$H Q Many Old Eng. words are spelt with qu, ch, and c; such as qu= ire, choir, quoif, coif, &c.(1883m1)

$H Qabiha.

A tribe in Mesopota= mia which was conquered by Tiglath Pileser II. Many of these names are also written with a guttural Kh instead of a Q. (1876c1)

$H Qagabu. Egypt

The "Scribe of the Royal Treasury,&qu= ot; and a poet in the reign of Amenemha I.= of the XIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Qah-auf-aa. Egypt

A devotee of Apis in the thirty-fourth year of Darius Hystaspes. (= 1876c1)

$H Qana.

A mountain district on the borders of Media and Susiana, which was conquered by Sennacherib. (1876c1)

$H Qarqar.

Qarqar. Or Kar-kar. The Assyrian name of the city of Aroer i= n Palestine. (187= 6c1)

$H Qatizilli.

A king of Kummuha, or Commagene, who submitted to Assurnazirpal. (1876c1)

$H Qavus-gabri.

A king of Edom. He was one of the tributaries of Esarhaddon. (1876c1)

$H Qavus-malka.

A king of Edom, who paid tribute to <= span class=3DSpellE>Tiglath Pileser II. aft= er the fall of Damascus<= /st1:place>. (1876c1)

$H Qavus-malka.

Kadu-malka. = Or Qavus-malka. Another form of the name of that king of the new kingdom of Edom who was contemporary with Tiglath-Pileser II. (1876c1)

$H Qebeh. Egypt

The Egyptian name of a city at the catarac= ts of the Nile, near Elephanta, where there was a famous temple of the god Khnum-Ra. (1876c1)

$H Qebhsennuf. Egypt

Qebhsennuf or Kebhsenuf. See CANOPIC JARS(1902b1)=

$H Qelhatat.

A queen of Nubia, the sister or wife of Nuat-amen or Nud-mi-amen, an Ethiopian king of the XXVth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Qinnipur.

A city in Babylonia= , which was conquered by Tiglath Pileser II. and added to the ki= ngdom of Assyria. (1876= c1)

$H Qirbutu.

A city in Babylonia= which was conquered by Tiglath Pileser II. and added to the ki= ngdom of Assyria. (1876= c1)

$H Qite Egypt

qite: a measure of wei= ght: see table below.

Measures of weight=

10 qite = ; &n= bsp; = ; =3D 1 deben<= /span>

10 deben of copper = =3D 1 qite of= silver (in the time of Ramesses II).

6 deben of copper &nbs= p; =3D 1 qite of silver (in the late Ramesside period).(1894e1= )

$H Qodesh. Egypt

The Egyptian name of an unidentified Syrian city, perhaps Kadesh.(?) (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Qoos. Egypt

The modern name of the Greco-Egyptian city called Apollinopolis, which see. (1876c1)

$H Qua.

A mountain district on the borders of Media and Susiana. It was conquered both by Tiglath Pileser II. and Sennacherib. (1876c1)

$H Quadra.

R. Generally, any sq= uare or rectangular object; such as a table, plinth, or abacus.(1883m1)

$H Quadragesima.

Chr. Lent is so called, becaus= e it has forty days.(1883m1)<= /o:p>

$H Quadrangle.

A quadrangle is a fi= gure which has four sides, and consequently four angles. Colleges and similar institutions are frequently arranged in the form of a series of quadrangl= es or square open spaces surrounded with buildings.(1891a1)

$H Quadrans.

R. (a fourth part). = A small bronze coin worth the quarter of an as, or about a farthing.(1883m1)

$H Quadrant. =

An instrument for me= asuring celestial altitudes; superseded by the CIRCLE. (See SEXTANT.) (Consult = Lalande, Astronomie, § 2311, &c= ., 3me edition).(1883m1)

$H Quadrantal.

R. A square vessel u= sed as a measure, the solid contents of which were exactly equal to an amphora. A standard model was kept in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.(1883m1)

$H Quadrelle.

O.E. A mace, with fo= ur lateral projections, ornamental like the leaves of a flower. (See Planché= , Cycl. of Costume, Plate xii. 16.)(18= 83m1)

$H Quadrellus.

