quidn.1
/kwɪd/, U.S. /kwɪd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun]
quiddity1539
quibc1540
quibibec1540
quirk1565
quillity1573
quid1576
quillet1576
quipa1592
quiddit1592
quidlit1598
quibibble1606
punctual1610
quidlibet1611
catasophistrya1614
quibbling1633
Scotism1645
quibble1650
thingum1672
quoddity1682
scruple1713
baffle1783
nit1982
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. H.j That Logike leape, not ouer euery stile..With curious Quids, to maintain argument.
2. That which a thing is. Cf. quiddity n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]
pitheOE
i-cundeeOE
roota1325
substancec1330
juicec1380
marrowa1382
formc1385
acta1398
quidditya1398
substantial forma1398
inward1398
savourc1400
inwardc1450
allaya1456
essencya1475
being1521
bottom1531
spirit?1534
summary1548
ecceity1549
core1556
flower1568
formality1570
sum and substance1572
alloy1594
soul1598
inwardness1605
quid1606
fibre1607
selfness1611
whatness1611
essentialityc1616
propera1626
the whole shot1628
substantiala1631
esse1642
entity1643
virtuality1646
ingeny1647
quoddity1647
intimacy1648
ens1649
inbeing1661
essence1667
interiority1701
intrinsic1716
stamen1758
character1761
quidditas1782
hyparxis1792
rasa1800
bone1829
what1861
isness1865
inscape1868
as-suchness1909
Wesen1959
1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii My age Hath seene the beings and the quide of things.
1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley v. sig. H3 A widdow that has knowne the quid of things.
1675 H. Croft Naked Truth 25 The quid, the quale, the quantum, and such-like quack-salving forms.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Hence we have two kinds of Quids; Nominal..and Real.
a1763 J. Byrom Poems (1894–5) I. i. 569 In Truths that Nobody can miss, It is the Quid that makes the Quis; In such as lie more deeply hid, It is the Quis that makes the Quid.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 270 When I do not know the ‘quid’ of anything how can I know the ‘quale’?
1918 Science 4 Oct. 343/2 The quid of the matter is found..in the fact that in the table..these authors have chosen to use three ‘identifiable’ forces.
1968 Speculum 43 307 [Grosseteste] distinguishes optics from physics, for, he says, physics provides the quid of the rainbow but optics provides the propter quid.
1994 Diacritics 24 59 Lacan's Thing emerges as the pure ‘this’ of the object without properties—a quod without any quid.
3. In conjunction with quo: an action performed or thing given in return for something else, or in expectation of some return. Cf. quid pro quo phr. 2.Earliest in quid for quo.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun]
gain-giving1489
retaliation1546
reciprocation1561
counterchange1586
return1591
paying back1598
revying1610
gratuity1614
quida1616
retreat?1615
retortion1636
retortment1649
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 65 I cry you mercy, 'tis but Quid for Quo . View more context for this quotation
1664 Duchess of Newcastle CCXI Sociable Lett. c. 199 At least it is but quid for quo, as to Revenge an Injury, but nothing but a Treacherous Nature can make or Hinder them from doing a Service for a Friend.
1797 R. Cumberland False Impressions iii. 37 If he had only said it behind your back, why 'twere but quid for quo; it would have pass'd; but to your face—Oh monstrous!
1828 J. Neal Rachel Dyer viii. 97 ‘To a man o' the law—everything—all cases are alike, Sir—hey—provided—a—a—’ ‘Provided what, Sir?’ ‘Where the quid is the same.’ ‘The quid?’ ‘The quid pro quo—’.
1860 J. H. Ingraham Sunny South iv. 38 All things being equal—that is, the quid being equal to the quo as my brother used to say.
1939 S. de Madariaga Christopher Columbus xii. 136 The contractual sense, that attitude which sees every event of life as a transaction and expects and demands a definite quid for every quo.
1961 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. 12 She could well take all and give nothing in return, pocket the quos as well as the quids.
