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March
·noun The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days. II. March ·vi To <<Border>>; to be c...

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Quick
·noun Quitch grass. II. Quick ·superl Pregnant; with child. III. Quick ·superl Fresh; bracing; sha...

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March-mad
·adj Extremely rash; foolhardy. ·see under March, the month. ...

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March-ward
·noun A warden of the marches; a marcher. ...

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full march
The Scotch greys are in full march by the crown office; the lice are crawling down his head. ...

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forced march
One in which the marching power of the troops is forced or exerted beyond the ordinary limit. ...

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rogue's march
The tune appropriated to drumming a bad character out of a ship or out of a regiment. ...

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Double-quick
·noun Double-quick time, step, or march. II. Double-quick ·vi & ·vt To move, or cause to move, in d...

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Quick-scented
·adj Acute of smell. ...

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Quick-sighted
·adj Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern. ...

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Quick-witted
·adj Having ready wit. ...

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Quick-wittedness
·noun Readiness of wit. ...

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quick match
Used as a train to any charge to be fired rapidly, is made of cotton threads treated with a composit...

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quick relief
One who turns out speedily to relieve the watch before the sound is out of the bell. ...

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quick-sand
A fine-grained loose sand, into which a ship sinks by her own weight as soon as the water retreats f...

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quick saver
A span formerly used to prevent the courses from bellying too much when off the wind. ...

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quick-step
See quick-march. ...

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quick-work
Generally signifies all that part of a ship which is under water when she is laden; it is also appli...

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Quick Apple Alley
In Bishopsgate Street Without (W. Stow, 1722-Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. ...

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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...

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kiss-me-quick
A homemade quilted bonnet which does not extend beyond the face. They are chiefly used to cover the ...

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mad as a march hare
A common simile, used alike in England and America. The whole's to be fourpence a quart-- 'Odswing...

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