Med. Lat. A quarrel = for a crossbow.(1883m1)

$H Quadriforis.

R. A door folding in= to four leaves.(1883m1)

$H Quadriga.

R. Generally Quadrigae (Greek = J,JD"@D\"[=3Dtetraoria] or <= /span>JX2D4BB@H[=3Dtethrippos]). A= chariot in which four horses were yoked abreast. The two strongest horses were harnessed under the yoke in the centre; the others were fastened on each = side by means of ropes. (See CURRUS.)(1883m1)

$H Quadrigatus.

R. A silver denarius, so called from its having a quadriga on the reverse.(1883m1)

$H Quadrilateral.

Four‑sided.(18= 83m1)

Consisting of four letters.(1883m1)

A quadrilateral figu= re is a figure which is bounded by four sides.(1891a1)

$H Quadrille.

Med. (It. squadriglia, dimin. of squadra ̴= 9; our "squadron" ‑ a small party of troops drawn up in a square= ). Small parties of richly‑caparisoned horsemen, who rode at tournamen= ts and public festivals. The modern dance so called was introduced in 1808.(1883m1)

$H Quadriremis.

R. A galley with fou= r banks of rowers.(1883m1)

$H Quadrisomus.

Chr. A sarcophagus with compar= tments for four bodies. One discovered in the Vatican cemetery at Rome contained the bodies of the firs= t four popes called Leo. (Cf. BISOMUS.)(1883m1)

$H Quadrivalves, Arch. (See QUADRIFORIS.) (1883m1)

$H Quadrivium.

Quadrivium. R. A pla= ce where four roads meet.(1883m1)

Quadrivium. (lit. of= four ways). The four minor arts of arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy. (See TRIVIUM.)(1883m1)

$H Quadrumane.

Having four prehensi= le hands or feet, like monkeys.(1883m1)

$H Quadruplatores.

R. Public informers,= who were rewarded with a fourth part<= /i> of the criminal's property on obtaining a conviction.(1883m1)

$H Quaestiones Perpetu= ae.

R. Permanent tribuna= ls established at Rome to take cognizance of criminal cases.(1883m1)

$H Quaestorium.

R. In a Roman camp, = the quaestor's tent; this was in some cases near the porta <= span class=3DSpellE>decumana, or the rear of the camp; in others, on on= e side of the PRAETORIUM (q.v.).(1883m1)

$H Quaich.

Quaich, Queish, or Quegh. Scotch. An old‑fashi= oned drinking‑cup or bowl, with two handles. (English MASER [?].)(1883m1= )

$H Quality‑binding. &= nbsp;

Scotch. A kind of wo= rsted tape used in the borders of carpets.(1883m1)

$H Qualus.

R. (Gr. KALATHOS, q.= v.). A wickerwork basket.(1883m1)

$H = Quandary.

O.E. (from Fr. qu'en dirai‑je?). Doub= t and perplexity.(1883m1)

$H Quannet.

A tool for working i= n horn and tortoise‑shell.(1883m1)

$H Quarnellus. Med., in fortification. (See CRENEL= .)(1883m1)

$H Quarrel. <= /h1>

(Fr. carreau), Arch. A lozenge= ‑shaped brick, stone, or pane of glass; a glazier's diamond.(1883m1)

$H Quarrel. <= /h1>

O.E. An arrow for th= e cross‑bow with a four‑square head.(1883m1)

A small pane of glas= s, either diamond‑shaped or square, set diagonally.(1891a1)=

$H Quarries. <= /span> Egypt

The chief quarries for limestone are at Tûrah, and Masârah, nearly opposite to the sit= e of Memphis. Sandsto= ne was chiefly quarried at Silsilis and Gebel Abû Fedeh; granite at Hammamâ= ;t and Aswân; porphyry at Hammamât, and alabaster at Hat Nûb.(1902b1)<= /o:p>

