[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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=yvas, russ. zhivoi, l. vivus living,
   vivere to live, gr. bi`os life, skr. jimacva living,
   jimacv to live. cf. biography, vivid, quitch grass,
   whitlow.
   1. alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or
      inanimate.
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            not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --chaucer.
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            the lord jesus christ, who shall judge the quick and
            the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 tim.
                                                  iv. 1.
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            man is no star, but a quick coal
            of mortal fire.                       -- herbert.
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   note: in this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
         some compounds, or in particular phrases.
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   2. characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
      agile; brisk; ready. " a quick wit." --shak.
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   3. speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
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            oft he to her his charge of quick return
            repeated.                             --milton.
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   4. impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
      unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
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            the bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
            signified that he was much offended.  -- latimer.
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   5. fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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            the air is quick there,
            and it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- shak.
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   6. sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
      ear. "to have an open ear, a quick eye." --shak.
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            they say that women are so quick.     --tennyson.
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   7. pregnant; with child. --shak.
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   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.
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   syn: speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;
        active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;
        sprightly.
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see also:
quicker quickest biography vivid quitch grass whitlow 
dead inanimate quick grass quick match match 
quick vein quick vinegar quick water quick with child 

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