Quirardelli, Corneille
Quirardelli, Corneille A Franciscan born at Boulogne towards the end of the sixteenth century. He studied
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Single-source entries: Q (7)
These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Quire, Quirinal, Quirites.
Quire
a collection of 24 sheets of paper. Wrapping, envelope, flat-cap, printing, and many other papers are not folded. News paper has 25 sheets to the quire. Also a collection of one of each of the sheets of a book laid in consecutive order ready for folding.
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Quirinal
THE, one of the seven hills of ancient Rome, and next to the Palatine and Capitoline, the oldest and most famous quarter of the city.
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Quirites
a designation of the citizens of ancient Rome as in their civil capacity. The name of Quirites belonged to them in addition to that of Romani, the latter designation applying to them in their political and military capacity.
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Quirk
in architecture and carpentry: (1) A sudden turn, applied to a form of molding in which an acute recess separates the molding proper from the fillet or soffit. It is much used between moldings in Gothic architecture; in Grecian, and sometimes in Roman, architecture ovolos and ogees are usually quirked at the top. (2) A projecting fillet on the sole or side of a grooving plane, which acts as a fence or a gauge for depth or distance. (3) A piece taken out of any regular ground-plot or floor, so to make a court, yard, etc.; thus, if the ground plan were square or oblong, and a piece were taken out of the corner, such piece is called a quirk.
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Quit-Claim, Quit-Rent, Quoits & Quorum
Quit-Claim a deed of release; an instrument by which some claim, right, or title, real or supposed, to an estate, is relinquished to another without any covenant or warranty, express or implied. Quit-Rent rent paid by the freeholders and copyholders of a manor in discharge or acquittance of other services. Quoits a game played with a flattish ring of iron, generally from 84 to 91½ inches in external diameter, and between one and two inches in breadth. It is convex on the upper side and slightly concave on the under side, so that the outer edge curves downward, and is sharp enough to cut into soft ground. Quorum in Old English law, those justices of the peace whose presence is necessary to constitute a bench. Also such a number of officers or members of a body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business.
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Quitman
JOHN ANTHONY, an American military officer; born in Rhinebeck, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1799. He began his career by teaching school from his 16th to his 19th year, when he commenced the study of law. Removing to Mississippi in 1821, he entered the political arena, filling successively the offices of member of the Legislature, State chancellor, member of the convention for re revising the State constitution, State Senator, and governor, which latter he entered on through a vacancy in 1836. He soon after withdrew from political life, and joined the Texans in their struggle for independence. In 1846 he was appointed Brigadier-General of the United States army in the war with Mexico, distinguishing himself at Monterey, Vera Cruz, and Cerro Gordo, after which latter engagement he was brevetted Major- General, and was voted a sword by Congress for gallantry. He participated in the attack on Chapultepec, and was foremost in the assault on the City of Mexico, which city he governed till order was established. He was elected governor of Mississippi soon afterward, but resigned in consequence of accusations of complicity with the Lopez-Cuban expedition, of which charge, however, he was acquitted. In 1855 and 1857, he was elected to Congress by large majorities. He died in Natchez, Miss., July 17, 1858.
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Quoin
a wedge-shaped block. Specifically, in gunnery, a wedge-shaped block of wood, having a handle inserted in its thicker extremity; used in some cases for giving the proper elevation to guns. In printing, one of the wedges by which the pages or columns of type are locked in a chase, ready for printing. Nautically, a wedge used as a chock in' stowing casks, to prevent rolling. In masonry, an external angle of a wall; particularly an ashlar or brick corner projecting beyond the general faces of the walls which meet at the angle. Rustic quoins are rusticated ashlars forming external ternal projecting projecting corners, the remainder of the wall being of ordinary masonry, rubble, or brick, with occasional piers of masonry.
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Quoits
a game played by pitching rings at a pin or hob driven into the ground. The rings are usually sharp on the outer edge so that they may cut into the turf or earth and stay in place. The quoit that lodges and lies nearest the hob counts one for its owner. Two pegs are driven into the turf at a distance of thirty to sixty feet apart. Two quoits are pitched by the first player, then two by the second. If both quoits of either player lie nearer the peg than either of his opponent's quoits, he scores two. A quoit that rests on edge, one edge on the turf and the other against the hob counts two for its owner. A quoit that encircles the stake counts three. Ten is usually a game. In pitching a player must stand with one foot against a hob. Two players cast their quoits, then walk to the other hob and pitch them back again. Four players pitch to better advantage. Two pitch from one end of the ground. Their partners settle the count at the other end and pitch the quoits back again. Horseshoes make an excellent substitute for quoits. In pitching the player holds the shoe in one hand and aims to deliver it with a twirling motion that will lodge the shoe in a flat position, corks downward. It is the position which is finally occupied, not the place of striking, that counts.
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