$H Quarter. <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Heraldry

Each of the equal pa= rts into which a shield may be divided by a cross is termed a quarter. The quarter which occupies the dexter chief is termed the= first quarter, that which occupi= es the sinister chief the second quarter= , while those occupying the dexter and sinister base = are known as the third and fourth quarter respectively. A s= hield divided into four quarters is said to be quartered. ILLUS. quarter(18= 91a1)

$H Quarter‑deck. &nbs= p;

Quarter‑deck, on a ship of war. The deck aba= ft the mainmast, appropriated to the commissioned officers. These were originall= y of great height, corresponding with the lofty forecastle for soldiers, and helped to make the ships top‑heavy and unmanageable. A commission o= n ship‑building in 1618 says, ‑

"They must bee somewhat = snugg built, without double gallarys, and too lofty= upper workes, which overcharge many shipps, and make them coeme faire, but not worke well at sea."(1883m1)

$H Quartered per Saltier. &= nbsp; Heraldry

A shield is said to = be quartered per saltier when it is divided by diagonal lines, which cross in the centre of the shield. ILLUS. quartere(1891a1)

$H Quarter‑foil. &nbs= p; Heraldry

A flower with four l= eaves, which occurs as a charge in heraldry. The term double quarterfoil is applied to a flower with eight leaves. ILLUS. quarterf(189= 1a1)

$H Quarter‑gallery. &= nbsp;

Quarter‑gallery of a ship. A balcony round t= he stern.(1883m1)

$H Quarterings. Heraldry

When a shield is div= ided up into a number of squares, in each of which is a coat‑of‑arms, these squares are known as quarterings. Our c= ut, which represents the shield of the Seymour family, clearly illustrates the meaning of quarterin= gs, but it must be understood that more than four quarte= rings may appear on one shield. ILLUS. quarteri(1891a1)

$H Quarterly. Heraldry

A shield divided by a horizontal line and a vertical line crossing one another in the middle is said to be parted quarterly. = If divided into eight parts by a horizontal cutting three vertical lines it would be blazoned quarterly of ei= ght. ILLUS. quarterl(1891a1)

$H Quarternary.

The quaternary hues = are compounds of the primaries, with two primaries or one secondary predominating. Such as auburn, where orange predominates, puce, wh= ere violet predominates, olive, w= here green predominates.(1891a1)

$H Quarter‑round (Arch.). Architecture

Arch. The ovolo moulding (q.v.).(= 1883m1)

(Arch.) A quarter= 209;round is a convex moulding consisting of a quarter = of a circle. It is frequently decorated with the egg and dart ornament, as is shown in our cut. ILLUS. quarterr(1891a1)

$H Quarter‑tones. &nb= sp;

Quarter‑tones = (Gr. diesis), in Music, were the subj= ect of much discussion among the ancient Greeks, but they were used on the lyre = for an occasional "grace‑note." Aristoxe= nos says "no voice could sing three of them in succession, neither can t= he singer sing less than the qua= rter‑tone correctly, nor the hearer judge of it." (Consult Chappell's Hist. of Music.)(1883m= 1)

$H Quartering.

Her. Marshalling two= or more coats of arms in the different quarters of the same shield. (Fig. 568.)

Fig 568. Royal Arms of England, temp. Edward III., quartered = with the fleur‑de‑lys of France.(1883m1)

$H Quartet, Quartetto.

It. A piece of music= for four performers, each of whose parts is obligato, i.e. essential to the music.(1883m1)

$H Quartile. =

In Astronomy, distant from each other 90 degrees, = or a quarter of a circle.(1883m1)

$H Quasillum.

Quasillum (dimin. of QUALUS,= q.v.) was a small basket in which the quantity of wool was measured, which was assigned to a slave to spin in a day's work.(1883m1)

$H Quatrefoil.