1997 Nation 21 July 21/2 The quo for this huge quid was that religion would stay out of politics.
4. U.S. Politics. Usually with capital initial. Any of several factions of the Democratic-Republican Party in the years 1804–12, who regarded themselves as upholding traditional Republican values and often allied themselves with the Federalist Party. Now historical.
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1804 Sprig of Liberty (Gettysburg, Pa.) 25 Oct. In the county of York, the federalists and quids in conjunction had a majority of 181 in favour of Mr. Kelly, which added to the federal majority in Adams, gives them a majority of 494.
1882 H. Adams John Randolph (1884) 182 He belonged to the third party, the quiddists or quids, being that tertium quid..which had no name, but was really an anti-Madison movement.
1920 Collier's 14 Feb. 18/2 The acrid Randolph..is the only person that history identifies conspicuously with the ‘Quids’.
1963 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 50 255 ‘Quid’, a term generally applied reproachfully by political rivals, was rarely used in self-designation.
2005 M. R. Kelly Olmsted Case iii. 62 The Quids became the Society of Constitutional Republicans, but their opponents continued to call them the ‘Quids’, a name they did not seem to mind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
quidn.2
/kwɪd/, U.S. /kwɪd/, Australian English /kwɪd/, New Zealand English /kwɪd/ colloquial (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand).
1.
a. Originally: a sovereign; a guinea. Later: one pound sterling; (formerly also) one Australian pound.Now usually with unchanged plural following a cardinal numeral: cf. etymological note at pound n.1
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > a pound
li.c1450
quid1661
strike1680
note1775
scrieve1821
nicker1871
saucepan lid1896
bar1911
berry1918
smacker1920
thick 'un1968
sob1970
society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings
goldfinch1602
Harry sovereign1615
piece1631
jingle-boya1640
yellow boy1654
quid1661
marigold1663
broad-piece1678
pound piecea1715
gold penny1736
sovereign1817
dragon1827
sov1829
chip?1836
couter1846
thick 'un1848
monarch1851
James1858
skiv1858
Victoria1870
goblin1887
red one1890
Jimmy1899
quidlet1902
Jimmy O'Goblin1931
pound coin1931
1661 ‘P. Aretine’ Strange Newes from Bartholomew-Fair 5 The fool lost his purse, but how he knew not; for the reckoning being suddainly brought in, his Quids were vanisht.
1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia iii. i. 42 Let me Equip you with a Quid.
1763 Blessings of P****, & Sc. Excise 23 I'm to have two quids; and little enough too.
1796 Mod. Gulliver 165 The twenty last are worth full forty quid.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iii. xiii. 166 One quid, two coach wheels.
1883 W. Besant All in Garden Fair ii. x It isn't two quid a week that will keep a young gentleman of your powers.
1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in John Bull's Other Island 241 I ad two quid saved agen the frost; an Ive a pahnd of it left.
1929 W. P. Ridge Affect. Regards 71 Milton received only ten quid for the first edition of ‘Paradise Lost’.
1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 74 I was thinking of moving on a bit but there are still enough here to make a few quid.
1993 Classic CD Oct. 66/3 No-one is going to shell out 40 quid for them.
b. quids in: in luck or profit; well off for money.
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the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off
well at easec1330
of substance?a1439
at rack and (at) mangera1500
in good case1560
well to live1568
well and warmc1571
well to pass in the worlda1609
inlaid1699
in easy circumstancesa1704
well to do in the world1805
stouth and routh1816
quids in1919
the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > in or with good luck
arse upwardsc1600
in luck1752
on the tinny luck1918
quids in1919
1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/2 Quid's in, for a stroke of good fortune.
1928 ‘N. Shute’ So Disdained v. 206 Then when they come I'll be quids in, anyway enough to get my fingers on the plates with any luck.
1969 J. N. Chance Abel Coincidence x. 187 If you know about people and they know nothing about you, you're quids in at the starting grid.
1994 Chat 5 Feb. 24/2 Three lucky Chat readers will find themselves quids in with this great cash competition.
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c. the full quid at full adj., n.2, and adv. Phrases 1f.
