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Witted
·adj Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.
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Quick
·noun Quitch grass.
II. Quick ·superl Pregnant; with child.
III. Quick ·superl Fresh; bracing; sha...
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After-witted
·adj Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
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Beef-witted
·noun Stupid; dull.
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Bird-witted
·adj Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.
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Blunt-witted
·noun Dull; stupid.
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Dull-witted
·adj <<Stupid>>.
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Half-witted
·adj Weak in intellect; silly.
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Lean-witted
·adj Having but little sense or shrewdness.
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Ready-witted
·adj Having ready wit.
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Sharp-witted
·adj Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
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Slow-witted
·adj Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.
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Sodden-witted
·adj Heavy; dull.
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bird-witted
Inconsiderate, thoughtless, easily imposed on.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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-wittedness
·noun Readiness of wit.
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quick-march
, or quick-step.
The ordinary pace is 3-1/4 miles to the hour, or 110 paces (275) feet to the minu...
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.