Vocabulary : Quietist to Quillback

Quietist : One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.
Quietistic : Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.
Quietly : In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly. ;; Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly. ;; Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils. ;; Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.
Quietness : The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.
Quietsome : Calm; still.
Quietude : Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
Quietus : Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
Quill : A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona. ;; One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather. ;; A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill. ;; A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. ;; The pen of a squid. See Pen. ;; The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. ;; The tube of a musical instrument. ;; Something having the form of a quill ;; The fold or plain of a ruff. ;; A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. ;; A hollow spindle. ;; To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle. ;; To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
Quillaia bark : The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
Quillback : An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.
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