quid

The Sailor's Word-Book

The chaw or dose of tobacco put into the mouth at a time. Quid est hoc? asked one, tapping the swelled cheek of his messmate; Hoc est quid, promptly replied the other.

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quid, v. 1. quis. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
quid
quid (1) adv.interrog.accn. of quis, in what respect? what? how? to what extent? : Quid! quid veni...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Quid
·add. ·noun An English coin, a sovereign. II. Quid ·noun A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
quid
The quantity of tobacco put into the mouth at one time. To quid tobacco; to chew tobacco. Quid est h...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
quid
a corruption of cud; as, in vulgar language, a quid of tobacco. In Kent (England), a cow is said to ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Tertium quid
·add. ·- A third somewhat; something mediating, or regarded as being, between two diverse or incompa...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language