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Definition of Quirting
1. quirt [v] - See also: quirt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quirting
Literary usage of Quirting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Western Antiquary by William Henry Kearley Wright (1888)
"Querré—quirting.—Sometime since the former word, employed in the Plymouth Water
Act of Elizabeth, was the subject of investigation in your columns. ..."
2. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness (1873)
"He dy'd As one who had been study'd in his Death, quirting the dearest thing he
ever had. As 'twere a worthless trifle. King. There's no Art To find the ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"In his solicitude, therefore, since he could see no other means of quirting
Pilatre, he sent him word that if he would promise to renounce his project, he, ..."
4. The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Andy Adams (1903)
"I had repeated this a number of times, even quirting some cattle along the outside,
or burning a little powder in the face of some obstinate leader, ..."
5. The Microscope,: Its History, Construction, and Applications: Being a by Jabez Hogg (1887)
"... licking it up when pulverized with its foot, forcing it up through its principal
or branchial siphon, and •quirting it out in oblong nodules, ..."
6. Curiosities of Literature: Consisting of Anecdotes, Characters, Sketches by Isaac Disraeli (1798)
"... he had received from her hands in quirting her. The Squire, faithful to the
dying commands of his ..."
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