QUICK  , a word which, by origin, and in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early and many surviving uses, meant " living," " alive." It is See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf . Ger. keck, lively, Du. kwik, and See also:

• DAN

Dan. kvik; cf. also Dan. kvaeg, See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is seen in Skt. jiva; See also:

• LAT

Lat. vivus, living, alive; Gr . (.3los, See also:

• LIFE

life . In its original sense the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief uses are such as " the quick and the dead," of the Apostles' Creed, a " quickset " hedge, i.e. consisting of slips of living See also:

• PRIVET

privet, See also:

• THORN (O. Eng. porn, cf. Du. doorn, Ger. Dorn, &c)
• THORN (Polish Torun)

thorn, &c., the " quick," i.e. the See also:

• TENDER

tender parts of the flesh under hard skin or particularly under the See also:

• NAIL (O. Eng. naegal, cf. Dutch, Ger., Swed. nagel; the word is also related to Lat. unguis, Gr. ovu, Sans. nakhas)

nail . The phrase " quick with See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child " is a See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of with a quick, i.e. living child . From the sense of having full vigour, living or lively qualities or movements, the word got its chief current meaning of possessing rapidity or See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed of See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, See also:

• MENTAL

mental or See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical . It is thus used in the names of things which are in a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant or easily aroused See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of movement, e.g . " quicksand," loose See also:

• WATER

water-logged See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, readily yielding to See also:

• WEIGHT

weight or pressure, and " quicksilver," the common name of the See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

mercury (q.v.) .