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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&ymacr_;vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j&ī;va living, j&ī;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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&hand_; 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 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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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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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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Quick, v. t. & i. [See Quicken.] To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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