Quatrefoil or Primrose, Her. A flower or figure havi= ng four foils or conjoined leaves.(1883m1)

An ornament in pointed architecture consisting of fo= ur foils. The term is likewise applied to a rosace formed of four divisions, which figures frequently in the upper part of pointed windows. Fig. 569. Quatrefoil.(1883m1)

<= /o:p>

(Arch.) A system of = ornament employed in Gothic architecture, which consists of four arcs of a circle drawn from the angles of a square taken as centres. Sometimes the four arcs of circles are tangents or secants. At some perio= ds their extremities are separated by angles, as in our second and smaller c= ut. In the 12th century the inner surface of the curve is decorated by a torus. = In the 14th century each foil, instead of consisting of a portion of a circle, consists of a portion of a pointed arc. 2 ILLUS. quatref1, quatref2(1891a1)=

&nbs= p; &= nbsp;

$H Quattrocento or Quattro‑cento. Painting

Quattro‑cento. (Paint.) A name applied to the style of the painters who practised their art in Italy= during the 15th century. The quattro‑centisti may be said to include all the artists who are more generally known as Pre‑Raphaelites.(1891a1)

Quattrocento, It. (l= it. four hundred). A term applied to= the characteristic style of the artists who practised in the 15th century; it was hard, and peculiar in co= lour as well as in form and pose. It was the intermediate of that progressive period of art, which, commencing with Fra Angelico, Masaccio, Mantegna, Botticelli, a= nd other celebrated painters, between A.D. 1400 and 1500, reached excellence in the 16th century (the cinque cento) with Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael.(1883m1)

$H Quattro‑Coronati.

According to the leg= end of the Church the "four crowned brothers" were architects, who ref= used to build a pagan temple in the reign of Diocletian. For this refusal they suffered martyrdom. In art they are represented crowned and with palms in their hands, while mallets and other tools lie at their feet. There is a church in their honour at Rome.(1891a1)<= /o:p>

$H Quartz.

A siliceous stone, t= he commonest of the minerals; it is generally transparent and crystalline. I= t is found in nearly every part of the world. The most beautiful varieties of quartz are used for cameos, intaglios, while the commoner kinds are emplo= yed in the manufacture of glass and porcelain.(1891a1)

$H Quaver.

A musical note of ve= ry short time =3D half a crotchet.(1883m1)

$H Quazi.

A city or district of which Ganrubai was prefect under Sennacherib. (1876c1)

$H Que. Or Kue.

Que. Or Kue. A district in Syria<= /st1:place>, which was conquered by Shalmaneser IV., after several previous invasions. (1876c1)

$H Queen.

Crown of Her Majesty= . (See Fig. 570.) Fig. 570. Crown of Her Majesty the Queen.(1883m1)

<= /o:p>

$H Queen‑post.

Queen‑post (an= ciently prick‑post or side‑post), Arch. An uprig= ht post similar in use and position to the KING‑POST, but rising, not = in the centre to the point of the gable, but midway between the wall and the centre.(1883m1)

(Arch.) A post which= springs from a tie‑beam and helps to support a timber roof. It is not placed like the king‑post in the centre of the tie‑beam, but between= the centre of the tie‑beam and its extremity, and, therefore, queenR= 09;posts are always found in couples, and are connected at their upper end by a be= am called a collar beam.(1891a1)

$H Queen's Boots.

The interesting fact= in English archaeology is not generally known, that Her Majesty's boots are provided for by an ann= ual tax of two shillings (on the whole) upon the village of Ketton in Rutlandshire "pro ocreis reginae."(1883m1)

$H Queen's Ware.

A cream‑coloured glazed earthenware of the Wedgwood manufac= ture at Burslem, 1759‑70.(1883m1)=

$H Queen's Yellow. <= /span>

A colour formed from the subsulphate of mercury.(1883m= 1)

$H Quegh. [See Quaich - Editor]

$H Queintise.

O.E. A dress curious= ly cut or ornamented. (See COINTOISE.)(1883m1)

$H Queish. [See Quaich - Editor]

$H Querpo.

Querpo (for Cuerpo). Part= ly undressed.(1883m1)

$H Querpo‑hood.

A hood worn by the P= uritans. (P.)

"No face of min= e shall by my friends be viewed in Quaker's pinner, o= r in querpo&= #8209;hood." (Archaeologi= a, vol. xxvii.)(1883m1)

$H Queshews.

O.E. Cuisses; armour for the thighs.(1= 883m1)

$H Queue.

