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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_163947" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; - sometimes written quink. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (n.) An irregular air; as, light quirks of music. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57164" /> == | |||
<p> [[Quirk]] </p> <p> is an architectural term for a small acute channel or recess much used in mouldings. </p> | <p> [[Quirk]] </p> <p> is an architectural term for a small acute channel or recess much used in mouldings. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_163947"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/quirk Quirk from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_57164"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/quirk Quirk from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_57164"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/quirk Quirk from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 08:52, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.
(2):
(n.) A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.
(3):
(n.) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; - sometimes written quink.
(4):
(n.) An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.
(5):
(n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
(6):
(n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
is an architectural term for a small acute channel or recess much used in mouldings.