2. As a mass noun: money, cash. Usually in plural (with singular agreement). rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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society > trade and finance > money > [noun]
silverc825
feec870
pennieseOE
wortheOE
mintOE
scata1122
spense?c1225
spendinga1290
sumc1300
gooda1325
moneya1325
cattlec1330
muckc1330
reasona1382
pecunyc1400
gilt1497
argentc1500
gelta1529
Mammon1539
ale silver1541
scruff1559
the sinews of war1560
sterling1565
lour1567
will-do-all1583
shell1591
trasha1592
quinyie1596
brass1597
pecuniary1604
dust1607
nomisma1614
countera1616
cross and pilea1625
gingerbreada1625
rhinoa1628
cash1646
grig1657
spanker1663
cole1673
goree1699
mopus1699
quid1699
ribbin1699
bustle1763
necessary1772
stuff1775
needfula1777
iron1785
(the) Spanish1788
pecuniar1793
kelter1807
dibs1812
steven1812
pewter1814
brad1819
pogue1819
rent1823
stumpy1828
posh1830
L. S. D.1835
rivetc1835
tin1836
mint sauce1839
nobbins1846
ochre1846
dingbat1848
dough1848
cheese1850
California1851
mali1851
ducat1853
pay dirt1853
boodle?1856
dinero1856
scad1856
the shiny1856
spondulicks1857
rust1858
soap1860
sugar1862
coin1874
filthy1876
wampum1876
ooftish1877
shekel1883
oil1885
oof1885
mon1888
Jack1890
sploshc1890
bees and honey1892
spending-brass1896
stiff1897
mazuma1900
mazoom1901
cabbage1903
lettuce1903
Oscar Asche1905
jingle1906
doubloons1908
kale1912
scratch1914
green1917
oscar1917
snow1925
poke1926
oodle1930
potatos1931
bread1935
moolah1936
acker1939
moo1941
lolly1943
loot1943
poppy1943
mazoola1944
dosh1953
bickies1966
lovely jubbly1990
scrilla1994
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Quidds, money.
1797 T. B. Pettyfogger Dramatized i. i. 19 Bring any with you who has the quids: you know I keep open house of Sundays.
1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. (at cited word) Quids, cash.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 679/2 Quids, money, or rather cash, in general.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
quidn.3
/kwɪd/, U.S. /kwɪd/ 1. A small lump of something (esp. tobacco) for chewing. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick > small piece cut from
cudeOE
quid1720
chew1725
chaw1772
fid1793
fig1838
plug1843
1720 C. Shadwell Sham Prince in Five New Plays iv. 174 They appear very Fine, and very Gallant; but they never pay their Debts, and will pawn their Honour for a Quid of Tobacco.
1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands iii. 27 Beetle-nut and Chinam, of which they had always a quid in their mouths.
1805 W. Hunter in Naval Chron. 13 35 I chewed my Quid of bitterness.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 141 His mind was..revolving the problem of existence like a quid of gum.
1914 Z. Grey Rustlers of Pecos County x. 168 Morton..produced knife and tobacco and cut himself a huge quid.
1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War iii. 112 I generally chew a quid of tobacco while we are going into action.
2000 J. Mann Murder, Magic, & Med. (rev. ed.) iii. 74 The termcocada is a measure of the time during which a quid of coca leaves will sustain the consumer.
2. English regional in later use. A cast or pellet (pellet n.1 2b) regurgitated by a bird of prey. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > cast
casting1388
pellet1802
quid1834
cast1864
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > parts of > digestive organs of
gleeta1340
gorgec1450
panela1475
glut1611
quid1834
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 141 Mice are preferred to birds, the feathers being more untractable than the fur, both in swallowing, and in casting pellets or quids.
1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Owlerd Them owls..sin a mouze..an' ketchen 'im..an' chawen 'im..'an crushen 'im, an' sooken 'im till theer inna nuthin' left on 'im, an' then they droppen the quid.
