Vocabulary : Quintel to Quintine

Quintel : See Quintain.
Quintessence : The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. ;; Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. ;; To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.
Quintessential : Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
Quintet : Alt. of Quintette
Quintette : A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

Quintic : Of the fifth degree or order. ;; A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic.
Quintile : The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72.
Quintilllion : According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
Quintin : See Quintain.
Quintine : The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.

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