Fr. A support for a = lance. It was a large piece of iron screwed to the back of the breastplate, curv= ed downward to hold down the end of the lance.(1883m1)

$H Queue Fourchée. Heraldry

Her. Having a double= tail, or two tails.(1883m1)

$H Quichuas.

Remarkable specimens= of pottery, from this Peruvian coast province, doubtless of remote antiquity, resemble in their freedom from conventionality and successful imitation of natural forms all primitive Egyptian and other sculpture. Jacquemart describes the vase of the illustration (on page 214) as the chef‑d'oeuvre of American ceramics; and, from the close resemblance of the features of the figure represented to certain groups of prisoners on the Egyptian bas‑reli= efs, as well as to the ethnic type of the ancient Japanese kings, makes import= ant deductions with reference to the dispersion of mankind, and the commerce = of the old and new worlds in prehistoric times.(1883m1)

$H Quicksilver.

Quicksilver, alloyed= with tin‑foil, forms the reflecting surface of looking‑glasses, an= d is largely used in the operations of gilding and silvering metals.(1883m1)

$H Quilled.

Her. A term used to = blazon the quills of feathers; thus = a blue feather having its quill golden is blazoned ‑ a feather az., quilled= or. (Boutell.)(1883m1)

$H Quilts.

Quilts for bed‑= ;coverings, in England, were formerly made of embroidered linen with emblems of the evangelists in the four comers. At Durham, in 1446, in the dormitory of the priory was a quilt "cum iiijor evangelistis in = corneriis." The Very Rev. Daniel Rock (Textile Fabrics) suggests that t= his gave rise to the old nursery rhyme: ‑

"Matthew, Mark,= Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on."(1883m1)

$H Quinarius.

A Roman coin =3D hal= f a denarius, or five asses.(1883m1)

$H Quincaillerie.

Fr. A general term f= or all kinds of metallurgical work in copper, brass, iron, &c.(1883m1)<= /o:p>

$H Quince.

Her. The "Pomo cotogno," the emblem of the town of Cotignola, adopted by the founder of = the Sforza family who was born there. The Emperor Robert of Bavaria added a lion in 1401 as a re= ward of an act of bravery, to "support the quince with his left hand and defend it with his right," adding "guai a chi lo tocchi!" (Fig. 571.)

Fig. 571. Quince. Device of the Sforzas.(1883m1)

$H Quincunx. =

Quincunx, R. (i.e. f= ive‑twelfths of anything).

(1) A Roman bronze c= oin, equivalent to five‑twelfths of an as, and weighing five ounces (unciae).

(2) An arrangement o= f five objects in a square; one at each corner, and one in the middle.

(3) In gardening, said of trees planted in oblique rows of three and two, or in a quincunx (No. 2).(1883m1)

Quincunx. An arrange= ment in squares like a chess‑board. The most frequent instance of the quinc= unx is a plantation of trees, so laid out as to present straight lines, from whatever point of view it is looked at. To obtain this result the ground = is divided into a certain number of equal squares and the centre of the squa= re is ascertained by drawing diagonals. Trees are then planted at the four c= orners and at the centre of each square. ILLUS. quincunx(1891a1)

$H Quincupedal.

R. A rod five feet in length, for taking measurements in masonry.(1883m1)

$H Quindecagon.

A plane figure having fifteen sides and fifteen angles.(1883m1)

$H Quinite.

A Spanish textile of= hair with silk or other thread.(1883m1)

$H = Quinquagesima.

Chr. The fiftieth day before Easter; Shrove Sunday. (S.)(1883m1)

$H Quinquatria. [See Quinquatr= us - Editor]

$H Quinquatrus.

Quinquatrus or Quinquatria. R. Festivals of Minerva, celebrated on the 19th of March. They lasted five days; on the first no blood was shed, but on the last four there were contests of gladiators. Another festival called Quinquatrus minores, also in honour of Minerva, was celebrated on the ides of June.(1883m1)=

$H Quinquennalia.

R. Games celebrated = every four years at Rome; instituted by Nero, A.D. 60. They consisted of music, gymnastical contests, and horse‑races.(1883m1)

$H Quinqueremis.

