whofe bulinefs it WilStO prefide over the
f.crificf:s.
Tlley were alfo the inlerpreters of the Sibyl's books;
\fhich, however. lhey never confuhed but by an exprefs
order of the (enilte.
Q.UINQYAGENARIUS. in Roman an'iqui,y, an ollicer
who hdd the command of fi(ty meno
QYINQPAGESIMA 'U"DAY, Sh rove Sunday , Co cal-
lerl as heing abou' ,he fif,i e,h day beCore E aner.
Q.UINQYATRIA. in Rom.n .nllql111 y. f<lli".I, edebr~
tt'd In honou r or 1Vlinerva, with much fitme ccrc:mo·
nilS ;)S lhe pi\n:uhcn~a wcre at Athrns.
QP INQPr.fOLlUM . io bot>oy. See POTENT'LLA .
QVI NQ!!ENN /iLl S, in R om. n anl iqui,y, a m.gdlral.
10 Üh colonies and municipi\1 ciHes of that empire, who
h"d much ,he [;¡rne office as lhe ::cdile al Rome.
QYINQYEREMIS, in an'iql1i,y, a galley wllh row.
ofoars
QYINQYEVIRI. in R oman an,iqui,y, an orde r of
pril.!"~, pcculi~r1y ~ppointeJ for lhe facrifi ces tO lhe dc,¡d,
or cc":brt4 t1og lhe rltt'Sof ~febus.
QP INQUINA. Sec C'N cHON A.
Q.l¿INTESSENCE. in ehe,,,,flry, a prepara,ion confill–
ing 01 ,he elfenll al 0,1 of fome vegetable Cubll_oee mlKcd
and Incorporitted wit!, Cpirit of wl ne.
~INTESSENCE, 10 alchemy, is a myflerious term, Ggni–
Iying ,he filin, or lan and highefl elfenee o( power or a
natu ral body.
Q!!INTILE, iD allronomy, an aCpea of ,he planelS, whe.
,hey are 72 degrees dillao, from one ano,her, or I r.f,h
o( ,he zcdiae.
Q!!INTILlANS. a' Cea ef ancient here,ies. ,hus called
~trom thelr prophelefs ~mtilia . In this (cél' lhe women
were admiued 'o perform ,he faeerdolal and epifeopal
funétions. They attributed exuaordlOi:lry glfes to Eve
for having firll eateo o( ,he Irce o( knowledge; ,old
,hings oi M,riam ,he fiOer of MoCes. as having beco a
prophe,eCs, be. They added ,ha' Ph,Jip ,he deaeon had
(our daughters who were alJ prophctelTes, and were of
,heir Cetl. In ,heCe alfemblies i, was uCual 'o Cee ,he .ir–
gins enlering in white robes, perConating prophetelTes.
QYINZY, ~'NS E Y, 01 ANCL""'. See MF.D'C1HE,
p. B4'
QUIRE of p.per, ,he qwan,i,y of 24 or 25 lheelS.
Q.!J"IRINALIA. in .n,iqui,y. a feafl eelebra,ed among ,he
Romaos iD honour of Rumulus, who was called. ~iri.
nos. TheCe feaHs were held 00 ,he 13,h of ,he kaleod.
of Mareh_
QYIRITES, in an,iqui,y, a oame given ' o ,lte people of
Rome. chieAy the €omlllon citizeos, as difiinguifhcd (rom
,he (oldiery .
QYOIN. or CO'N. on board a Ihip, a wedge (aflened on
the deck clofe tO the breech oi' the carriage of aguo, 10
k'Cep i, firm up 'o ,he lhip.Gde.
Canticquoins are Ibon tbree~Jegged quoins p'clt betweeo
..fk. 'o keep ,hem Heady.
Q..UO! NS, in ilrcbitetlule, denote the carners of brick. or
Hone walls. The word is partieuldrly uCid for ,he flooes
in ,he eornen of brick-boildings. When ,heCe Oand
ou, beyond ,he briek-work. ,heir edges beiAg ehamf.red
off, Ihey are caJled luflic quoios . .
Q!!0TIDI AN, in medicine. See MED'CINE . p. 61.
QYOTIENT, iD ari,hmetie. See AR' THMETtC. p. 376.
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