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† quidv.1
Obsolete.
transitive. To say, declare. Also intransitive: to speak.
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the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)]
matheleOE
speakc888
spellc888
yedc888
i-quethec900
reirdOE
meldOE
meleOE
quidOE
i-meleOE
wordOE
to open one's mouth (also lips)OE
mootOE
spellc1175
carpa1240
spilec1275
bespeakc1314
adda1382
mella1400
moutha1400
utter?a1400
lalec1400
nurnc1400
parlec1400
talkc1400
to say forthc1405
rekea1450
to say on1487
nevena1500
quinch1511
quetch1530
queckc1540
walk1550
cant1567
twang1602
articulate1615
tella1616
betalk1622
sermocinate1623
to give tongue1737
jaw1748
to break stillness1768
outspeaka1788
to give mouth1854
larum1877
to make noises1909
verbal1974
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]
speakc825
queatheOE
forthdoc900
i-seggenc900
sayeOE
speak971
meleOE
quidOE
spella1000
forthbringc1000
givec1175
warpa1225
mootc1225
i-schirea1250
upbringa1250
outsay?c1250
spilec1275
talec1275
wisea1300
crackc1315
nevena1325
cast1330
rehearsec1330
roundc1330
spend1362
carpa1375
sermona1382
to speak outc1384
usea1387
minc1390
pronouncea1393
lancec1400
mellc1400
nurnc1400
slingc1400
tellc1400
wordc1400
yelpc1400
worka1425
utterc1444
outspeakc1449
yielda1450
arecchec1460
roose?a1475
cutc1525
to come forth with1532
bubble1536
prolate1542
report1548
prolocute1570
bespeak1579
wield1581
upbraid1587
up with (also mid) ——1594
name1595
upbrayc1600
discoursea1616
tonguea1616
to bring out1665
voice1665
emit1753
lip1789
to out with1802
pitch1811
go1836
to open one's head1843
vocabulize1861
shoot1915
verbal1920
be1982
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxvi. 389 Sume menn cwyddiað þæt ðu sy Iohannes se fulluhtere, sume secgað ðæt þu sy helias sume hieremias oððe an ðæra witegena.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxiv. 226 Crist hi befran, hu men cwyddodon be him.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6996 Iesucrist wass..Þatt illke. off whamm profetess. Haffdenn..cwiddedd ær.
a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 271 As te hali prophete dauid cwiddes, ‘drihtines is te eorðe’.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4899 Bi-þenc þu a þine quides þe þu sulf quiddest.
a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 55 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 85 (MED) Nv quiddeþ men þat cumen is Messyas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
quidv.2
/kwɪd/, U.S. /kwɪd/ Now rare.
1. intransitive. To chew tobacco; (also, of an animal) to chew the cud; to chew over food.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > action of chewing tobacco > chew tobacco [verb (intransitive)]
quid1759
1759 Poet. Descr. Hogarth's Election Prints iii. 17 Can drink, and crack a bawdy Joke, And still can quid, as well as smoke.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Quid, to chew tobacco.
1893 Surrey Gloss. Quidding, chewing the cud. ‘The heifer's getting better, she's quidding all right’.
1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 57 [The horse] thoughtfully quidding over a mouthful of grass.
1927 D. McCord in S. Brown Ess. Our Times (1928) 280 The Southport..shot across our bow without a murmur, while its captain gazed down upon us and quidded placidly to the sea.
2. transitive. Of a horse: to let (food) drop from the mouth when half chewed, esp. as a symptom of tooth decay. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > eat or drop food
crumpa1825
quid1831
1831 W. Youatt Horse x. 189 The membranes of the nostril and the throat are inflamed and tender, and therefore the food is ‘quidded’.
1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xii. 258 The horse quids his hay, and gulps his water.
1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii. 761/3 Quid, to drop food from the mouth when partly masticated. (Said of horses).
2004 Racing Post (Nexis) 10 Aug. 11 If a horse's teeth aren't right, he'll be quidding—dropping food out of his mouth—and swallowing when it hasn't been properly chewed.
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