R. A galley with fiv= e banks of oars.(1883m1)

$H Quinquertium.

R. (Gr. Pentathlon). A gymnastic contest of Greek origin, so called because it consisted of fi= ve exercises, viz. leaping, running, wrestling, throwing t= he discus, and throwing the spea= r. Introduced in the Olympic games in Ol. 18.(18= 83m1)

$H Quintain.

O.E. A post set up t= o be tilted at by mounted soldiers; sometimes a man turning on a pivot; someti= mes a flat board, on a pivot, with a heavy bag of sand at the other end, which knocked the tilter on the back if he charged unskilf= ully. (See Strutt<= /i>, Sports and Pastimes, p. 89, Pl= ates ix. and x.)(1883m1)

$H Quintana. =

R. A causeway fifty = feet wide in a Roman camp.(1883m1)

$H Quintetto.

It. A piece of music= for five performers, obligati. (Cf. QUARTET.)(1883m1)

$H Quintile.

In Astronomy, distan= t from each other 72 degrees, or a fifth= of a circle.(1883m1)

$H Quippa. Peru

Peruv. (lit. a knot). = A fringe of knotted and particoloured threads, used to record events in ancient Mexico.(1883m1)

$H = Quippos or Quippus. Peru

Peruv. A plaited co= rd of strings of different colours and lengths, use= d as a substitute for writing among the ancient Peruvians.(1883m1)

$H Quire. O.E. for CHOIR. (1883m1)

$H Quirinalia.

R. A festival sacred= to Romulus ‑ = Quirinus ‑ held on the 17th of February, as t= he anniversary of the day on which he was supposed to have been carried up to heaven. The festival was also called Stultorum feriae. (See FORNACALIA.)(1883m1)

$H Quirk. Architecture

Quirk. (Arch.) A cha= nnel or groove separating a convex moulding from the = fillet which surmounts it.(1891a1)

Quirk, Arch. An acute channel by which the convex parts of Greek mouldings= (the ogees and ovolos) are separated from the fillet or soffit that covers them. In Gothic architecture quirks are abundantly used between moul= dings.(1883m1)

$H Quishwine.

Quishwine, Quusson, and Qwissinge. Old ways of spelling the word "cushion."(1883m1)

$H Quivers. <= /h1>

The ancient Greeks a= nd Etruscans, the Normans and Saxons wore quivers (pharetra) on a belt slung= over the shoulder. Archers of the 12th to 14th century carried their arrows st= uck in their belts.

"A shefe of peacock arwes bryght and kene Under his belt he bare ful thriftely." (Chaucer.)

Quivers were probably introduced into En= gland in the 15th century.(1883m1)

$H Qumani.

A people North of Assyria, who, coming to = the relief of the people of Muzur, when attacked = by the Assyrians, were, together with their allies, defeated and subjugated by <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Tiglath Pileser I. (1876c1)

$H Quoif. [See Coif - Editor]

$H Quoin. [Also see Coin - Editor]

Quoin or Coin. (1) A= rch. The external angle of a building. (2) O.E. A wedge.(1883m1)=

Quoin. (Arch.) The e= xternal corner of a building. It is generally decorated, sometimes with pilasters, sometimes with a belting‑course [Course, belting] of projecting sto= nes, which gives a decorative character to the building, if the rest of it is = of brick.(1891a1)

$H Quoits.

A very ancient game = derived from the Roman Discus (q.v.).(1883m1)

$H Qurazitu.

A city or district in Nabathea, where the armies of Vaiteh II. were completely defeated by Assurbanipal. (1876c1)=

$H Qurdi-assur.

The governor of Ahizu= hina, in the reign of Assurdan III. He was eponym of the year B.C. 767, in which year there was an expedition to Gannanati. (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Quti.

A people conquered by Budil, a very early king of Assyria. They were called also the Goim. (1876c1)

$H Quusson. (See Quishwine= )

$H Qwissinge. (See Quishwine= )

$H Q Many Old Eng. words are spelt with qu, ch, and c; such as qu= ire, choir, quoif, coif, &c.(1883m1)

$H Qabiha.

