Vocabulary : Quasi-public corporation to Quater-cousin
Quasi-public corporation : A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.Quasje : The brown coati. See Coati.
Quass : A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians.
Quassation : The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken.
Quassia : The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
