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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
QUIRK, n. quurk.
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.
"Some
quirk or . . . evasion." Spenser.
We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks. Barrow. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a
caprice.
[Obs.] "Quirks of joy and grief."
Shak. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow
conceit.
Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak. An irregular air; as, light quirks
of music.
Pope. A piece of ground taken
out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard,
etc.; -- sometimes written quink.
Gwilt. A small channel, deeply
recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief
to a convex rounded molding.
Quirk molding, a bead between two quirks. | ||||||||