Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quick"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quick \Quick\, a. [Compar. {Quicker}; superl. {Quickest}.] [As.
cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik,
OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living,
Goth. qius, Lith. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living,
vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[=i]va living, j[=i]v
to live. Cf. {Biography}, {Vivid}, {Quitch grass},
{Whitlow}.]
1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to {dead} or
{inanimate}.

Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer.

The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim.
iv. 1.

Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. --
Herbert.

Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
some compounds, or in particular phrases.

2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
agile; brisk; ready. `` A quick wit.'' --Shak.

3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.

Oft he her his charge of quick return Repeated.
--Milton.

4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
unceremonious; as, a quick temper.

The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
signified that he was much offended. -- Latimer.

5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens
the stomach. -- Shak.

6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
ear. ``To have an open ear, a quick eye.'' --Shak.

They say that women are so quick. --Tennyson.

7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak.

{Quick grass}. (Bot.) See {Quitch grass}.

{Quick match}. See under {Match}.

{Quick vein} (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not
barren.

{Quick vinegar}, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of
alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous
material.

{Quick water}, quicksilver water.

{Quick with child}, pregnant with a living child.

Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;
active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;
sprightly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quick \Quick\, adv.
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste;
speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.

If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind
are performed. -- Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quick \Quick\, n.
1. That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant;
especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a
living hedge.

The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick.
--Evelyn.

2. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part
susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the
sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to
which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to
cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the
quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively.

This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick.
--Latimer.

How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when
they come to the quick of the difference ! --Fuller.

3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quick \Quick\, v. t. & i. [See {Quicken}.]
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

quick
adj 1: accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make
friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident";
"hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a
speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"
[syn: {speedy}]
2: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying
glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
[syn: {flying}, {fast}]
3: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast";
"as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot";
"the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs
before we could stop it" [syn: {agile}, {nimble}, {spry}]
4: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a
quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: {ready}]
5: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my
letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a
straightaway denial" [syn: {immediate}, {prompt}, {straightaway}]
6: easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
[syn: {warm}]
n : any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as
the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
adv : with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived
promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: {promptly}, {quickly}]


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