$H Qagabu. Egypt

$H Qah-auf-aa. Egypt

$H Qana.

$H Qarqar.

$H Qatizilli.

$H Qavus-gabri.

$H Qavus-malka.

$H Qavus-malka.

$H Qebeh. Egypt

$H Qebhsennuf. Egypt

$H Qelhatat.

$H Qinnipur.

$H Qirbutu.

$H Qite Egypt

$H Qodesh. Egypt

$H Qoos. Egypt

$H Qua.

$H Quadra. R. Generally, any sq= uare or rectangular object; such as a table, plinth, or abacus.(1883m1)

$H Quadragesima.

$H Quadrangle.

$H Quadrans.

$H Quadrant. =

$H Quadrantal.

$H Quadrelle.

$H Quadrellus.

$H Quadriforis.

$H Quadriga.

$H Quadrigatus.

$H Quadrilateral.

$H Quadrille.

$H Quadriremis.

$H Quadrisomus.

$H Quadrivalves, Arch. (See QUADRIFORIS.) (1883m1)

$H Quadrivium.

$H Quadrumane.

$H Quadruplatores.

$H Quaestiones Perpetu= ae.

$H Quaestorium.

$H Quaich.

$H Quality‑binding. &= nbsp;

$H Qualus.

$H = Quandary.

$H Quannet.

$H Quarnellus. Med., in fortification. (See CRENEL= .)(1883m1)

$H Quarrel. <= /h1> (Fr. carreau), Arch. A lozenge= ‑shaped brick, stone, or pane of glass; a glazier's diamond.(1883m1)

$H Quarrel. <= /h1> O.E. An arrow for th= e cross‑bow with a four‑square head.(1883m1) A small pane of glas= s, either diamond‑shaped or square, set diagonally.(1891a1)=

$H Quarries. <= /span> Egypt

$H Quarter. <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Heraldry

$H Quarter‑deck. &nbs= p;

$H Quartered per Saltier. &= nbsp; Heraldry

$H Quarter‑foil. &nbs= p; Heraldry

$H Quarter‑gallery. &= nbsp;

$H Quarterings. Heraldry

$H Quarterly. Heraldry

$H Quarternary.

$H Quarter‑round (Arch.). Architecture

$H Quarter‑tones. &nb= sp;

$H Quartering.

$H Quartet, Quartetto.

$H Quartile. =

$H Quasillum.

$H Quatrefoil.

$H Quattrocento or Quattro‑cento. Painting

$H Quattro‑Coronati.

$H Quaver. A musical note of ve= ry short time =3D half a crotchet.(1883m1)

$H Quazi.

$H Que. Or Kue.

$H Queen. Crown of Her Majesty= . (See Fig. 570.) Fig. 570. Crown of Her Majesty the Queen.(1883m1) <= /o:p>

$H Queen‑post.

$H Queen's Boots.

$H Queen's Ware.

$H Queen's Yellow. <= /span>

$H Quegh. [See Quaich - Editor]

$H Queintise.

$H Queish. [See Quaich - Editor]

$H Querpo.

$H Querpo‑hood.

$H Queshews.

$H Quadra.

R. Generally, any sq= uare or rectangular object; such as a table, plinth, or abacus.(1883m1)

$H Quarrel. <= /h1>

(Fr. carreau), Arch. A lozenge= ‑shaped brick, stone, or pane of glass; a glazier's diamond.(1883m1)

$H Quarrel. <= /h1>

O.E. An arrow for th= e cross‑bow with a four‑square head.(1883m1)

A small pane of glas= s, either diamond‑shaped or square, set diagonally.(1891a1)=

$H Quaver.

A musical note of ve= ry short time =3D half a crotchet.(1883m1)

$H Queen.

Crown of Her Majesty= . (See Fig. 570.) Fig. 570. Crown of Her Majesty the Queen.(1883m1)

<= /o:p>

$H Queue.

Fr. A support for a = lance. It was a large piece of iron screwed to the back of the breastplate, curv= ed downward to hold down the end of the lance.(1883m1)

$H Quoits.

A very ancient game = derived from the Roman Discus (q.v.).(1883m1)