quick vein

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[imac]va living, j[imac]v to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid, Quitch grass, Whitlow.]

1.Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. [1913 Webster]

Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.— 2 Tim. iv. 1.[1913 Webster]

Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire.— Herbert.[1913 Webster]

Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases. [1913 Webster]

2.Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. [1913 Webster]

Oft he to her his charge of quick return Repeated.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

4.Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. [1913 Webster]

The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended.— Latimer.[1913 Webster]

5.Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. [1913 Webster]

The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

They say that women are so quick.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

7.Pregnant; with child. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly. [1913 Webster]