QUICK, v.i. To stir; to move. [Not in use.]QUICK, a. [If q is a dialectical prefix, as I suppose, this word coincides with the L. vigeo, vegeo, and vig, veg, radical, coincide with wag.] 1. Primarily, alive; living; opposed to dead or unanimated; as quick flesh. Lev. 13.The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead. 2Tim. 4.[In this sense, the word is obsolete, except in some compounds or in particular phrases.]2. Swift; hasty; done with celerity; as quick dispatch.3. Speedy; done or occurring in a short time; as a quick return of profits.Oft he to her his charge of quick return repeated.4. Active; brisk; nimble; prompt ready. He is remarkably quick in his motions. He is a man of quick parts.5. Moving with rapidity or celerity; as quick time in music.Quick with child, pregnant with a living child.QUICK, adv. 1. Nimbly; with celerity; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; be quick.If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.2. Soon; in a short time; without delay. Go, and return quick.QUICK, n. 1. A living animal. Obs.2. The living flesh; sensible parts; as penetrating to the quick; stung to the quick; cut to the quick.3. Living shrubs or trees; as a ditch or bank set with quick.QUICK, v.t. To revive; to make alive. Obs. QUICK, v.i. To become alive. Obs. |
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