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quirk


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quirk  \Quirk\,  n.  [Written  also  {querk}.]  [Cf  W.  chwiori  to  turn 
  briskly,  or  E.  queer.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  A  fit  or  turn;  a  short  paroxysm;  a  caprice.  [Obs.] 
  ``Quirks  of  joy  and  grief.''  --Shak. 
 
  3.  A  smart  retort;  a  quibble;  a  shallow  conceit. 
 
  Some  odd  quirks  and  remnants  of  wit.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  An  irregular  air;  as  light  quirks  of  music.  --Pope. 
 
  5.  (Building)  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. 
 
  6.  (Arch.)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quirk 
  n  1:  a  strange  attitude  or  habit  [syn:  {oddity},  {queerness},  {quirkiness}, 
  {crotchet}] 
  2:  a  narrow  groove  beside  a  beading 
  v  :  twist  or  curve  abruptly;  "She  quirked  her  head  in  a  peculiar 
  way" 




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