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Meanings of Quatre:

abbreviation

Delaware (in official postal use).

Meanings of Quatreble:

noun

In improvised descant: a voice part pitched higher than the treble, beginning and ending a twelfth above the plainsong. compare quinible .

Meanings of Quatrefoil:

noun

An ornamental design of four lobes or leaves as used in architectural tracery, resembling a flower or clover leaf.

Usage examples:

In addition, the top areas of the main windows are decorated with stone tracery describing trefoils…

Meanings of Quatrefoiled:

adjective

Having the form of a quatrefoil; decorated with quatrefoils.

Meanings of Quatrefoils:

noun

An ornamental design of four lobes or leaves as used in architectural tracery, resembling a flower or clover leaf.

Usage examples:

In addition, the top areas of the main windows are decorated with stone tracery describing trefoils…

Meanings of Quatrefoliated:

adjective

Having four leaves or lobes like a quatrefoil; (architecture) decorated with a quatrefoil or quatrefoils.

Meanings of Quatrino:

noun

A small coin of low value used in a number of italian states from the 14th century until (in the papal states) the 19th century (originally a billon coin worth four denari, but by the 16th century usually a copper piece and often the least valuable coin in production). hence also: (the type of) any coin of low value.

Meanings of Quattie:

noun

A small silver coin worth a quarter of six old pence (now historical); the amount represented by this; (hence) a small or insignificant amount of money.

Meanings of Quattrino:

noun

A small coin of low value used in a number of italian states from the 14th century until (in the papal states) the 19th century (originally a billon coin worth four denari, but by the 16th century usually a copper piece and often the least valuable coin in production). hence also: (the type of) any coin of low value.

Meanings of Quattrocento:

noun

The 15th century as a period of italian art or architecture.

Usage examples:

Artists of the quattrocento

Meanings of Quatuorvirate:

noun

A group or body of four men; especially a powerful or ruling group.

Meanings of Quaver:

verb

(of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.

Usage examples:

His voice quavered with rage

noun

A shake or tremble in a person's voice.

Usage examples:

It was impossible to hide the slight quaver in her voice

Meanings of Quavered:

verb

(of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.

Usage examples:

His voice quavered with rage

noun

A shake or tremble in a person's voice.

Usage examples:

It was impossible to hide the slight quaver in her voice

Meanings of Quaverer:

noun

A person who quavers.

Meanings of Quaverers:

noun

A person who quavers.

Meanings of Quavering:

verb

(of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.

Usage examples:

His voice quavered with rage

noun

A shake or tremble in a person's voice.

Usage examples:

It was impossible to hide the slight quaver in her voice

Meanings of Quaveringly:

adverb

With a voice that is shaking because of strong emotion

Usage examples:

"are you the owner?" said the man. "i am," i replied quaveringly., "lucenzo!" she called quaveringl…

Meanings of Quaverous:

adjective

Tremulous, quavering.

Meanings of Quavers:

verb

(of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.

Usage examples:

His voice quavered with rage

noun

A shake or tremble in a person's voice.

Usage examples:

It was impossible to hide the slight quaver in her voice

Meanings of Quavery:

adjective

(of a person's voice) shaky or unsteady, typically through nervousness or emotion.

Usage examples:

His soft voice sounds frail and quavery

Meanings of Quaw:

noun

A quagmire; (occasionally) marshy ground. also more fully "†quawmire".

Meanings of Quawk:

noun

The black-crowned night heron, nycticorax nycticorax, which has a deep, hoarse call.

verb

Of a bird or other creature, especially a rook, crow, or domestic fowl: to utter a harsh call or quawk; to squawk.

Meanings of Quay:

noun

A stone or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

Usage examples:

It is a source of pride to see the celtic explorer alongside the quay in her home port of galway.

Meanings of Quayful:

noun

A quantity that fills a quay; as much or as many (of something) as a quay will hold.

Meanings of Quays:

noun

A stone or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

Usage examples:

It is a source of pride to see the celtic explorer alongside the quay in her home port of galway.